Moravia Shuttle connects Czech to German Baltic Sea port
European Cargo Logistics (ECL) and DSV Road AB have jointly launched a new rail connection between the German terminal of Travemünde and the Czech freight station of Zajeci. Travemünde is part of coastal city of...Read more
Hupac prepares for Swiss rail without subsidies
Hupac has been preparing itself for the abolition of the Swiss subsidies for combined transport at the end of 2023. In order to compensate for the abolition without losing competitiveness compared with road, it has...Read more
Ekol to launch Denmark-Turkey connection
Ekol Logistics will soon provide an intermodal link between Denmark and Turkey after it signed a partnership agreement with the Danish logistics operator Blue Water Shipping. “The first step of this cooperation is to operate...Read more
DB Cargo and RZD Logistics start container service China-Europe
RZD Logistics and DB Cargo AG will start a joint multimodal container service on the markets of China and Europe. CEO Viacheslav Valentik of RZD Logistics and CEO Uwe Leuschner signed an agreement at the...Read more
‘Mobility as a Service as last mile for freight transport’
Mobility as a Service (MaaS) could be used for the ‘last mile’ of rail freight transport. Lina Konstantinopoulou, Head of Transport and Logistics, Innovations and Deployment of ERTICO – ITS Europe, shared this view last...Read more
Maersk launches high-speed railway line Rijeka-Budapest
Maersk Line has launched a new high-speed railway service connecting the Croation coastal city of Rijeka with Budapest. The service is a direct connection to the ocean service of Maersk, in the direction of Europe...Read moreHupac offers new services from north of Italy to Rotterdam, Zeebrugge and Cologne
Intermodal operator Hupac launches a new connection from the north of Italy, in addition to increasing existing services this month. This weekend, a new service between and Rotterdam will commence. The Novara-Zeebrugge service will be...Read more
New mixed train shuttle Bavaria-Ludwigshafen
DB Cargo BTT, the chemical and dangerous goods logistics provider of DB Cargo, has launched a new railway line between Ludwigshafen and Burghausen. The three-weeky service is ran by a ‘mixed train’, consisting of a...Read more
Ekol launches new connection Sete-Zeebrugge
Logistics provider Ekol launched a new train connection from Sete, France to Zeebrugge, Belgium. Moreover, it has increased the number of train connections from Sete to Paris. As such, Sete is set to become a...Read more
RailRunner Europe to offer mega trailer journeys
Starting in April, RailRunner Europe will provide train journeys with cranable mega trailers on its railway line between Brunswick and Bratislava. During weekdays and within 18 hours, RailRunner trains will transport the trailers in both...Read more
Samskip starts new multimodal service Amsterdam-Hull
The Port of Amsterdam is growing in importance for freight operators. While a train departed eastbound to make the first direct link with Yiwu in China, it will soon commence with two new services in...Read more
UK’s new iPort rail hub receives first train
Britain’s newest inland rail freight hub, the 337-acre iPort Rail in north east England, has welcomed its first train. With storage capacity for 1,500 TEUs and a reach stacker operation with a 115-tonne front axle load,...Read more
Intermodal success in 2017 for Contship Italia Group
A rise in intermodal rail business last year by Italian operator, Contship Italia Group, came against the backdrop of an overall fall in freight volumes for the group. Some good performances were achieved at Contship’s flagship...Read more