The Danish international logistics company DFDS acquired the German rail operator primeRail. The two parties signed the acquisition agreement last week after two years of cooperation. “This is the starting point of the new DFDS...Read more
For the transhipment of non-cranable trailers to rail, a range of techniques are competing in terms of efficiency and cost, but new research by the EU has now provided valuable comparison of practises. Standard vertical...Read more
Switzerland aims to extend its infrastructure investments in France and Italy, targeting rail lines and terminals. In France, it is working with the government to define the size and type of investment on the Wörth-Strasbourg...Read more
Public consultation on proposals for a vast new warehouse and rail freight park near Bicester in the Oxfordshire countryside opens this week. A Channel Islands based company, Oxfordshire Railfreight Limited, is preparing plans for a...Read more
Kombiverkehr has added the portal city of Halmstad to its network of destinations in southern Sweden. A direct train shuttles between Lübeck in Germany to the Swedish port in less than twelve hours, once per...Read more
Brittany Ferries has announced the launch of a new ‘rail freight motorway’ service between Cherbourg and Bayonne, a distance of almost 1,000 kilometres, with the aim of linking freight markets in France, the UK, Ireland...Read more
A new intermodal rail connection between Duisburg in Germany and Katerineholm in Sweden was started in early April by TX Logistik. The railway company operates two weekly roundtrips between the two destinations for Samskip Multimodal....Read more
The cross-border rail freight project in North Sea Port that connects Zeeuws-Vlaanderen with Ghent will receive 105 million euros from the Dutch Growth Fund (Groeifonds). With this, the Dutch government underlines the importance of rail...Read more
Hupac is launching an additional departure on its route between Barcelona and Busto Arsizio, its north-Italian hub. As of 25 April, the intermodal operator will offer five roundtrips per week instead of four.Read more
A brand new service will help Scottish producers and manufacturers reach worldwide markets. Saturday saw the first departure of a new intermodal service operated by Freightliner. The train conveys containers from the company’s Coatbridge terminal...Read more
Terminal Vest in Oradea, Romania, is on the set of expansion due to increased intermodal demand between the region and western Europe. The almost tripled roundtrips offered by the terminal and the addition of new...Read more
A new intermodal connection is in the pipeline to link the Belgian Port of Antwerp with the Birsterminal in the Rhine port Birsfelden, Switzerland. The intermodal route will pass through Terminal Container Athus in southern...Read more
LTG Cargo will launch a new intermodal rail freight route connecting Kaunas Intermodal Terminal (KIT) with Duisburg. The service will commence on 4 April and will offer three weekly roundtrips. Semi-trailers and containers with various...Read more
The Spanish port of Valencia was awarded the REIF Shift to Regional Rail prize by the Italian Institute for Transport and Logistics (ITL). The distinction reflects the port’s success in giving a prominent position to...Read more
Kombiverkehr’s rail freight service between Cologne in Germany and the port of Trieste in Italy offers one more weekly departure. The intermodal company announced that it increased its weekly roundtrips in this route from three...Read more
Often touted as Britain’s busiest intermodal port, there’s never a dull moment at Felixstowe, on the east coast of Great Britain. The latest addition though is not a fresh stack of containers on the quayside,...Read more
Domestic intermodal traffic in Hungary grew by more than 13 per cent in 2021 compared to 2020. Trends show that it will expand more in the coming years, says the Association of Hungarian Logistics Service...Read more
The Container Exchange Route (CER) on the Maasvlakte in the port of Rotterdam will probably not be put into operation until the end of this year. The project is delayed by about a year. The...Read more