Hutchison Ports BEST terminal in the Port of Barcelona has recently increased its storage and connection capacity for reefer containers....BEST terminal Barcelona gears up as hub for cooled transport
The Dutch port of Terneuzen has been linked to the Rhine-Alpine corridor. It is the third North Sea Port to...Port of Terneuzen now on Rhine Alpine corridor
To plan, dispatch and deploy trains and staff, SBB Cargo uses the integrated standard solution IVU.rail from IT specialist IVU...SBB Cargo to plan railway in cloud
New multimodal site at Kluizendok in North Sea Port
The Turkish logistics company Ekol Logistics and the Belgian groupage company Transuniverse Forwarding are going to develop a multimodal site of 40 hectares at the Kluizendok in North Sea Port (Ghent). The project involves 10...Read more
Popular greentech solutions on the train to China
Dutch agriculture and green technology is in high demand in China. From water tanks, irrigation systems to greenhouse cooling systems; they are imported from the Netherlands. Recently, the transport is also carried out by train....Read more
‘China has tea, France has wine’
A bonded warehouse for the distribution of wine in the Chinese province of Hubai was opened last month. The warehouse is situated in Wuhan, an important hub on the New Silk Road. The wine comes...Read more
Chengdu-Budapest linked by direct line
A rail freight service between Chengdu in China and Budapest in Hungary has been established. The new China-Europe express train left the Chinese hub on Friday 9 August and is expected to arrive fifteen days...Read more
Rotterdam-Venlo rail freight service soon 14 times per week
The rail freight connection between the Port of Rotterdam and the logistics hub of Venlo on the Dutch-German border will be increased to fourteen services per week. Currently, the journey is made five times per...Read more
Kazakhstan plans reefer container train to Uzbekistan
KTZ Express, a logistics provider and subsidiary of Kazakhstan Railways considers launching a reefer container train service to Uzbekistan. The new option will allow the company to increase the freight volumes and extend the product...Read more
Belarus to build new intermodal terminal
In 2020 Belarusian Railway will start the construction of a new intermodal terminal for handling products transported between China and the EU. It will be located at the Great Stone Industrial Park, a joint Chinese-Belarusian...Read more
DB Cargo sets new goal on New Silk Road: 100,000 TEU in 2020
DB Cargo intends to increase container traffic between Europe and China in the coming years. The German rail freight operator has set a goal of carrying 100,000 TEU on the New Silk Road in 2020. DB...Read more
China and Russia test delivery of seafood by rail
China and Russia have tested the interstate rail transportation of seafood. The first batch of frozen fish was delivered from the Russian port of Zarubino to the Chinese city of Hunchun on 2 August. The trial...Read more
Works at Kijfhoek classification yard delayed
The launch of maintenance works at the Dutch Kijfhoek classification yard scheduled for last week, from 1 to 4 August, was delayed for an unknown time. ProRail, the Dutch rail infrastructure manager, and contractor Swietelsky...Read more
UK customs declaration in Wroclaw, Poland
Customers putting their cargo on the train in Wroclaw, Poland to the Dutch port of Moerdijk now do their customs declarations for export to the UK before getting onboard. This is thanks to a membership...Read more
Freightliner sets new haulage record in UK
British rail operator Freightliner, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming (G&W), has successfully hauled a train weighing 4,624 tonnes. It has become the heaviest jumbo train in the UK. The trial transportation of aggregate between...Read more
Maersk and TransContainer deliver Chinese cars to Russia by rail
TransContainer and Maersk have launched a new container train between China and Russia. It connects the Chinese city of Dalian, Liaoning Province, with the Russian town of Vorotynsk, Kaluga region. The new service is focused...Read more