Thessaloniki Port Authority has signed a cooperation agreement with China Merchants Port Holdings and its subsidiaries China Merchants Holdings (International)...Chinese invest in other Greek port, this time Thessaloniki
The main border between China and Kazakhstan has been congested since the start of June. By the end of the...What do you do when the train to Europe takes longer than a ship?
Disruptions to the international supply chain have put container traffic in a spin. Racking up storage fees may be welcome...Britain’s intermodal traffic boxed in by container concerns
Sparks fly as UK freight leaders unite on decarbonisation
Major representative bodies and stakeholders are today seeking progress on a national initiative to make the railways net-zero carbon by 2050, in line with the UK government target set out in legislation.Read more
HHLA implements machine learning for the first time
Machine learning has been implemented in the port of Hamburg to predict the dwell time of a container at the terminal. The first two projects have been successfully integrated and implemented into the IT landscape...Read more
Spanish consortium helps to rebuild TEN-T line in Bosnia
A Spanish consortium has agreed to work on the reconstruction of the Doboj-Rasputnica Miljacka railway section in Bosnia. The partnership consists of Ardanuy Ingeniería, Eptisa and IPSA. The group will carry out the design and...Read more
Ukraine as a final destination rather than transit country for China
The first regular railway service from China to Ukraine is a fact. On Monday 6 July, a container train arrived in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, orginating from Wuhan. It was the first of a...Read more
Road vehicles hit UK rail bridges 5 times a day
According to Network Rail figures, there are five incidents a day where road vehicles hit UK rail bridges. Prosecutions, fines and compensation does not solve the issue, they say, and careless road drivers are making...Read more
Safety Kijfhoek not in order, fines of hundreds of thousands may follow
Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail risks fines of hundreds of thousands of euros because the risk management at Kijfhoek is not in order. This jeopardizes the ‘safe driveability’ of the marshalling yard. The Human Environment and...Read more
Rail industry left out of UK chancellor’s plan for jobs
After last week’s announcement by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in which he committed to ‘build, build, build’, the rail industry was hoping for some detail in today’s statement from UK chancellor Rishi Sunak. However,...Read more
Monthly traffic China-Europe exceeds 52k TEUs for first time
Container traffic between China and Europe witnessed an absolute record last month, judging from the volumes transited by UTLC ERA. The joint venture of Belarusian, Kazakh and Russian railways in May carried 52,5 thousand TEUs...Read more
London and South East new centre of gravity for UK rail freight
It is not just modal and traction shift, the rail freight sector is coming to terms with geographical shift too. Rail freight is adjusting to a move away from its traditional power base, says Ralph...Read more
Captrain España and Alpha Trains sign deal for 21 new EURO6000’s
Spanish railway undertaking Captrain España and Alpha Trains, a leasing company for locomotives and trains, have signed an agreement to lease up to 21 new build EURO6000 locomotives. In parallel, Alpha Trains and Stadler Valencia...Read more
Negative sentiment over combined transport in 2019
European combined transport had a difficult year in 2019. It was a year of reckoning after the optimism of the year before, concludes the UIRR. The industry association for combined transport published its annual report...Read more
Tarmac affirms UK construction industry commitment to rail
Construction company Tarmac has strengthened its relationship with rail freight, building on recent developments in England and Scotland. The wider industry can benefit too, they say.Read more
Trafikverket signs multi-million deal for railway assessment
Trafikverket, the Swedish Transport Administration, has signed a multi-million agreement with Lloyd’s Register (LR), a global engineering consultancy. The company will deliver third party assessment services for the country’s rail network. It follows a previous...Read more