Rail Cargo Group keeps pushing expansion in Turkey
Rail Cargo Group looks into Turkey as a rail freight market and sees much more potential to be explored. The Austria based company has expressed…
A new Silk Road hub: the Turkish Köseköy terminal
The Austrian Rail Cargo Group (RCG) and Turkish Pasifik Eurasia have partnered up on the New Silk Road, establishing the Turkish Köseköy terminal nearby Istanbul…
Hupac and Rail Cargo Group see Turkey as the future rail market
Is Turkey becoming a rail freight hub? There is continuous activity from European rail companies towards Turkey. The country offers rail transport possibilities to and…
New multimodal service between Xi’an-Oslo
Oslo now connects with the Chinese city of Xi’an via a new multimodal service. The first block train arrived at the Norwegian port on 26…
UTLC ERA tests new China-Europe corridor
UTLC ERA has carried out a test container train trip from China to Europe in cooperation with Belintertrans-Germany (BIT-Germany) and CFTS Liski. The freight train…
New Silk Road in 2020: Covid-19, increased traffic and empty containers
2020 was a year of remarkable growth for rail freight traffic on the New Silk Road, despite the many difficulties. More trains, increased volumes, new…
Poland-Ukraine set up ‘Black Sea to Baltic’ intermodal corridor
The Port of Gdansk and the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority have agreed to collaborate on a new transport corridor connecting the Black Sea and the…
Rail link between Iran-Afghanistan officially launched
As of Thursday 10 December, Iran and Afghanistan are connected by rail. The launching of the Khaf (Iran)-Herat (Afghanistan) railway line was accompanied by the…
Istanbul-Xi’an new freight train service
On 4 December a new China-bound train set off from Istanbul carrying 42 containers with domestic appliances. The new service is estimated to kick off…