When asked whether people were aware of the changes that will be introduced from June 2019 with the implementation of...Rail freight sector not ready for 4th Railway Package
In 2017, more than 41 million tonnes of goods in total were transported by rail from, to and within the...Surge of international freight traffic in the Netherlands
The World Bank has released its aggregated Logistics Performance Index (LPI), an interactive benchmarking tool evaluating the logistics performance of...Germany still best performing country in trade logistics
Uruguay to build railway between Montevideo and Paso de los Toros
The Uruguayan government has opened the tender for civil works to develop the railway line called Ferrocarril Central, linkíng Paso de los Toros with the Port of Montevideo. The current candidates to assume the infrastructure...Read more
DB Cargo UK is hiring new railway employees
The UK’s largest rail freight firm is recruiting new train drivers, engineers and ground staff. The company has also started accepting applications for the new role of Junior Driver. The new role of Junior Driver was...Read more
More Spanish cars on rails last year
Rail transporation as a modality for the Spanish automotive industry increased in popularity last year. Rail freight reached a 5.7 per cent market share in the transportation of cars, up from 3.7 per cent in...Read more
Faster and more trains through Kazakhstan this year
The traffic volumes transported through Kazakhstan in the first half of 2018 has more than doubled on a year-to-year basis, the national railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) announced. During the first six months 1861...Read more
P&O Ferrymasters launches extra service Rotterdam-Poznan
P&O Ferrymasters has added a sixth weekly service to its train link between Rotterdam and Poznan. The additional departure is specifically designed for Less Trailer Load (LTL) freight and is scheduled for Mondays. The additional service...Read more
Bulgaria takes the lead in realising Alpine-Western Balkan corridor
The government of Bulgaria has set up an executive council in charge of implementing the Alpine-Western Balkan rail freight corridor last month. It is the first step to realise a new rail freight corridor in...Read more
Moving towards paperless transport from Europe to China
A seamless procedure at all border crossings, faster transit time, lower costs and more flexibility in organising rail freight transport. And of course, away with the pile of paperwork, which has to be carried around...Read more
German companies funded for energy saving investments
Germany will receive EU funding for a scheme to support railway companies that invest in energy efficiency technologies. Companies providing electrically powered rail transport services may be compensated for up to 50 per cent of...Read more
New rail freight service connects Spain and China
The transport operator DSV has started a rail freight service to connect Zaragoza Sea Terminal in Spain with the Chinese region of Sinkiang. The train transports Spanish goods for the renewable energy industry and it...Read more
First express delivery China-Russia in postal baggage rail car
Express delivery of rail freight between China, Russia and Europe has taken a leap with the a shipment of e-commerce goods on a postal-baggage car of a passenger train between Beijing and Moscow. The cargo...Read more