Amazon has come up with an idea that will allow the use of drones for the last mile of intermodal transportation of purchased goods. It is looking into ground-based mobile maintenance facilities that can store,...Read more
Last Friday, the first steel train arrived at the new facility of London Thamesport. The train was operated by DB Cargo UK, carrying a shipment for Tata Steel. “Proud to have taken the first ever...Read more
The completion of clearance works at the tunnel near Ortona end of this year will open up the intermodal rail along the Adriatic coast of Italy to a P400 loading gauge. With this step, the...Read more
Luxembourg’s CFL Multimodal and Transports Vigneron of France have launched a new rail service linking Zeebrugge and Nancy via the recently-opened Bettembourg-Dudelange freight terminal.
Connections to Lyon, Le Bolou (France) and the port city of Trieste...Read more
Rail freight links between Luxembourg and its European neighbours will be strengthened through the new Bettembourg-Dudelange Intermodal Terminal, which has been officially opened by His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri.
The CFL Multimodal-owned facility, which covers...Read more
A major new rail freight terminal has opened in the Hungarian capital Budapest, strengthening the central and eastern Europe operations of its Metrans, the intermodal subsidiary of the Port of Hamburg Authority (Hamburger Hafen und...Read more
Steel could be the key to making the Port of Antwerp the next major European cargo hub with a direct rail freight link with China. Port officials signed a cooperation agreement with the Chinese Port...Read more
A symbolic turning of the first sod of earth has signalled the start of work by Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) on a ‘unique’ new port railway locomotive service point. The modern service facility will form part of the Alte...Read more
Swedish-based Kiruna Wagon has successfully tested a new side dump wagon and unloading station as part of a European Union (EU) project for developing ‘smart’ rail freight wagons for the mined agricultural sector.
Led by Spanish...Read more
A new rail freight terminal in the north of England could be the catalyst for significant new business between the UK and mainland Europe & beyond. The iPort multimodal park is a collaborative project offering a...Read more
The Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is launching a new rail freight service transporting timber panels used to make wooden houses between Austria, Sweden and Norway. The agreement with Stora Enso, one of Scandinavia’s biggest renewable...Read more
Rail freight rarely says no. Whatever the customer wants to move, there’s a train that can take it. Take arguably Scotland’s most famous export for example – whisky. In this special column for RailFreight.com, self-confessed...Read more
Combined transport is still the main driver for freight movements in Europe, while rail’s modal split share is strongest in Central & Eastern Europe, says the International Union of Railways (UIC). The ‘2016 Report on Combined...Read more
German trimodal provider Contargo is aiming to boost demand for the overland freight route to China through a new rail connection between the Ruhr region and the Swiss city of Basel. It is promoting the...Read more
The pilot version of a ‘one-stop-shop’ European web portal detailing rail freight service facilities across the continent can now be accessed online. The railfreightlocations.eu site is a European Union initiative involving a group of rail...Read more
