Rail freight operators in Europe are performing very differently. Big names such as DB Cargo and Lineas are in trouble, but in Poland, the annual figures were an invitation to uncork the champagne bottle.Read more
Rail freight volumes in the Netherlands fell by ten per cent in 2023. In its annual rail freight report, Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail explains that it was mostly external factors that contributed to the drop....Read more
Belgium’s inland Port of Liège (PAL) has invested more than 9 million euros in expanding the container terminal at its Trilogiport road-river-rail freight hub.Read more
The Belgian rail Infrastructure Manager, Infrabel, has big plans for the port of Antwerp and its rail operations. Via a 130 million euro investment that will take place in the coming ten years, Infrabel aims...Read more
Lineas has set up a new rail freight connection between Zeebrugge in Belgium and Graz in Austria. The service is launched in collaboration with CSP Zeebrugge, a COSCO Shipping Lines terminal. The purpose is to...Read more
The Belgian state has increased its stake in the ailing Belgian rail freight carrier Lineas to 45 per cent through the government fund SFPIM. This is the result of a new capital injection of a...Read more
The 2020s will be a stagnant decade for the Rhine-Alpine Rail Freight Corridor (RFC), which runs from Genoa, in Italy, to Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. Various bottlenecks along the corridor are expected to remain at...Read more
Freight convoys running between Italy and the Benelux region are increasing with the beginning of 2024. GTS Rail has increased its Bologna-Zeebrugge frequency from four to six weekly trains. Moreover, starting in February, Contship will...Read more
Infrabel, the Belgian Infrastructure Manager, has reason to celebrate after securing substantial funds to carry out critical railway investments. The IM secured a one billion euro loan from the Federal Dept Agency (FAS) that will...Read more
INTERVIEWFor almost two years, Lineas has been undergoing a transformational process to become financially viable. COVID-19 and all the events occurring from 2020 onwards had a heavy toll on the company, which is currently trying...Read more
After undergoing a major restructuring at the beginning of 2022, things seem to be looking better for Belgian private rail freight operator Lineas. The company is expecting to break even once again at the end...Read more
Pharmaceutical logistics are about to find a new destination in Ghent’s North Sea Port facilities. DSV is about to start construction of a new 110-square-metre warehouse that will accommodate pharmaceutical products. Considering the multimodal character...Read more
In a time when rail is continuously challenged in Europe, the cross-border North Sea Port with locations in Belgium and the Netherlands maintains the share of rail freight in its operations. Transportation of goods to...Read more
The European Commission (EC) has amended the Dutch scheme to implement ERTMS on with an additional injection of 21 million euros. With these new funds, the current budget for this initiative is 67 million euros,...Read more
analysisThe Rhine-Alpine Corridor is one of the backbones of the European Union when it comes to transportation services. This is especially true for rail freight since the corridor connects two of the largest European ports,...Read more
The Dutch government coalition led by Prime Minister Mark Rutte resigned at the beginning of July. Many industry players in the Netherlands voiced their disapproval of how the rail freight industry was managed throughout the...Read more
DB Cargo transported transformers from the rail terminal in Desio, near Milan, Italy, to Vilvoorde, near Brussels, Belgium. The initiative was carried out in collaboration with LoTraFer an Italian logistics company specialised in project cargo...Read more
British Steel will supply Belgium with 100-metre-long rail tracks that Infrabel, the country’s infrastructure manager, will use to maintain and renew the rail network. The cargo will be delivered by convoys run by DB Cargo....Read more
A great deal of railway tracks in the southern emplacement of the Port of Antwerp-Bruges has been electrified. Ten tracks in what is known as the ‘Bundle South’ have been equipped with overhead lines. This...Read more
The first day of the extended Ascension Day weekend was by far the most exciting moment for the Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel this year. The so-called bomb railway in Wildert near Essen (province of Antwerp)...Read more
The French investment fund Argos Wityu and the Belgian government are investing an additional 20 million euros in rail freight operator Lineas. Both were already shareholders of the company and they responded to the quest...Read more