Due to strong market demands, shipping line Unifeeder is adding Kaliningrad to its feeder and shortsea network. Starting 8 December,...New feeder services Kaliningrad add to multimodal puzzle
The traffic committee of the German Bundestag has agreed with the 86.2 billion euro-investment in the national rail network over...German parliament approves 11 billion-euro fund Deutsche Bahn
It is a first in many regards: the multimodal connection between XI’an in Central China to Hamburg. Via Kaliningrad, partly...A single waybill for both rail and ferry to China
Locomotive for heaviest trains to UK construction firm
DCRail, the rail freight operating company that is part of the London based Cappagh Group of Companies, will this week take delivery of the first of four locomotives that will move construction materials to a...Read more
Dutch infra manager fined for delayed tariff report
Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail has been charged a 25,000-euros fine for failing to timely communicate the tariff for the use of main shunting yard Kijfhoek. Rail operators faced a long period of uncertainty about the...Read more
Budapest connected to largest seaports Europe
With effect from January 2020, Eurogate Intermodal will include Munich in its rail freight network, connecting the German hub to Budapest. From Munich, the operator offers 21 round trips to various seaports in the country....Read more
Metrans opens new intermodal terminal near Berlin
Czech logistics company Metrans, a subsidiary of HHLA, has opened a new intermodal terminal in Königs Wusterhausen in the vicinity of Berlin. The facility was launched in partnership with LUTRA, operator of GVZ Schönefelder Kreuz...Read more
German state support DB is ‘unfair competition’
Private railway undertakings have lodged a complaint against the German state. They disagree with the eleven billion euros fund to Deutsche Bahn that the government wants to invest until 2030 to raise up the ailing...Read more
Wels-Vienna-Budapest line 3 times per week
The Austrian Rail Cargo Group and German Kombiverkehr have partnered up to realise a three-weekly rail freight connection between Wels, Vienna and Budapest. The three cities in Germany, Austria and Hungary are main nodes in...Read more
FESCO tests new train from China to Hamburg via Kaliningrad
The Russian enclave of Kaliningrad is gaining significance on the New Silk Road as more and more logistics companies turn to the region’s railway border crossings with Poland. The latest service launched is Silkway Amber,...Read more
Agroexpress brings Russian food products to Chinese market
RZD Logistics and the Chongqing-based platform company YuXinOu established Agroexpress, a specialised railway service for delivering Russian food products to China. They plan to conduct a series of shipments from Russia to Chongqing by the...Read more
Metrans receives first new Vectron locomotive
Rail freight operator Metrans received the first Vectron multi-system locomotive at its container terminal in Prague on Monday 11 November. The vehicle is part of an order consisting of ten such units, The remaining fleet...Read more
GB Railfreight to haul cement for construction in London
GB Railfreight has entered another seven years of partnership with Hanson Cement. The British rail freight operator will carry the important commodity across the country to terminals at London King’s Cross, Avonmouth (Bristol) and Mossend...Read more
New UK government urged to prioritise rail freight
The British Rail Freight Group has set out its priorities for the new government and called on all party leaders to include rail freight as part of their transport commitments. With a renewed focus on...Read more
Two new connections from German terminals to northern Italy
Two new train connections were born between Melzo in Northern Italy and respectively Kaldenkirchen and Duisburg in Germany. Jan de Rijk Intermodal and Wetron Transport & Logistics signed an agreement with primeRail to set up...Read more
Sigrid Nikutta appointed to recover DB Cargo
Sigrid Nikutta has been appointed head the operative division of DB Cargo by Deutsche Bahn’s supervisory board. On Thursday 7 November, the Aufsichtsrat, the supervisory board of Deutsche Bahn, discussed the future of the ailing...Read more