GB Railfreight (GBRf) has partnered up with Porterbrook and Greenbrier for constructing and leasing a hundred Greenbrier 60’ intermodal twin wagons. Greenbrier, a rail manufacturing company, will undertake the task of building the new railcars....Read more
Ever since MSC announced to open a depot at North Sea Port, the phone has been ringing non-stop at Vlaeynatie, the company that is to facilitate the depot at Terneuzen. “Other shipping companies are now...Read more
Lithuania and Ukraine have signed a Memorandum of Intent to develop their transport and logistics sectors together. The agreement concerns all modes of transport. However, rail seems to be the primary driver of their cooperation....Read more
The Swiss rail freight operator SBB Cargo suffered a loss of almost 35 million francs last year, which amounts to 31.2 million euros. This is evident from the annual figures of parent company SBB.Read more
Originating from Euroterminal Slawkow and with DCT Gdansk Terminal as its final destination, an intermodal train wrote history as the heaviest ever in Polish freight transport. It left Slawkow carrying ninety 20-foot containers (90 TEUs...Read more
The high demand for services led Rail Cargo Group to add another weekly itinerary in its TransFER Linz-Wels-Duisburg route. Beginning on April 5, the service will have four roundtrips between the three locations every week....Read more
Post-Brexit trade disruption and ongoing congestion are causing critical build-ups of containers at UK ports, according to the latest data from Container xChange. The UK’s leading container terminals struggled to cope with the pandemic driven...Read more
As of 3 March, Hupac launched a new intermodal connection between RTC Geleen in the south of the Netherlands and Wells CT and WienCont terminals in Austria. The new rail line offers further possibilities for...Read more
PCC Intermodal plans to level up its rail connection between Poland and Ukraine to three times per week this year. It announced these plans while celebrating the first anniversary of the service, which connects several...Read more
European Gateway Services is launching a new connection between Rotterdam and Regensburg in Bavaria, southern Germany. After a successful trial, the first trains will run on the new route from the end of March. A...Read more
PKP Cargo and LTG cargo Polska have submitted a request to establish a joint enterprise at the Polish Office for Competition and Consumer Protection. Poland and Lithuania’s two national carriers want to develop a common...Read more
As of 25 February, Kombiverkehr’s customers will be able to book three more connections to and from Mortara in northern Italy. The new services will run through Gotthard’s four-meter broad corridor and will reach the...Read more
Rail transport to and from the port of Hamburg is facing difficulties, as the delays of shipping lines continue and port facilities are consumed to the maximum. Various rail freight operators have warned for delays...Read more
Arcese Logistics recently ordered 300 new semi-trailers fully compatible with the transport of P400’s. The latest purchase adds up to the company’s already existing P400 fleet, reaching the total number of 3,000 intermodal semi-trailers.Read more
On the 19th of February, the EU Commission published a ‘targeted impact assessment study’ concerning the consequences of the new EU road haulage rules on Combined Transport. Just like UIRR had predicted in its study,...Read more
On the railway line between Perpignan and Luxembourg, trains have to withstand wind currents up till 140 kmph. For the transport of semi-trailers, only the Lohr wagosn are permitted to operate on the stretch where...Read more
A new direct service has been launched between the port of Gdansk and Ukraine. Via the border hub in Mostyska, cargo is distributed to several locations in Ukraine, including the port of Odessa. The train...Read more
The HHLA intermodal company Metrans is building another rail terminal in Hungary. A corresponding agreement has been signed between HHLA and the Hungarian government. The hub terminal will be built in Zalaegerszeg, which is located...Read more
