EVENTDo you know a proud promoter of the Silk Road, committed to creating opportunities for new cargo flows while also bridging the Eurasian informational gap? Then it’s your time to nominate them. The European Silk...Read more
LTG Cargo carried out the first test run of their new rail freight service between the Kaunas Intermodal Terminal and the port of Trieste via Duisburg. The new service is expected to connect Lithuania with...Read more
COSCO has sold its shares in the Duisburg Gateway Terminal (DGT) to the Duisport, the operator of the port of Duisburg. COSCO’s share in the terminal amounted to 30 per cent. As of now, the...Read more
Xi’an, Zhengzhou and Chengdu all launched new China-Europe rail services in October. Their common denominator? New energy vehicles (NEVs) occupy the train capacity and provide a glimpse of Silk Road cargo trends. The new cargo...Read more
Samskip has launched a new intermodal service between the port of Rostock and Duisburg in cooperation with Hector Rail. The service connects with the ro-ro services to Scandinavia from the Baltic seaport and runs three...Read more
Hupac is launching a new shuttle train service that will run from Ludwigshafen to Dorpen via Duisburg. The service will start on October 17 and there will initially be three weekly roundtrips.Read more
The 6th edition of the European Silk Road Summit is less than three months away and registrations are open. For the first time ever the event will take place outside of the Netherlands, as it...Read more
Germany and the Silk Road have a long-standing tradition. It started when the first Eurasian train departed Chongqing in Southeast China on 19 March 2011, with its final destination being Duisburg in Germany. The corridor...Read more
The brand new terminal of Teiuș in Romania is now connected to Duisburg, with a new weekly roundtrip that started last week. To be precise, a train is running once a week between Teiuș International...Read more
The port of Antwerp-Bruges and duisport sealed a significant partnership to boost their inland and rail connections. The partnership’s particulars foresee intense cooperation between the two ports for hydrogen distribution. The two partners want to...Read more
Kombiverkehr has launched a new rail freight service that will connect Spain to Poland via Germany. The new service will link the intermodal terminal Barcelona Can Tunis with Duisburg. From there, goods can be transported...Read more
A major shipping company, a hub and a new large warehousing facility promise to offer end-to-end logistics solutions on a trimodal basis. Maersk will start constructing a new 43,000-square metres warehouse in Duisburg, which, among...Read more
Hupac is increasing the rotations for two lines connecting Germany to Europe. The first line, connecting Duisburg Hohenbudberg, in North-Western Germany and Pordenone, in North-Eastern Italy, will double its weekly rotations, from 3 to 6....Read more
For many years, Germany has hosted the main European hubs on the New Silk Road. But it is time to rethink the western part of the Eurasian corridor, say industry experts, as the German network...Read more
Duisport and the Deutsche Umschlaggesellschaft Schiene-Straße (DUSS) kicked off a partnership to bring more trucks on rail. Duisport will be responsible for the reception of lorries at the future Duisburg Gateway Terminal (DGT) location. From...Read more
Starting this week, Hupac’s intermodal service between Duisbrug in Germany and Gadki in Poland runs on a daily basis. The Swiss operator has increased roundtrips on this line from three to six. It was able...Read more
Contargo is expanding its facilities at the Voerde-Emmelsum river port near Duisburg in Germany. The logistics service provider won a tender from DeltaPort GmbH & Co KG for the operation of an 11,000-square metres site,...Read more
An intermodal terminal in Teiuș, central Romania, is the latest addition to the country’s rail freight infrastructure. Owned and managed by Unicom Tranzit, a private rail freight carrier and forwarder, the terminal was completed in...Read more
DPD Germany wants to transport parcels between its depots in Duisburg and Hamburg by rail. For this purpose, it launched a pilot project in collaboration with Kombiverkehr with daily trains running between the two destinations...Read more
The Lithuanian rail infrastructure manager LTG Infra will be responsible for managing and developing the country’s rail freight terminals starting from 1 June. This is a decisive step for the Lithuanian Railways (LTG Group) which...Read more
The ports of Hamburg in Germany and Klaipeda in Lithuania have signed an MoC to “strengthen cooperation in developing and implementing joint projects and developing new logistics routes for maritime and rail transport between Germany...Read more
