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VR Transpoint to introduce eight gas-powered trucks to road traffic

VR Transpointin kaasurekka liikenteessä

VR Transpoint is at the forefront of designing and operating logistics chains that aim to cut CO2 emissions with a fast schedule. VR Transpoint invests in low-emission road transport and the company's first trucks powered by liquid natural gas and biogas have started commercial traffic.

15. February 2022 Press releases Responsibility Traffic Rolling stock and technology Topical

Electrically driven freight traffic to Uusikaupunki begins

Vectron-sähköveturi vetää tavarajunaa

VR Transpoint’s electrically driven freight traffic to the city of Uusikaupunki began today, 14 February. The electrification of the railway network will improve the efficiency of industrial railway transport and also reduce the carbon footprint of society.

14. February 2022 Press releases Traffic Topical Rolling stock and technology

New contract with VR Transpoint will considerably reduce SSAB’s transport emissions in Finland

Steel coils at the Raahe plant.

VR Transpoint and SSAB have signed a contract on the rail transport of raw materials and products. The goal is to halve the transport emissions covered by cooperation by 2024.

22. June 2021 Press releases Customer Responsibility Traffic

VR Group to sell its international road logistics business to Avind International

VR Group to sell its international road logistics business to the Finnish company Avind International Oy. The transaction comprises Transpoint International (FI) Oy owned by VR Group and two Russian subsidiaries owned by Transpoint International (FI) Oy. Transpoint International (FI) has been r...

21. June 2021 Press releases Traffic International