DB tries to avoid industrial standstill during new strike round
strike update The ongoing 24-hour strike launched by GDL’s train drivers in Germany has cornered state-owned operator DB, especially its freight division DB Cargo. Links connecting ports and industrial sites are the most heavily affected. According to...Read more
Voestalpine stays on the rail with ambitions for doubled volumes
The cooperation between DB Cargo, voestalpine and LogServ has been extended for another two years. The Austria-based steel technology company aims to increase the volumes of steel and scarp circulating via rail per year to...Read more
GEFCO belongs to the past, CEVA is the future after completed integration
The brand formerly known as GEFCO is now officially named CEVA Logistics. The French logistics company completed the integration procedures after GEFCO’s purchase in July 2022 by CMA CGM and launched a dedicated finished vehicles...Read more
China-Europe: new energy vehicles fever sees multiple services launched
Xi’an, Zhengzhou and Chengdu all launched new China-Europe rail services in October. Their common denominator? New energy vehicles (NEVs) occupy the train capacity and provide a glimpse of Silk Road cargo trends. The new cargo...Read more
Twelve new daily freight paths in Oxford upgrade
Network Rail has announced a timetable for the next phase of its strategically significant Oxford Corridor project. While the public eye has fallen on the major improvements to the passenger station in the city, the...Read moreToyota car parts on the rail between Spain-France by GEFCO
GEFCO has set up a road-rail service to transport car parts for customer and automotive giant Toyota. The service will run between Spain and northern France with two daily roundtrips. This is a modal shift...Read moreCMA CGM possibly new owner of Russian shares GEFCO
The French logistics service provider Gefco, together with its largest customer, the French-Italian car manufacturer Stellantis (including Peugeot, Fiat, Citroën, Chrysler and Opel), is at the verge of completing a complete takeover of the majority...Read more
DB Cargo puts Toyota cars on trains between UK and France
Rail freight carrier DB Cargo UK and automotive logistics operator Groupe CAT have officially launched their international car-carrying service, delivering finished Toyota cars from UK manufacturing plants to distributors in Valenciennes in northern France. The...Read more
New finished vehicle shuttle from Bremerhaven to Ukraine
Pacobo and Hoedlmayr have jointly launched a new pilot train carrying finished vehicles from the German Bremerhaven Port to Chop in Ukraine. Chop lies on the border with Slovakia and Hungary, an upcoming automotive industry...Read moreGefco put up for sale by stakeholders RZD and Stellantis
Shareholders Stellantis and the Russian railway company RZD are making another attempt to reduce their stake in transport company Gefco. Two years after the failed IPO, they have now put Gefco up for sale. The...Read more
Disused sidings? DB Cargo sees them as an opportunity for modal shift
DB Cargo reactivated a 300-metre long siding in the town of Tübingen, Germany. The rail tracks belong to Autoverwertung Möck (AV Möck), a waste disposal specialist company. They were in disuse since 2014, but in...Read more
Lamborghini moves supercars on rail
Lamborghini and Rail Cargo Group have set up a new logistics concept. The luxury cars giant will transport the Lamborghini Urus models by rail between their production site in Zwickau, Germany, and its parent plant...Read more
Maersk launches double-stack ‘Automotive Express’ in India
Maersk launched a dedicated train service for the Indian automotive industry, branded as the ‘Automotive Express’. It kicked off on 18 April, and it will connect the Garhi Harsaru Inland Container Depot near Delhi with...Read more
Geely Holding urges China to finally lift the ban on dangerous goods
The chairman of Geely Holding Group, one of China’s largest car manufacturers, has made a claim to Chinese government to ‘finally lift the ban on transporting dangerous goods overland’. This ban is a major hurdle...Read more