“It’s up to the sector to provide modal shift incentives,” says LTG Cargo CEO
“We don’t have time to wait – we need to act now”. This is the message of Egle Sime, CEO of the Lithuanian operator LTG…
Sant’Anna Water flows from road to rail along the Mediterranean Corridor
Sant’Anna Waters, one of the largest Italian water companies, is shifting its transportation services from road to rail in northern Italy. Thanks to a collaboration…
LKW Walter and MediaMarkt shift to rail for Germany-Italy services
LKW Walter established a partnership with IMTRON, a subsidiary of the MediaMarktSaturn Group, to transport items between Germany and Italy via rail. These services were…
VR Group wants more Metsa cargo on trains
Finnish state-owned railway company VR Group and Finnish forest industry group Metsa Group agreed on shifting more goods from road to rail to reduce their…
Coca Cola bottler to put 2.5 million cans and bottles on the train per day
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), the bottler of Coca-Cola drinks, is making the switch from road to rail for the distribution of the soft drinks to…
ANALYSIS
Why rail sidings can transform German rail freight
The discussion around Germany’s carbon neutrality and modal shift to rail intensifies. Currently, the public discourse involving transport associations and governmental plans focuses on how…
Audi shifts to rail for battery components from Hungary
Audi has switched from truck to train for the delivery of their battery modules and cells from Hungary to Belgium. The first shipment was already…
‘Tank-to wake model to reduce emissions of all Rhine transport’
Green transport corridors are driving the integration of rail freight with inland waterway networks in Europe, as new roadmaps for development of the Rhine valley…
Conclusion European Year of Rail: lot of thinking, not enough action
“There is a lot of consultation, a lot of unanimity, but not enough is being done on the ground,” says rail ambassador Wim van de…
Looking for a shift to rail? This initiative might be what you need
A new initiative is underway to incentivise shippers and freight forwarders to use more rail. Shift2030, an enterprise promoting the modal shift, launched the Time2Shift…
French rail freight industry to future president: ‘we need 10 billion, not 1’
Alliance 4F (Fret Ferroviaire Français du Futur), which brings together the French rail freight industry, has published a Charter of Commitment for the attention of…
More trailers on the rails in Sweden from next week
As of Monday 31 January, Sweden will have a new domestic service. TX Logistik AB, Swedish subsidiary of the German TX Logistik AG, has added…