The Port of Antwerp, Infrabel and Railport announced their joint plans to grow the port’s share of goods transported by rail. The following decade, until 2030, constitutes the timeframe in which the three companies will...Read more
Ever since MSC announced to open a depot at North Sea Port, the phone has been ringing non-stop at Vlaeynatie, the company that is to facilitate the depot at Terneuzen. “Other shipping companies are now...Read more
Ever since MSC has announced to open a depot at North Sea Port, the phone has been ringing non-stop at Vlaeynatie, the company that is to facilitate the depot at Terneuzen. Other shipping companies are...Read more
The Belgian government has announced to financially support the rail freight industry. Until 30 June, a reduced tariff applies for freight trains, and cancellation and reservation costs are waived. The support scheme applies from 1...Read more
After the EU Commission decided to include the North Sea Port in the North Sea-Baltic corridor, Belgium, Flanders, and the Netherlands came together to seal the deal and explore the possibilities of the latest development....Read more
Two important ports for rail freight transport will merge into one; Antwerp and Zeebrugge. Together, they are likely to overtake Rotterdam as the largest container port in Europe. Where Antwerp specialises in containers, break bulk...Read more
From mid-December Lineas will take its Xpress trains from Antwerp to Austria with two new services. One connects the Belgian hub to Wolfurt, while another links Antwerp to Wels and Vienna. In total, 12 additional...Read more
Infrabel, the manager of the Belgian railway network, is investing 11 million euros in the expansion and modernisation of the rail connection to the port of Zeebrugge. The work should be completed by the end...Read more
A new route has been established for the transport of olive oil from Spain to Belgium. It is a weekly, door-to-door intermodal connection with two points of origin: Seville and Malaga. The service is an...Read more
The Government of France is considering three new routes for rolling highways across the country. They will be launched by the year’s end. Some of the planned rail freight connections could be extended to the...Read more
The Belgian Rail Freight Forum has asked its government for short-term support to get the sector through the crisis. At the peak of the pandemic, there was an average 30 per cent less demand for...Read more
H.Essers and Rail Cargo Austria have joined forces to launch a new direct rail link between
the Romanian city of Curtici and the Turkish city of Istanbul. H.Essers already has an existing connection between Genk in...Read more
The Belgian Federal Parliament unanimously agreed to work on a cross-border rail network for goods and people in the Canal Zone between Ghent-Terneuzen, a cross-border area of the North Sea Port. The Dutch House of...Read more
This extended weekend, Infrabel replaces three switches at the northern gateway of the Port of Antwerp. The existing ones are being replaced by modern concrete ones that are more sturdy and maintenance-friendly, the Belgian infrastructure...Read more
As of this week, the Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel and its subsidiary TUC RAIL are gradually resuming a number of rail projects. Due to the corona crisis, all non-essential railway works in the country were...Read more
A new international flow has been inaugurated by DB Cargo UK. Steel products are being transported from South Wales to Belgium via the Channel Tunnel. It is the second new international flow announced by DB...Read more
Rail freight transport within the port of Antwerp has been seriously disrupted due to a collision of a locomotive and a freight train at the entrance of the Liefkenshoek rail tunnel. This piece of infrastructure,...Read more
By the end of January, a brand new rail freight service will be launched on the market, connecting the Belgian cities of Antwerp and Genk with almost all developed Polish regions on a daily basis....Read more
