EU project for ‘real time’ sharing of freight train ETAs
The Royal Dutch Transport association (KNV), which represents rail freight employers, is to lead a Europe-wide project on the real-time exchange of data on the arrival times of freight trains. It will work with intermodal body...Read more
Rail Cargo Group launches new Italy-Romania intermodal route
Rail Cargo Group (RCG), Austria’s national rail freight operator, has launched a new return service between northern Italy and Romania, seeking to take advantage of what has so far been an underdeveloped intermodal corridor. The...Read more
‘Substantial’ investments at Bucharest Rail Terminal
Major investments will take place this summer to widen the potential usability of the open-access Bucharest International Rail Freight Terminal (BIRFT). Tibbett Logistics, the terminal’s owners, have pledged a ‘substantial six-figure’ amount, building on several...Read more
New Kombiverkehr services cement 2016 growth
The German-owned intermodal rail specialist Kombiverkehr KG says it shifted 7,329 more truckloads from road to rail in 2016. The total number of consignments was 985,424 (1.97 million TEU), up 0.7 per cent on the...Read more