Thursday 16 May is the second day of the RailFreight Summit 2019 taking place in the Polish city of Gdansk....RailFreight Summit 2019 – Liveblog Day 2
Wednesday 15 May is the first day of the RailFreight Summit 2019 that takes place in Gdansk, Poland. This liveblog...RailFreight Summit 2019 – Liveblog Day 1
The Scottish government has announced to dedicate 25 million British pounds (28.8 million Euros) of ring-fenced funds to the rail...Scotland sets aside 25 million to boost rail freight industry
SBB Cargo introduces automatic coupling in rail operation
SBB Cargo trains has started this month to operate with autocouplers. According to the freight operator this is the first step in automating the last mile of rail operations. In the past year SBB Cargo...Read more
‘Terminal network in CEE countries grows incredibly’
The network of intermodal terminals in Central Eastern Europe (CEE) has been developing at a frenetic pace in the last 20 years. The key factor of the growth process is private investments. To continue this...Read more
New blocktrain Rotterdam-Vienna
The first shuttle train between the Port of Rotterdam and Vienna is a fact. Intermodal operator LKW Walter has established a two-weekly blocktrain to the terminal of Wiencont. The first journey was carried out in...Read more
First cooled train Rotterdam-Valencia is now a fact
On Monday 6 May the first CoolRail train left the Port of Rotterdam on the way to Valencia. In the Spanish city it will be loaded with fresh produce and make its way back to...Read more
Reusable waste on train from the Netherlands to Austria
Dutch shipper N+P Group carried out several shipments of waste and residue material by train between the Netherlands and Austria. Using open-top containers to lift reusable material from its production site in Farmsum to the...Read more
Medway to develop logistics centre in Sines, Portugal
The Portuguese rail freight company Medway will develop a logistics area in the Port of Sines, in the region of Alentejo. The project will be carried out with a total budget of 1 million Euros. Medway...Read more
Rail bypass of railway hub Lyon to be upgraded
The French infrastructure manager SNCF Réseau is assessing the upgrade of the railway bypass of Lyon, the most important cargo and passenger hub in France being crossed by 1,200 trains daily. The bypass is saturated...Read more
New shuttle train Hamburg-Cologne on track
The new container train connection between Cologne and the seaports of Hamburg and Bremerhaven has been successfully launched. On Monday evening (6 May), the first shuttle train from Hamburg arrived in Niehler Hafen in Cologne....Read more
Vietnam signs with Belintertrans to improve New Silk Road connections
Ratraco, a logistics subsidiary of Vietnam Railways, agreed with its Belarusian counterpart Belintertrans to join forces in launching new rail freight links from Vietnam to Europe and to Belarus particularly. The parties agreed to use...Read more
Multimodal service Austria-Sweden launched
Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has established a direct link between Vienna and Scandanavia. Four times a week a multimodal service runs between the Austrian capital and Trelleborg, the southernmost city in Sweden. Trelleborg is also the...Read more