CargoBeamer will soon add another piece to its combined transport services. The company will implement first and last-mile connections to its rail services suitable for semi-trailers throughout Europe. A spokesperson for CargoBeamer told RailFreight.com that...Read more
Industry body GNTC, SNCF-owned Rail Logistics Europe (RLE) and consultants Altermind have published a report on their development plan for French combined transport, which makes provision for traffic to increase by 60 per cent by...Read more
European combined transport (CT) contracted in the last quarter of 2022 by 6,46 per cent. The drop owes to hostile market conditions like high electricity costs and reduced economic activity, but also poor railway performance....Read more
A new facility for combined transport in Fleury-les-Aubrais, near Orleans, in central France, will be ready by 2025. This facility is expected to boost rail freight coming to and from the HAROPA Ports (Le Havre,...Read more
Ralf-Charley Schultze, chairman of UIRR, was recently reappointed for four more years in the management board of the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA). In the board, Schultze represents the freight customers, including terminals, railway...Read more
EUROGATE Intermodal GmbH (EGIM) will include Wilhelmshaven, Germany’s only deep-water port, in its combined transport network. From 16 January, the intermodal company will offer rail connections between the Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven (CTW) and Duisburg, Munich,...Read more
The share of rail freight transport is projected to double until 2050. In order to handle the growing volumes, a public investment of 490 billion euros is needed into the TEN-T rail infrastructure. This comes...Read more
The continuously rising energy costs seem to impact even the biggest industry players. Maersk has decided to introduce a fuel surcharge for rail, combined and intermodal transport services in several European countries. The surcharge will...Read more
The UIRR Sentiment Index reflecting business sentiment for the coming year 12-months has been adjusted a notch down for the second quarter in a row: the index currently stands at ‘slightly negative’. The conditions for...Read more
The Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) is presenting a plan called Suisse Cargo Logistics for the future of its rail freight sector. The plan will include the building of five new terminals between Geneva, in the...Read more
A new connection between Italy and the main industrial centers in Czech Republic has been launched. The rail service connects the terminals of Manopello – In-terporto Abruzzo in Southern Italy and Ostrava-Mošnov. The company train...Read more
The Swiss Federal Office of Transport (BAV) has adjusted the model used to fix the price of railway current, making it possible to establish a low and fixed price for several years. The initiative was...Read more
Prices for electricity used in rail traction should be regulated and adjusted accordingly. If this is not the case, “combined transport can not compete with long-distance trucking,” urges UIRR while the most significant energy crisis...Read more
In France, the maximum load for combined transport is increased from 42-44 tons to 46 tons. This is an experiment that lasts 18 months. It should benefit truckers, but also combined transport in general, as...Read more
European combined transport’s performance has shrunk for the first time in one-and-a-half year. Volumes transported over a rail-road corridor declined by 0,46 per cent in the second quarter of 2022, compared to the same period...Read more
The Rostock Port continues to experience positive developments in combined transport (CT) this year. In the first half of 2022, more than 64,000 intermodal loading units were handled, marking a 4 per cent increase compared...Read more
France’s Groupe Open Modal has unveiled plans to build a state-of-the-art intermodal terminal for swap bodies and containers in Miramas, on the outskirts of Marseille. The investment in the project is estimated at over 30...Read more
Zero-carbon door-to-door transport is already possible today. The secret lies in combined transport, using rail and, only for short distances, trucking. What is needed? CO2-free power generation, full electrification of rail transport, electrical terminal handling...Read more
Last week the EU Commission approved two state aid schemes, one for Italy and one for the Czech Republic. Both of them aim to boost the intermodal sectors of the countries. In Italy, the focus...Read more
As of Monday 31 January, Sweden will have a new domestic service. TX Logistik AB, Swedish subsidiary of the German TX Logistik AG, has added a rail freight connection between Trelleborg and Eskilstuna, around 100...Read more
An energy subsidy for rail, a new bypass on the Rhine-Alpine corridor and better coordination of construction works. Those are three things the European rail freight industry needs in 2022 if it wants to develop...Read more
