DB Schenker to offer new rail service for industry and trade on the Portugal-Germany route 2012-2-1Starting on February 3, DB Schenker Rail Automotive GmbH and DB Schenker's Portuguese national company, Schenker Transitarios, S.A., will offer their customers a new regular train service between Portugal and Germany.
Thales and Balfour Beatty Rail consortium awarded a euro 400 million contract 2012-2-1Banedanmark, the Danish infrastructure owner, has awarded the Thales and Balfour Beatty Rail consortium, a euro million contract for the installation of a state-of-the-art European signalling system on nearly 1200 km of rail lines across Jutland.
Road Haulage Operator Transforms into an International Freight Forwarding and Logistics Group 2012-2-1Despite being known principally for its European road haulage operations a policy of expansion and acquisition has transformed Norbert Dentressangle into a truly international group incorporating different elements including freight forwarding and general logistics.
Rail Freight Investment Booms as Employee Disputes Settle Down 2012-2-1Things are looking positive on the freight rail scene at the moment with the Association of American Railroads (AAR) announcing yesterday that its members, including all the major freight railroads of the U.S., Canada and Mexico, intend to invest a record $13 billion in capital expenditures in 2012 to expand, upgrade, and enhance the nation's freight rail network.
SATO introduces ECONANO® labels: The world's first CO2 reducing label 2012-1-31SATO, a leader in barcode printing, labeling and EPC/RFID solutions announced today the release of its new ECONANO® series of labels; labels that absorb and reduce the CO2 that is released into the atmosphere when labels are incinerated.
Patrick Zilles to head the intermodal activities of DB Schenker Logistics 2012-1-31As of February 1, Patrick Zilles will take over the intermodal activities of DB Schenker Logistics.
SDV invests in freight forwarders 2012-1-31After several years of co-operation, SDV has recently acquired a minority interest in the FAST Overseas group operating in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Italy.
TNT Express launches PharmaSafe 2012-1-31TNT Express has launched PharmaSafe, a specialised temperature-controlled service for the reliable transport of large quantities of pharmaceutical products, such as vaccines and insulin.
Automatic 'Road Train' System May Revolutionise Road Haulage Freight Convoys 2012-1-31To a freight truck driver or a logistics professional a 'Road Train' is a truck and drawbar trailer, but in modern parlance through the corridors of power in Europe the phrase has a much more literal meaning.
Every little helps? 2012-1-30Transport operator Eddie Stobart this week made the first UK delivery in a government trial of longer lorries introduced to cut congestion and slash carbon emissions in haulage.
Now SNCF considers the future for Novatrans 2012-1-30SNCF is planning to either sell or recapitalise its heavy-loss-making road-rail freight transport subsidiary, Novatrans.
Sweet deal for P&O Ferrymasters 2012-1-30Pan-European logistics specialist P&O Ferrymasters has signed a new three-year contract with longstanding customer Tate & Lyle.
Embracing Natural Gas Power Means Freight Trucks Join Other Logistics Sectors 2012-1-30The announcement by President Obama this week during his State of the Union address in which he described the US as 'the Saudi Arabia of natural gas' may have a profound effect on the uptake of trucks used by the freight industry after the President's commitment to offer a tax break which will see purchasers of natural gas powered trucks receive a credit for 50% of the extra cost levied on them against one driven by diesel or petrol.
Freight Railroad Volume Down, Profit Up, Boss Out 2012-1-30Despite an 8% drop in coal shipments, a commodity representing almost a quarter of its revenue and a fall of over 5% in their intermodal cargo which accounts for 35% of turnover, CSX the US freight railroad still managed to post a profit up 6% in the last quarter of 2011.
London Overground passenger satisfaction soars following investment in capacity, trains and stations 2012-1-29London Overground confirms its position as one of the best performing railways in the UK, with a 92 percent approval rating in the latest national passenger survey, up from 85 percent in autumn 2010. This record result follows a raft of investment in the service.
DB Schenker offers new intermodal transport capacity between Belgium and Italy 2012-1-29As of the beginning February, semi-trailers can travel along the Antwerp-Novara route via intermodal transport. A new group of up to four well cars will now be coupled or decoupled in Domodossola, Italy, on the Swiss border.
Registration now open for Special Vehicles Innovation Award 2012-1-29Registration for the SV Innovation Award by participants at the BedrijfsautoRAI 2012 exhibition (formerly TERTS) is now open.
General Strike Will Affect Freight Deliveries Next Week 2012-1-29The proposed general strike in the country planned for Monday is likely to cause delays for logistics customers with cargo flights cancelled and intermodal services likely to be affected.
Freight Drivers Warned of Impassable Conditions 2012-1-29Drivers of freight vehicles are warned that the sub arctic conditions which have seen the country covered with snow this week are still making many roads impassable and attempts to travel in heavy lorries illegal in some regions of the country.
Safmarine launches android e-shipping app for iPhone, iPads and iPods 2012-1-22ANTWERP-based Safmarine has introduced an application on the Android operating system for customers mobile devices to access schedules by location and tracking applications following launch last April on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices.
