The final report on a derailment in Wales in the summer of 2020 will have repercussions for the whole rail...The legacy of Llangennech: global implications from UK derailment
Maersk in India has recorded a 43 percent increase in the movement of containerised export cargo on rail in 2021. With...Maersk sees rail in India as growth driver with boost in figures
Just north of London, an early Roman and extremely rare wooden carved figure has been discovered during work on Britain’s...Ancient artefact found at HS2 works
With this terminal French fruits and vegetables make massive modal shift
The Paris-Rungis wholesale market is eyeing significant growth in train-borne fresh fruit and vegetable shipments with the development of a 25 million euros intermodal terminal. The facility will not only serve the Rungis market, but...Read more
First of a VTG-COSCO series: China chemical train arrives in Duisburg
With the first chemical train arriving from China in Duisburg this week, the starting signal was given to the COSCO VTG China-EU chemical train business. The train carrying 28 ISO tanks of non-dangerous liquids is...Read more
DB Cargo orders 200 new diesel locomotives
With the turn of the new year, DB cargo started taking action to modernise its locomotive fleet. The German operator and one of the European rail freight giants ordered a batch of 200 new locomotives...Read more
Fruits banned from entering China via port of Manzhouli
Fruits may no longer be shipped into China via the border of Manzhouli, as the city has announced a ban on imported fruits from Sunday 16 January. Manzhouli, in North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,...Read more
Lithuanian Railways stops Belarusian fertilisers due to US sanctions
Lithuanian Railways has concluded a resolution concerning the transport of Belarusian fertilisers by the state company Belaruskalij. As of 1 February, the Lithuanian operator will not transport the product since it terminated the contract that...Read more
Sunrise on Ravenstruther Rail Freight Terminal in Scotland
The long awaited rebirth of Cloburn Quarry has been celebrated onsite. The former coal handling depot in South Lanarkshire has been inaugurated as a new aggregates terminal, serving the continued growth of the UK infrastructure...Read more
Kombiverkehr goes to Rotterdam in three different ways
Kombiverkehr has added a new continental service between Nuremberg’s TriCon Terminal and Rotterdam Cobelfret to the 2022 timetable. The service is available for the transport of semitrailers, containers and swap bodies.Read more
Massive fraud at Kazakh-Chinese border
Kazachstan’s customs authorities have seen many dollars gone missing due to structural fraud at the border with China. This is according to the Kazakh president, who has ordered a revamp of the border authorities to...Read more
China train spotted in North Korea, a sign of reopening?
On Monday morning, a loaded freight train from China entered North Korea, and it returned to China the same morning with empty wagons. This was reported by several media outlets. It is not yet clear...Read more
Last week of Ireland’s all-island rail network consultation
Governments in Belfast and Dublin have reminded all stakeholders that the pubic consultation on the future of Ireland’s railways ends on Friday. The process will inform decisions on the shape of the railway network in...Read more
Rotterdam rail shuttle to Kehl/Strasbourg now 7 times a week
The rail shuttle between the port of Rotterdam and the agglomeration of Kehl and Strasbourg is now a daily service. It was recently increased from five to seven, reports the Dutch harbour authority.Read more
Supply chain disruption has silver lining for shippers
The lingering disruption to the global supply chain has proved a severe strain on business and industry around the world. However, not everyone has been affected in a bad way. Many shipping agents are reporting...Read more
Freight locomotive derailment at junction in Kent
A low-speed derailment in southeast England disrupted Thursday’s commuters and other rail services in and out of London St Pancras, the terminal for Eurostar. The disruption lasted most of the day. A class 66 diesel,...Read more