Vos Logistics starts R2L route in France: “A novelty, there are few solutions for silo trailers”

Vos Logistics is expanding its presence on the French market via a new Dourges-Vénissieux freight route with the help of VEGA’s R2L system. The system allows for the transfer of non-cranable silo-trailers from road to rail and vice versa. Vos Logistics is pragmatic, and a new route is already in the making. On 11 April,…

Railway in Sweden closes to freight traffic, volumes shift to road

The rail freight sector in Sweden is currently facing significant challenges. The latest development is the interruption of freight traffic along the Mariestad-Värö railway, in the Swedish southwest. The line was served by Green Cargo trains carrying pulp that was then sent to Germany and Eastern Europe. However, these volumes have now fully shifted to…

Fuel supplier Zero offers rail freight industry absolutely nothing

Carbon-neutral synthetic diesel could be just the tonic the rail freight industry is seeking. Operators will have to radically rethink their motive power fleets to meet the stringent net zero carbon ambitions set out in law by the UK government. New fuels for old locomotives could be the environmental and economical answer. Enter Zero, with…