TransContainer has signed a three-party cooperation agreement with two Chinese companies, targeting the development of container transit traffic between China and Europe.Read more
The New Silk Road connection between Xi’an in China and the Valenton terminal in Paris, France, will become frequent and stable. From February 2022, the service will run with one train per week “to alleviate...Read more
Assumptions around the possible use of chemicals transported via the China-Netherlands rail connection to produce drugs are incorrect. The companies involved in the route and the Dutch police have contradicted such claims, which were made...Read more
The second quarter of 2021 has been quite productive for DB Cargo Eurasia. The operator has launched five new connections between China-Europe, linking eight different destinations. Houma-Hamburg, Hefei-Wilhelmshaven, Xi’an-Paris, Nanjing-Tilburg and Xi’an-Tilburg are now part...Read more
Megahub Lehrte, the newly built and modern terminal in Hannover, Germany, received its first westbound train from China. The train was operated by RTSB and arrived in the hub on 7 August.Read more
Why do container prices rise? How does this affect shippers and freight forwarders? And what role could rail freight play to change the situation? These were some of the questions raised during the RailFreight Networking...Read more
Transparency, sustainability, level playing field, and reciprocity: these four pillars define Maja Bakran Marcich’s point of view on the cooperation between Europe-China on the New Silk Road. “If BRI respects these principles, adheres to EU...Read more
Severe congestion at the Kazakh-Chinese border has led to a halt of all truck traffic, in order to ensure the continuance of Europe-China rail. This was announced by the China Railway dispatching center . The...Read more
Duisburg has reported record figures of rail-based merchandise traffic with China in April. Last month, the inland port of Duisport registered an increase to approximately 50 trains a week. Normally, between 35 and 40 trains...Read more
RZD Logistics, the freight arm of Russian Railways, and the region’s the largest multimodal operator, says it doubled its year-on-year volume of transit traffic along the Europe-China corridor in the first quarter of 2017.
The company...Read more
The growing demand for rail freight to and from the Far East has received another huge boost with logistics giant UPS’s decision to add six stations – including two in Europe – to its multimodal...Read more
