Rail infrastructure needs to be adjusted to the needs of intermodal traffic, and the revision of the TEN-T regulation is the ideal moment for such a change. That is the core message of the UIRR...Read more
MSC has launched a new intermodal service between Europe and Asia combining rail and sea freight. The service was launched on Monday 12 April. It departs from China, Korea and Japan to Europe via the...Read more
Transport Ministers from Fifteen different EU Member States signed and adopted a Joint Position Paper on 31 March. The Joint Paper calls out the EU Commission to launch an initiative for the support of rail...Read more
Kombiverkehr KG and DB Cargo AG have signed a cooperation agreement with a 9-point plan to enhance and develop Combined Transport (CT). Over 230 more forwarders will join the two companies in their attempt to...Read more
The German start-up company Modility started a pilot booking and marketplace site this week for combined transport (CT). It allows rail freight operators to market their CT services and freight forwarders to find and book...Read more
In the region of Karlsruhe, a joint project called LogiKTram aims to transform the last mile of combined transport. In particular, the project wants to develop a logistics concept where transportation of goods from rail...Read more
On the 19th of February, the EU Commission published a ‘targeted impact assessment study’ concerning the consequences of the new EU road haulage rules on Combined Transport. Just like UIRR had predicted in its study,...Read more
Intermodal operators in Scandinavia suffer costs that well exceed one million euros per week due to the Danish ban on pocket wagons with semi-trailers. The disturbance is substantial, and operators do whatever is needed to...Read more
According to the Association of Hungarian Logistics Service Centres (MLSZKSZ), the freight market of the country is bound to experience changes after the pandemic’s impact during 2020. Hungary’s freight transportation relied mainly on road and...Read more
Combined Transport market will have grown by nearly 150 per cent between 2009 and 2029. This very positive insight is part of the Report of Combined Transport, that was presented on 29 October. The International...Read more
Combined transport is on the agenda this week. Two international events take place to discuss the performance and potential of the road-rail combination. Intermodal transport is at the heart of the European Green Deal and...Read more
CFL intermodal, subsidiary of CFL multimodal, has purchased fifty new double pocket wagons. With this latest acquisition it is investing in the development of its intermodal network in Europe.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
Kombiverkehr, the Frankfurt headquartered specialist in international rail-based intermodal transport, has reported a list of good figures and ambitions achieved. Despite some sector downturns due to economic factors and the effects of coronavirus, the company...Read more
European combined transport had a difficult year in 2019. It was a year of reckoning after the optimism of the year before, concludes the UIRR. The industry association for combined transport published its annual report...Read more
The fact that Kaliningrad Region is cut off from mainland Russia is not an obstacle for the logistics companies. The semi-exclave has a well-developed network of container trains and multimodal connections. Now it is the...Read more
It is a new accomplishment in the shift-to-rail policy for Europe. LG Cargo, PKP Cargo and CargoBeamer tested a rolling highway service between Germany and Lithuania. It is the first rail piggyback connection for the...Read more
The German committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure has recommended to extend until 2023 the experimental road toll exemption of natural gas (LNG) powered trucks. It made this announcement on 6 May. The exemption has...Read more
