The developer of the East-West Gate (EWG) intermodal terminal, being built in Hungary and the Kazakh EuroTransit Group, which operates several terminals on the Kazakh-Chinese border, will cooperate in providing a fast and reliable transport...Read more
The HHLA intermodal company Metrans is building another rail terminal in Hungary. A corresponding agreement has been signed between HHLA and the Hungarian government. The hub terminal will be built in Zalaegerszeg, which is located...Read more
Camco Technologies has been selected as the automation partner for the East-West Gate Terminal on the border of Hungary and Ukraine. Once complete, the intermodal terminal will have gate automation, camera systems for vehicles and...Read more
Rail Cargo Hungaria reported a significant increase of Chinese freight container trains arriving in the country, through the Zahony transhipment station at the Hungary-Ukraine border. “Compared to 2019, traffic experienced a tenfold increase beginning from...Read more
According to the Association of Hungarian Logistics Service Centres (MLSZKSZ), the freight market of the country is bound to experience changes after the pandemic’s impact during 2020. Hungary’s freight transportation relied mainly on road and...Read more
Hamburg-based wagon hire and rail logistics company VTG has acquired a new asset in Slovakia. It added Carbo Rail, a medium-sized rail freight operator, to its geography of business. The deal allows the German company...Read more
The excavation work of the Cortanovci tunnel on the Belgrade-Budapest railway line has been completed. This vital new railway link connects Hungary and Serbia. The tunnel lies on the Stara Pazova-Novi Sad section of the...Read more
A system that enables the lifting of non-cranable trailers on a train has now been employed in Hungary by TX Logistik. The first shipment for a Hungarian customer took place on the route between Herne...Read more
ADY Container, subsidiary of Azerbaijan’s national railway company and the Hungarian subsidiaries of the Rail Cargo Group, which is a branch of the Austrian ÖBB have joined forces to organise container freight between Central and...Read more
Rail Cargo Group, the freight division of Austria’s ÖBB-Holding, has finalised the integration of its latest acquisition in Poland. Its subsidiary Rail Time Polska was rebranded as Rail Cargo Carrier – Poland. It is the...Read more
A state-of-the-art terminal is in the pipeline on the border between Hungary and Ukraine. It should become the new gateway of the New Silk Road, encouraging rail freight traffic on the route Hungary-Ukraine-Russia. If everything...Read more
China Railway Express has tested a new link to Europe. For the first time, a Chinese block train arrived in Serbia. It delivered equipment to be used by Chinese workers for the construction of the...Read more
Hungary has a new connection to China with the launch of the weekly Budapest-Xiamen train. A joint effort of Metrans, DBO Bahnoperator and Trans Eurasia, the first train departed to the south-eastern Chinese city on...Read more
A rail freight service between Chengdu in China and Budapest in Hungary has been established. The new China-Europe express train left the Chinese hub on Friday 9 August and is expected to arrive fifteen days...Read more
The intermodal terminal in Duisburg is an important hub for all of Europe. The vast majority of the container trains from China to the EU run via Duisport. The Austrian freight operator Rail Cargo Group...Read more
Thursday 16 May is the second day of the RailFreight Summit 2019, taking place in the Polish city of Gdansk. Today’s discussions are dedicated to intermodal hubs in Poland and the emerging rail markets in...Read more
In the west of Hungary, a new terminal is under construction that should facilitate traffic between the Baltic Sea in the north and the Adriatic Sea in the south. The terminal of Zalaegerszeg is strategically...Read more
The Hungarian government is to deploy eight new intermodal yards; seven in the countryside and one near Budapest to accommodate rail freight traffic from the Far East to Europe. It is eyeing a strategic position...Read more
