Italy and Switzerland have agreed on a plan of action for the expansion of the Lötschberg-Simplon corridor. This expansion will enable cross-border intermodal transport with a height of 4 metres up till the Milan/Novara area...Read more
After five years of negotiations, the new EU rules on road tolls are a fact. The European Parliament adopted the Eurovignette Directive on Thursday 17 February. However, the new rules mean little good news for...Read more
Belgrade’s Pancevo dry port terminal will be part of Hupac’s network starting from 2 March. The intermodal operator lays eyes on the Serbian rail freight market that will serve with one weekly roundtrip for a...Read more
SNCF Logistics’ rail freight subsidiary VIIA has won a tender to operate a new multi-modal terminal in the French Mediterranean port of Sète, scheduled to enter service at the beginning of 2023. The company also...Read more
Hupac has launched a new regional service in Italy connecting Pomezia near Rome with Novara in the country’s north. The intermodal link started operating on 15 February and offers two weekly roundtrips.Read more
Girteka Logistics, a traditionally road and truck logistics company, sees its rail freight division growing. The company’s intermodal activity increased significantly during 2021. With over 16,100 fully-loaded trailers travelling on rail tracks with Girteka, the...Read more
Starting Monday 14 February, CLdN Cargo will run its own intermodal rail connection between Rotterdam and Montirone (Italy). The service will initially operate three times a week connecting CLdN’s own Rotterdam ro ro terminal with...Read more
As of Monday 31 January, Sweden will have a new domestic service. TX Logistik AB, Swedish subsidiary of the German TX Logistik AG, has added a rail freight connection between Trelleborg and Eskilstuna, around 100...Read more
An energy subsidy for rail, a new bypass on the Rhine-Alpine corridor and better coordination of construction works. Those are three things the European rail freight industry needs in 2022 if it wants to develop...Read more
Cobantur Boltas, a Turkish-German logistics company, launched its first intermodal train connecting the Halkali terminal in Istanbul with the DUSS terminal in Munich. The service commenced on 21 January with the first train departing from...Read more
The Bologna Interporto terminal, positioned in northern Italy, started the year dynamically by launching new intermodal links with northern Europe. The destinations include port terminals Zeebrugge Cobelfret and Rostock. The services focus on the transport...Read more
GEODIS has launched a new road-rail solution linking the Paris region with northern Italy. Officially kicked off on Tuesday 18 January, the line links Noisy-le-Sec in France to Novara in Italy and is intended to...Read more
Maritime Transport, the familiar provider of integrated road and rail logistics, has launched a new intermodal service this week, connecting its Birmingham Intermodal Freight Terminal (BIFT) with Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe. It’s the 38th...Read more
Associated British Ports, the owners at both Port of Liverpool and at Hams Hall, the intermodal terminal in Birmingham, have uncorked the champagne on the first weeks of operations on their new flow between the...Read more
APM Terminals Elizabeth in New Jersey, USA, is looking to use its first port of call momentum to expand intermodal cargo volumes to and from the Midwest and Canada. Using a direct-to-rail landing zone section...Read more
Just a week before Christmas, Kombiverkehr provided its presents to forwarders. The German government upgraded existing connections and added new ones to its network, with Mortara in Italy and MegaHub Lehrte in Germany playing the...Read more
The Lithuanian and Turkish railways are very close to sealing a collaboration to transport semi-trailers between the two countries. The aim is to utilise existing services and link Istanbul to Chernomorsk in Ukraine and further...Read more
CLdN Cargo has signed an agreement with Macama to represent the CLdN Cargo companies in the Italian market. CLdN Cargo has been active in Italy for more than five years with their own fleet of...Read more
