The Hamburg-based operator Eurogate Intermodal (EGIM) has launched a new direct rail connection between the Port of Hamburg in the...New direct rail connection Port of Hamburg-Singen
The Spanish company Network Steel Resources (NSR) is going to build a rail freight terminal for its new factory in...Galvanised Steel factory to develop terminal in north of Spain
Chengdu plans to build the first fully automated international rail port of China. The new terminal will be able to...Chengdu to have first fully automated rail terminal China
Mobile app for digital rail freight Belarus
Belarusian Railways has presented a new mobile app, allowing rail freight operations to become fully digital. The app comes after the implementation of the electronic document in transit transportation on the Latvia-Belarus-Russia corridor. The launch of...Read more
Danish ban on pocketwagons lifted for some companies
The Danish Transport Authority has granted railway companies Hector Rail and CFL Cargo permission to resume the use of semi-trailers loaded on pocketwagons. It received the necessary documentation ensuring that the locking mechanism is secured,...Read more
Additional freight trains Eurotunnel in case of no-deal Brexit
Eurotunnel is preparing to handle additional freight train services and building a new terminal for unaccompanied trailers. In doing this, it is gearing up for a no-deal scenario of the Brexit. Eurotunnel is responsible for...Read more
Polish rail freight operators get more home-produced locomotives
Polish private rail freight operators STK and CTL Logistics have entered into service five brand new Dragon 2 locomotives designed and produced by Polish rolling stock manufacturer Newag. The carriers have become the users of...Read more
Hupac reroutes traffic in face of Danish pocketwagon ban
Hupac has offered alternative routes to Denmark and Sweden as it is currently not permitted to operate pocketwagon trains in Denmark. The ban will be lifted with the right measures, which the intermodal operators says...Read more
KCS to build rail facility on US-Mexican border
US rail freight company Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) will start developing a cargo processing facility on the US-Mexican border this month. The aim is to improve train traffic between southern Texas, the US and...Read more
Restoration flooded railway line Algeciras – Antequera ‘too slow’
The restoration of the damaged railway track between the Port of Algeciras and Antequera in Spain is taking too long, according to the mayor of Algeciras, Jose Ignacio Landaluce. He asked for acceleration of the...Read more
‘Who will be filling the freight trains that Europe wants to have?’
European legislators will begin their trialogue negotiations in the next days to come to a common agreement regarding the amendment of the 27-year-old Combined Transport Directive. These amendments should ensure more harmonised rules for combined...Read more
Denmark concludes: ‘Safety of pocketwagon not guaranteed’
The safety of the use of pocketwagons cannot be guaranteed, although they are permitted in the transport by rail. This was the conclusion of the Accident Investigation Board of the Danish Transport Authority (DTA), in...Read more
P&O Ferrymasters launches new link Turkey – Rotterdam – Zeebrugge via Trieste
P&O Ferrymasters has launched a new intermodal connection from the Turkish ports of Pendik, Ambarli and Mersin to the Free Port of Trieste in Italy, with onward rail connections to Rotterdam and Zeebrugge. The new...Read more