Automated driving trials in Europe

Italian-owned, German-based rail freight operator TX Logistik is updating its motive power with the first deliveries of new locos from Siemens Mobility.

Construction on the Seine-Nord Europe Canal, a 107-kilometre wide-gauge waterway connecting Compiègne to Aubencheul-au-Bac, is accelerating.

An innovative rail-based landbridge service down the spine of France is to double frequency on the back of demand from road operators.

The German union Verdi and ZDS reached a new labour agreement for 11,500 North Sea port workers, pending a member vote.

Negotiations for a new collective agreement at Germany’s North Sea ports are stalled as employees and the union reject the employers’ offers.

The Verdi union presented its members with two collective labour agreement options from the ZDS, affecting around 11,000 port employees.