Lamborghini moves supercars on rail
Lamborghini and Rail Cargo Group have set up a new logistics concept. The luxury cars giant will transport the Lamborghini Urus models by rail between their production site in Zwickau, Germany, and its parent plant...Read more
New intermodal terminal opens in Calais next week
Cargobeamer is opening its first terminal in Calais next week, on Wednesday 16 June. The terminal will enable the loading of uncranable semi-trailers on the train. The first train will depart in the direction of...Read more
Put waste on the rails, says Austria
In Austria, a legal amendment has been proposed to increase the transport of waste by rail. Currently, 80 per cent of this waste is still transported by road, although the cargo type is very suitable...Read more
EU Council adopts important rail conclusions
The European Transport Ministers, gathered virtually at their EU Council meeting, adopted two important sets of Council Conclusions on EU rail and on the EU Strategy on Sustainable and Smart Mobility this Thursday. The mobility...Read more
Nestlé’s Glass Train shifts more cargo from road to rail
In France, Nestlé Water is bringing more trains to the rails for the transport of reusable water bottles to and from the production site. The Glass Train project, as it is called, is also getting...Read more
Earth Day calls for more intermodal worldwide
Today, Thursday 22 April it is Earth Day, also the start of the World Leaders Summit on Climate. There is no better day to highlight the benefits of intermodal freight transportation. This is exactly what...Read moreGovernment grants for Dutch companies that want to shift to rail
The Dutch government will financially support companies in the Netherlands that want to shift transport volumes from road to rail or barge. An amount of 2.5 million euros has been set aside for this. This...Read more
‘Rail the real hero of 2020 for the logistics industry’
Rail is the grand winner of 2020. That is of course what rail operators say, but it is also what logistics companies offering multiple solutions claim. An example is RailBridgeCargo, which offers rail as part...Read more
Coca Cola truck becomes Coca Cola train in Germany
Coca Cola and DB Cargo have agreed to expand the rail portfolio of the soda giant in Germany. By the middle of 2021, thirteen sites in Germany should be reached by rail. By doing so,...Read more
Volkswagen makes modal shift happen: rail dominates road in 2020
Volkswagen Navarra reached its historical record for the distribution of cars by rail in 2020. For the first time, the rail transport volumes exceeded those moved by road, with a 56 per cent share of...Read more
ÖBB launches EU Year of Rail locomotive
Austrian operator ÖBB has given one of their locomotives a special European Year of Rail design. The locomotive was presented at a ceremony at Vienna central station last week, and will be on the tracks...Read more
Port of Moerdijk wants to run 100 trains per week after summer
The number of trains to and from the Dutch Port of Moerdijk has almost doubled in recent years to just under three thousand a year. With a planned extension of the track at the Combined...Read more
Dutch fashion store choses rail freight to Spain
Starting this Thursday, Dutch fashion store Zeeman transports its products by rail to Granollers, northeast of Barcelona in Spain. For this, the retailer has partnered up with rail operator Shuttlewise and Combi Terminal Twente. The...Read more
With the Brenner Basis Tunnel, Austria is not there yet
The first freight trains must run through the 55-kilometer-long Austrian prestige project, the Brenner Basis Tunnel (BBT), in ten years from now. The Alpine country can then greatly relieve the Brenner route for freight traffic...Read more
Mercedes goes green on rail in Germany, Hungary
Mercedes-Benz Cars is switching to CO2-free transport by rail in Germany and Austria. The production equipment for the Mercedes-Benz passenger car is now transported by rail on green electricity, in the case of factories in...Read more
Germany allocates 102 million euros for rail freight
A German funding scheme for the rail freight industry has been opened. The federal government allocates 30 million euros per year until 31 December 2024 to make the industry more future-proof. The federal programme, which...Read more
TX Logistik doubles train departures for Coop in Sweden
TX Logistik AG, part of the Italian railway group Polo Mercitalia (FS Italiane Group), has doubled its rail freight services in Sweden for the supermarket chain Coop. This service now runs 20 times per week...Read more
Extra rail services for much-needed salt, coffee and tomato paste
Rail Cargo Group has set up additional rail freight services to enable the shipment of salt from Austria to Hungary, Italy and Croatia. According to the ÖBB-subsidiary, the supply of this basic commodity is urgently...Read more‘Dutch government must borrow money, invest in infrastructure’
Dutch logistics lobby firm TLN is calling upon the government to invest more in its infrastructure. And not only in road, but also in rail- and waterways. “We need to think about the mobility of...Read more