Transport and Logistics Network
The extreme weather conditions in Central and Eastern Europe have posed significant challenges for the Silk Road trains. As Martin Koubek, Director of Silk Road and CIS at METRANS, pointed out, the traffic via Malaszewicze to southeast Europe, through …
Road freight transport performance by type of operation (in tonne-kilometres)
In 2023, total European road freight transport performance decreased by 3.2% compared with 2022 (from 1 918.7 billion[1] tonne-kilometres (tkm)[2]) to 1 857.0 bill…
The German-Dutch Chamber of Commerce expressed concern about the controls announced by the German government last week at all borders. Businesses warned that the measures would result in additional costs exceeding tens of millions of euros.
Given the i…
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Freight and Logistics has been re-established following the General Election, to bring together parliamentarians and stakeholders from across the UK, to highlight the importance of the Freight and Logistics …
Block Train Solution – Mozambique to Zimbabwe
CEVA recently completed its first full block train in Africa, which moved customer cargo from Mozambique’s Cornelder Port to Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. The block train carried cargo for more than 10 C…
A cross-party government group has been reestablished following the General Election to highlight the importance of the UK’s freight and logistics sector to the UK economy.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Freight and Logistics brings toget…
Scotland’s truck stops, fleet depots, lorry parks and ports can help road freight operators switch to all-electric fleets by installing vehicle charging points, new research from Heriot-Watt University[1] suggests.
In its report, Towards Zero Emission …
In 2023, the highest cabotage penetration rate among the EU countries was recorded in Germany (10.5%), followed by Austria (9.9%), Luxembourg (9.8%) and Belgium (8.9%). Together with France (7.4%), these were the only EU countries with a cabotage penet…
One of France’s biggest independent logistics services providers, FM Logistic, is poised to make a concerted move into the rail-road transport segment.
Initially operating on a north-south corridor and with the company handling first and last-mile ope…
In a significant step towards sustainable road freight solutions, DSV[1], a global leader in transport and logistics, has partnered with Volvo Trucks to deploy a total of 800 trucks across its operations in Europe. This deployment includes 300 zero-ex…