Topic: Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO)

alternative fuels Mercitalia to start using HVO at Padua intermodal hub

Mercitalia Logistics, part of the Italian railway holding Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), will start using Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) to power its locomotive at the…
’99 goes green for GBRf

GB Railfreight has announced that its new Class 99 locomotives will run exclusively on renewable power and electricity. The British rail freight company says that…
new partnership Eni teams up with Mercitalia for the next three years

Italian oil giant Eni is partnering with the state-owned rail freight operator Mercitalia Rail, for the rail transport of four of its products. The contract…
DB Cargo Italia ditches diesel, switches to HVO

DB Cargo Italia is currently in the process of implementing a switch from diesel to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) fuel. All diesel-powered locomotives of the…
UK Freightliner urges government to triple rail freight volumes by 2050

Freightliner, the UK part of American freight and logistics corporation Genesee & Wyoming, says the government in London should set a long-term target to triple…

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Bremerhaven shunting locomotives switched over to HVO

Shunting locomotives in the German Bremerhaven are now running solely on Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) instead of diesel fuel. With funding from the state Bremen,…