2024 brings new Italy-Benelux rail freight connections
Freight convoys running between Italy and the Benelux region are increasing with the beginning of 2024. GTS Rail has increased its Bologna-Zeebrugge frequency from four to six weekly trains. Moreover, starting in February, Contship will...Read more
Liberalised market in Italy: more players, stagnating volumes
The Italian private rail freight sector has kept growing since the early 2000s, despite the state-owned entity, Mercitalia Rail, still keeping the largest slice of the pie. All in all, the situation in Italy concerning...Read moreGTS Rail enters Polish market with new partnership with Codognotto
GTS, one of the leading Italian intermodal players, has joined forces with logistics company Codognotto Group. The partnership will now allow GTS to carry out rail freight services to and from Poland. Moreover, intermodal services...Read more
Floods in Italy: what is the impact on rail freight?
The Italian region of Emilia Romagna, in the northeast, was hit by catastrophic flooding that caused 14 victims and stranded tens of thousands. The rail freight sector has been impacted as well since the rail...Read more
GTS takes over services in southern Italy after operator bankruptcy
The logistics terminal Interporto Campano, 30 kilometres east of Naples, was forced to close its rail freight operator Interporto Servizi Cargo (ISC), at the beginning of 2023. However, there still seems to be hope for...Read more
GTS: new Bari-Genoa service to boost smaller companies in southern Italy
GTS, an Italian transportation company, will soon implement a new rail freight service between Bari, in southeastern Italy, and the port of Genoa, in the northwest of the country. The service will start on 16...Read more