eventOne of the current issues in the rail and port sectors is the shortage of personnel while the demand keeps increasing. Federica Catani, Director of Scuola Nazionale Trasporti e Logistica, will participate in the RailFreight...Read more
EVENTIt’s a sort of race that you can not stop. Vessels are getting larger, services run more often and the containers that reach the hinterland are more and more. It is this race that encourages...Read more
RailFreight Connects, the new event organised by RailFreight.com in Bremen on 6 and 7 September, is less than a month away. This event will be the opportunity to bring together the rail and port industries...Read more
Ukrainian grain exports are currently running smoothly also via rail. Congestion is at normal levels; however, in two-three weeks, the new peak export season will be here after the summer harvest. Ukraine’s options for transporting...Read more
INTERVIEWThe Eurasian transport market is changing; that is a fact. Supply chain disruptions can be inevitable, and the market needs to adjust to them and find new pathways towards development. As the New Silk Road...Read more
exclusiveThe bankruptcy claim involving Bahnoperator Austria and Bahnoperator Polska’s holding company, Lienzer Dolomiten Beteiligungsgesellschaft (LDB), will end up in court even if the claims are false. Moreover, TE Bahnoperator CEO Marcel Stein insisted that the...Read more
exclusiveThere currently seems to be a cloud of uncertainty around the future of Bahnoperator Austria and Bahnoperator Polska’s holding company, Lienzer Dolomiten Beteiligungsgesellschaft (LDB). At the beginning of July, a file for bankruptcy was submitted...Read more
The RailFreight Connects days are less than two months away. RailFreight.com is organising a webinar on Thursday 20 July at 2 pm to give a little taste of what to expect from this new event....Read more
INTERVIEWWhat would happen in the case of an escalated Taiwan crisis? Would the West impose sanctions on China just like it did on Russia after the invasion of Ukraine? And how would such a development...Read more
Market liberalisation has been a crucial component of rail freight growth in Europe. Since markets, like the German, started opening up to private initiatives less than fifteen years ago, rail cargo transport went into a...Read more
ANALYSISKazakhstan, like other Central Asian countries, is in a very delicate position. Geographically, politically, and economically, it is closely tied to Russia and China. However, while finding itself amid geopolitical and transport rearrangements, the country...Read more
ANALYSISA more cautious Chinese policy for rail infrastructure investments in Africa and a rebound interest in them by the US might see the two states racing each other to build rail links and secure the...Read more
ANALYSISTraffic forecasts claiming that road transport will grow more than rail. Attempts to restructure the state-owned company, but with an unclear vision. A railway network under pressure, and strikes looming around the corner. All these...Read more
InterviewThe Swedish rail freight industry is currently struggling to adapt to the new planning system implemented by Trafikverket, the government agency responsible for the country’s rail network. RailFreight.com interviewed Shad Hallam, Head of Network Management...Read more
ANALYSISFor years, China has been the leading investor in many countries in the context of the BRI, which sees cash flows in foreign markets primarily taking the form of rail and infrastructure investments. The EU...Read more
Europe has been looking to the United States when it comes to rail freight. In the US it is a profitable business with total yearly revenues exceeding 80 billion US dollars. In Europe, state-owned companies...Read more
analysisThe implementation of Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) for rail freight in Europe has been under the spotlight for a while now. What makes the DAC digital? How realistic can a large-scale implementation by 2030 be?...Read more
munich aftermovieOver 75,000 people from the logistics, mobility, IT, and supply chain management industries gathered at the Messe München exhibition center for Transport Logistics last week. RailFreight.com was there and talked to some of the major...Read more
INTERVIEWRail freight is among the fundamental investment pillars for Bayerische Landesbank (BayernLB), providing a good business case for at least the coming 20 years. In an extensive interview, Christoph Pasternak, Sector Head Rail and Bus,...Read more
ANALYSISJake Sullivan, the White House National Security advisor, met with his Saudi, Emirati and Indian counterparts and discussed a joint railway project linking the Middle East to India via a railway network crossing Saudi Arabia,...Read more
FerMerci, the main Italian rail freight association, is asking the state to facilitate the training of rail workers by funding the courses. The association also recently launched a project to recruit young people in key...Read more