Today is the second day of the Silk Road Summit, Gateway Poland, held in Wroclaw Poland. This is the live blog, broadcasting speakers and reporting the latest news. People who are not able to attend,...Read more
Tuesday 20 March is the first day of the Silk Road Summit, Gateway Poland, held in Wroclaw Poland. This is the live blog, broadcasting speakers and reporting the latest news. People who are not able...Read more
The Silk Road, Gateway Poland Summit kicked off in Wroclaw Poland. We are hosting a live blog, broadcasting speakers and reporting the latest news. People who are not able to attend, can follow the summit...Read more
The first direct rail freight link between Amsterdam in the Netherlands and Yiwu in China was officially opened on 7 March. A block train departed from the Port of Amsterdam on its 11,000-kilometer journey through...Read more
London is hosting a novel new exhibition that celebrates the striking branding created for the former British Rail’s Railfreight division in the 1980s.
Railfreight was responsible for all of the UK’s freight network transports back in...Read more
In just a few days’ time, Amsterdam will join the growing number of European locations with a direct rail freight service to China. It will be the latest chapter in the successful story of NUNNER...Read more
Visionaries who designed the Gotthard Base Tunnel – the world’s longest rail tunnel – to shift freight to rail on a mass scale have received the 2018 European Railway Award.
Built over 17 years and costing...Read more
Acclaimed Silk Road author Professor Richard Griffiths is among the latest confirmed speakers for the Silk Road Gateway Poland summit, which is being held in Wroclaw from March 20-21.
One of the world’s leading authorities on...Read more
A prevailing focus on the Europe-China northern rail freight route is detracting from the possibilities offered by southern Europe and Asia’s other diverse economies, says Professor Richard Griffiths, one of the world’s leading Silk Road...Read more
Potential changes to how track access charges in the UK are calculated could present a threat to rail’s competitiveness. Rail economics expert Professor Chris Nash will deliver this stark warning when he speaks at the...Read more
The use of blockchain technology within the rail freight sector has the potential to be a ‘game changer’ for the industry. That’s the view of Dutch logistics expert Klara Paardenkooper, a key speaker at the...Read more
Gotthard Base Tunnel, which is at the heart of the crucial Rhine-Alpine rail freight axis, has been named as the winner of the 2018 European Railway Award.
The world’s longest rail tunnel – linking Italy with...Read more
Influential rail freight industry leaders head the bill for the Silk Road Gateway Poland event, the first RailFreight summit taking place in Poland in March.
Registration is also now open for those wanting to attend this...Read more
A powerful safety message film featuring employees from Freightliner UK has won a commendation at an international film awards ceremony. The rail freight operator’s efforts to tackle safety in the workplace were recognised at CineRail...Read more
Swiss rail freight carrier SBB Cargo has teamed up with international aid agency Adra to deliver a very different kind of cargo this festive season. By transporting containers full of donated essential items, they are...Read more
