Topic: Amsterdam

Samskip service Amsterdam - Melzo. Source: Hans-Willem Vroon

New Amsterdam – China railway link opens next month

A regular rail freight service between the Port of Amsterdam and Wuhan in China will be launched per 1 May 2019. This was agreed by WAE (Wuhan Asia Europe Logistics), NUNNER Logistics, Samskip, TMA Logistics...Read more

18-04-2019|1 comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

Amsterdam added to New Silk Road with new rail freight line

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

07-03-2018|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

Xinjiang: from logistic link to Eurasian freight hub

A total of 2,226 international westbound freight trains ran through the northwestern Chinese province of Xinjiang in 2017. Europe was the most dominant destination, representing ninety per cent of this traffic. Of all rail freight traffic between...Read more

07-03-2018|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen