Topic: Container-trains

Lithuanian container train, source: Lietuvos geležinkeliai

New container train between Baltic and Black Sea

The railway companies of Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania together with Intermodal Container Service Company have agreed to launch a new container train between the seaports of Odesa and Klaipeda. The service branded as the Containerships...Read more

03-06-2019|Comment|author: Mykola Zasiadko

Vietnam freight train, source: Wikipedia

Vietnam signs with Belintertrans to improve New Silk Road connections

Ratraco, a logistics subsidiary of Vietnam Railways, agreed with its Belarusian counterpart Belintertrans to join forces in launching new rail freight links from Vietnam to Europe and to Belarus particularly. The parties agreed to use...Read more

09-05-2019|Comment|author: Mykola Zasiadko

Freight double-stack train in USA, source: Wikipedia

New Silk Road could become double-stack corridor

The number of trains running between China and Europe increases year by year. In order to avoid bottlenecks, logistics companies are seeking for new routes. The other solution to increase the capacity of the New...Read more

06-05-2019|3 comments|author: Mykola Zasiadko

Chinese freight trains near Yuanlong, source: Wikipedia

China expects 30 per cent rise of rail freight volumes by 2020

Chinese rail freight trains carried 4.02 billion tonnes of goods in 2018. Volumes grew by 9.1 per cent compared to the previous year. By 2020, China Railway plans to increase this figure up to 4.79...Read more

28-01-2019|Comment|author: Mykola Zasiadko

Antwerp could be Europe’s next China rail freight destination

Steel could be the key to making the Port of Antwerp the next major European cargo hub with a direct rail freight link with China. Port officials signed a cooperation agreement with the Chinese Port...Read more

08-06-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy