Railport Antwerpen will start coordinating the rail activities at the Port of Antwerp in order to improve the relatively low...Railport to manage rail transport in Port of Antwerp
The new freight link between Austria and China per rail will re-routed to the border crossing of Altynkol-Khorgos, an upcoming...Austria-China link re-routed through Khorgos Gateway
A next step towards an amended Combined Transport Directive was made with the adoption of the progress report by the...Next step towards adopting new Combined Transport Directive
DB Cargo launches online platform to ‘shop transport services online’
DB Cargo has launched a digital service called myRailportal, enabling customers to order transport services, report damages, or check departure times online. The key component is the AX4 logistics platform, which makes ordering transport services...Read more
Deutsche Bahn and Georgian Railways sign partnership deal
Deutsche Bahn and Georgian Railway embarked on a a strategic partnership to strengthen the European and Asian multimodal transportation corridors. The agreement includes the exchange of resources such as knowledge, expertise, information as well as...Read more
Prorail: ‘From Dutch to Baltic port in 22 hours’
Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail and block train operator Baltic Rail, subsidiary of Rail World Group want to shorten transit times of rail freight traffic between the Dutch and Baltic ports. The 1,800 kilometre journey should...Read more
Container Exchange Route in Port of Rotterdam to shorten port procedure
The construction of the Container Exchange Route (CER) in the Port of Rotterdam will commence in the last quarter of this year. The transport solution is expected to make the exchange of containers more efficient,...Read more
Transformation risk due to composite brake blocks analysed
The European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) has formed a working group to study the effect and potential risks of composite brake blocks on wheels of railcars. This is in response to a report by...Read more
New railway service on Middle Corridor linking China and Turkey
A new railway service has been launched on the Middle Corridor, a relatively new route between China and Europe as part of the Belt and Road initiative (BRI). Hong Kong-based Kerry Logistics operates the westbound...Read more
‘TEN-T should be revised looking at the Belt and Road initiative’
When the European Commission revises the TEN-T network in 2023 it should consider the possibilities that the Belt and Road initiative (BRI) offers, said Alain Baron of the Directorate General for Mobility and Transport (DG...Read more
Surprisingly high freight volumes on Mozambican northern corridor
Freight volumes transported on the northern railway corridor of Mozambique totalled 100 thousand tonnes in the first quarter of 2018, around forty per cent more than what was initially expected. The corridor links the Mozambican...Read more
Theft plaguing rail freight on Caribbean coast of Mexico
An increase of theft cases is plaguing rail freight in Mexico, especially on the line between the Port of Veracruz, on the Caribbean coast and Mexico City. This service is operated by Ferromex, which suffered...Read more
30.6 billion Euros fund for European transport confirmed
The European Commission has unveiled the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) budget proposal for the period 2021-2027. It confirmed a CEF Transport budget of 30.6 billion Euros, promising to continue support of improved interoperability and border...Read more