RCG keeps adding trips to its network
The high demand for services led Rail Cargo Group to add another weekly itinerary in its TransFER Linz-Wels-Duisburg route. Beginning on April 5, the service will have four roundtrips between the three locations every week....Read more
Davies Turner drops LCL rates on Express China train
Following the end of the Chinese New Year’s festivities and the restart of services, Davies Turner decided to reduce its rail freight service rates between China and the UK. Rate reductions will start taking place...Read more
Nippon Express launches new Europe-China train amidst booming demand
Nippon Express has launched a new regular service from Suzhou, in eastern China. Once per week a train departs to Europe, stopping in the Polish hub of Malaszewicze and the German nodes Hamburg and Duisburg....Read more
Train and vessel together to extend New Silk Road to Valenciennes
A combination of train and barge resulted in the delivery of a train load of Chinese goods to the French city of Valenciennes. Approximately forty 40 ft containers arrived at the Contargo terminal on Tuesday...Read more
Polish freight traffic pivotal for Samskip’s operations growth
Samskip multimodal operator identified that freight traffic through Poland is going to play a crucial role in growing its business in 2021. The company, which links the UK and European hinterland through Dutch ports, estimates...Read more
Kombiverkehr adds one more line to Rotterdam-Duisburg route
Kombiverkehr has added another terminal in the port of Rotterdam to its European intermodal network. Four times a week, trains of the Frankfurt-based operator will connect the Rotterdam Europoort P&O terminal with Duisburg Ruhrort Hafen...Read more
DB Cargo expands shuttle service between Duisburg and Antwerp
DB Cargo and Kombiverkehr are expanding their shuttle service between the port of Antwerp and Duisburg. From now on, up to 90 TEUs can be transported per train rather than the previous 60 TEUs. The...Read moreDuisburg sees record figures from China in April
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
UK-bound intermodal restarts from Xi’an
UK logistics operator and freight forwarder Davies Turner has restarted its fixed-day, weekly direct import service from China to the UK. The rail departure terminal is Xi’an. The original departure terminal for the service, Wuhan,...Read more
Duisport objects to terminal expansion Venlo
Germany’s largest inland terminal Duisburg has objected to the expansion of rail terminal Venlo, situated on the Dutch-German border. The expansion is supported by the Dutch province of Limburg and this is considered state support,...Read more
China Railway strikes down in Duisburg
China Rail Container Transport, which belongs to China State Railway Group, has established a subsidiary in Germany with an office in Duisburg. It thereby emphasises the importance of Duisburg for rail freight traffic between Europe...Read more
Two new connections from German terminals to northern Italy
Two new train connections were born between Melzo in Northern Italy and respectively Kaldenkirchen and Duisburg in Germany. Jan de Rijk Intermodal and Wetron Transport & Logistics signed an agreement with primeRail to set up...Read more
Duisburg to get largest inland terminal of Europe
The port of Duisburg will get a new terminal, which is to become the largest inland terminal of Europe. It will cover an area of 220,000 square metres and should be completed by 2022. This...Read more
Hupac launches intermodal service from Duisburg to Italy
Swiss intermodal operator Hupac has started a new intermodal rail service between the Rhine-Ruhr area of Germany and northeastern Italy. The three-time weekly trains connect Terminal Duisburg Logport III (Hohenbudberg) operated by Samskip with the...Read more
New rail freight service between Netherlands and Sweden
Dutch logistics provider Samskip has launched the Coevorden-Nässjö rail freight connection. It is the first link between the Netherlands and Sweden in the company’s network. The rail service will be provided five times per week...Read more
Rail shuttle link between Duisburg and Falköping launched
Samskip has launched a new four-times weekly rail shuttle link between the German hub of Duisburg and Falköping in Sweden. The new service connects Sweden’s southern industrial heartland with the rest of Europe. The new service...Read more
Another train from Yantai, now to Duisburg
RZD Logistics JSC launched a new transit service from the city of Yantai to Duisburg. The first train with finished household products, auto parts and components for electronics production left the Chinese city on 26...Read more
P&O Ferrymasters launches Budapest-Duisburg-Rotterdam line
P&O Ferrymasters has announced the launch of a new intermodal service connecting Budapest to the port of Rotterdam and Duisburg. The service runs in both directions between these three vital European transport hubs and onwards...Read more
Hupac and duisport to optimise Duisburg terminal area
At the Transport Logistic trade fair in Munich, intermodal operator Hupac and Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport) agreed to further develop the Duisburg terminal area. The parties want to expand the transshipment capacities for new intermodal...Read more