Dutch terminal operator Cabooter Group has purchased a fully electric reachstacker manufactured by Kalmar. The group will deploy the crane...Venlo to get first fully electric Kalmar Reachstacker
The ports on the Caspian and Black Sea could be connected with a new transport corridor which will run only...Russia proposes new corridor between Caspian and Black Sea
The Portuguese and Spanish governments should increase their budgets for rail and port infrastructure. This is the recommendation of the...EU wants Spain and Portugal to push infrastructure investments
Dutch topman Pier Eringa becomes new CEO Transdev Netherlands
Pier Eringa, CEO of Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail will start as the CEO of Transdev the Netherlands per 1 September. Transdev is a mobility solutions provider of bus, train, taxi and ambulance transport. Eringa revealed...Read more
Lineas CEO: most people put on a suit, we take it off
Lineas does rail differently; with a fresh, new approach. This attitude not only stems from the innovative express network of its trains. When CEO Geert Pauwels showed up for this interview, he appeared in jeans...Read more
DB Cargo starts using RouteLint after successful test
DB Cargo is the first freight transport company in the Netherlands to start using RouteLint after a successful trial period. RouteLint is an app that helps train drivers to operate a train ‘smarter’. This results...Read more
Dutch Kijfhoek meets safety standards after row of accidents
Rail infrastructure at Dutch classification yard Kijfhoek meets 94.6 per cent of the standards. This conclusion was drawn by the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT), based on investigations carried out this year. ILT’s supervision...Read more
Flooded railway line in UK’s Midlands reopened
The UK railway line between Corby, Oakham and Melton Mowbray has been reopened, after a four-day closure due to floods. On Thursday 13 June a landslip and flooding hit the railway line. As no trains...Read more
From today: one-stop shop ERA for authorisations and certificates
From 16 June 2019 onwards, the EU Agency for Railways (ERA) takes responsibility for vehicle authorisation, safety certification, and ERTMS trackside approval. This marks the beginning of a new era of single and simplified authorisation...Read more
Heads of EU infrastructure discuss rail freight future
On 13 June in Bern, chief executives from rail infrastructure companies discussed measures for improving the operational environment of railway undertakings. There was a special focus on increasing the rail freight modal share to 30...Read more
Civil works to upgrade railway between Switzerland and Italy
The Italian manager of infrastructure RFI is going to develop several civil works to improve rail freight traffic between Novara in the north of the county and the bordering Simplon Pass in Switzerland. The project...Read more
MSC acquires Spanish rail freight operator
The Swiss sea shipping company Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has acquired most shares of the Spanish rail operator Laumar Terminales Ferroviarias, previously owned by Laumar Cargo. Laumar Terminales Ferroviarias manages rail freight warehouses in Vicalvaro...Read more
TX Logistik gets own B licence in Denmark
From now on, the German rail logistics company TX Logistik AG (TXL) can perform transport services in the Danish rail network independently. The Danish Ministry of Transport has now issued the necessary B license, effective...Read more