Since the Brexit, a shift of volumes has been observed to Ireland, and rail is taking the benefit. In Ireland as well as in Europe, seabound cargo is reaching the hinterland by train. And the...Read more
Next year will be the starting point for the use of longer trains in Hupac’s transalpine routes. A standard train length of 690 metres via Luino in Italy and 625 metres via Chiasso in Switzerland...Read more
UK rail freight operator GBRf and European shipping line MSC have agreed a new five-year deal to keep intermodal traffic flowing between British ports and distribution centres. The land and sea collaborators have just extended...Read more
Cargobeamer is launching a new intermodal route in France, between the coastal hub of Calais and Perpignan. The French lane will be offered from 14 June, starting off with two roundtrips per week. By 5...Read more
The combined transport sector scored a positive performance in Q1 of 2021. Compared to the same period last year, traffic increased by 3,17 per cent. The results came under unprecedented conditions, involving Covid-19 restrictions and...Read more
On 10 May, Tilburg acquired a new block train service connecting it with Nanjing in China. The first journey started from Nanjing Yaohua Gate Station and is expected to arrive at the railway terminal owned...Read more
PKP Cargo International and LKW Walter signed a two-year cooperation contract. Starting from this May, PKP Cargo will be transporting LKW Walter’s loads in the North-South Corridor. Specifically, it will connect the Paskov terminal in...Read more
Hupac finds itself in a race of expanding its network and services. The intermodal rail operator has many new projects in the pipeline concerning new regional and international connections. Moreover, it has plans for new...Read more
Infrastructure manager RFI will carry out rail upgrades in the region Liguria in North-West Italy for 13.4 billion euros. This should result in an increase of 49 percent of freight trains per day by improving...Read more
The port of Rotterdam has handled 115.8 million tonnes of freight in the first quarter of this year, a 3 per cent increase over the same period last year. This is a new step in...Read more
Finland and Estonia signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday 26 April 2021 for more cooperation. This will promote projects such as Rail Baltica, the Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel, Trans-European Transport Networks, and the North Sea–Baltic Sea...Read more
Delivery has begun of British built high-tech intermodal rolling stock to freight operating company GB Railfreight. VTG Rail UK has begun delivering a large order of Ecofret2 coupled triple sets for eventual deployment on flows...Read more
The region between Karslruhe (Germany) and Strasbourg (France) is about to have an additional terminal. In June of this year, a new trimodal terminal will be put into operation in Lauterbourg on the French Upper...Read more
Maersk launched a dedicated train service for the Indian automotive industry, branded as the ‘Automotive Express’. It kicked off on 18 April, and it will connect the Garhi Harsaru Inland Container Depot near Delhi with...Read more
Today, Thursday 22 April it is Earth Day, also the start of the World Leaders Summit on Climate. There is no better day to highlight the benefits of intermodal freight transportation. This is exactly what...Read more
The price of the China-Europe Express train has surged again. This is after a short, calm period in March, as a result of the Chinese Spring Festival. However, the Suez Canal blockade ushered in another...Read more
The grounding of the Ever Given did not just pose questions to the Suez Canal, it posed questions for world trade. The New Silk Road may have been around since the times of Genghis Khan,...Read more
Rail infrastructure needs to be adjusted to the needs of intermodal traffic, and the revision of the TEN-T regulation is the ideal moment for such a change. That is the core message of the UIRR...Read more
