DHL shifts from road to rail in northern Italy
After Honda and Stellantis shifted to rail for their transportation services in Italy, DHL is joining as well, signaling how big companies are willing to choose rail over road, if suitable services are provided. The...Read more
Sangritana does it again: Honda components will now travel by rail
After launching a rail freight service for the transport of automotive parts between Italy and Poland on behalf of Stellantis, Sangritana is putting Honda motorcycle components on the rail as well. Sangritana is an Italian...Read more
Ferest Rail and Wascosa partner up in wagons mega-deal
Starting in November, Ferest Rail, a rail freight company from Udine, in north-eastern Italy, will be receiving a total of 300 rail freight wagons provided by Wascosa, one of the largest wagons suppliers in Europe...Read more
InRail brings carbon black to Hungary by rail
InRail, an Italian rail freight company, launched a new service connecting the port of Genoa to Tiszaujvaros, in northeast Hungary. The service will have a frequency of one roundtrip per week, with transit time revolving...Read more
Hungary will build a new rail terminal…at the port of Trieste
The terminal, named Adria Port, will function as an import-export platform for Hungary. It will be built in the area where the Aquila refinery, which was closed in the 1980s, used to be. The total...Read more
Hupac launches new rail freight service between Italy and Poland
Starting from mid-October, Hupac will offer a new intermodal service connecting Pordenone, in north-eastern Italy, and Gliwice, in southern Poland. The Gliwice-Pordenone service will start on 10 October, while departures from Italy to Poland will...Read more
Port of La Spezia: 160 million euros to boost rail freight
La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT), a subsidiary of Contship Italia, was granted 160 million to strengthen the rail infrastructure of the port of La Spezia, 100 kilometres from Genoa. The money will be used to...Read more
Last-mile cargo deliveries by bike: it is happening in Italy
InterviewA small city in northern Italy, Saronno, is launching a new idea to make the city greener: last-mile deliveries made by cargobikes. The plan has been devised by Franco Casali, mobility and environment assessor for...Read more
GTS launches Europe’s longest intermodal rail service, and it’s fast
GTS Rail, an Italian company focusing on intermodal transport, will launch Europe’s longest direct intermodal route. From 11 October, there will be a rail connection between the rail station Bari Lamasinata, on the Italian southeast...Read more
This new Hupac roundtrip in Italy confirms rise in rail freight
Hupac will increase the frequency of the rail connection between Pomezia, near Rome, and Novara, roughly 50 kilometers east of Milan. Starting on 7 October, from two weekly roundtrips, there will be three. This increase...Read more
New door-to-door service from Southern Italy to Czech Republic
A new connection between Italy and the main industrial centers in Czech Republic has been launched. The rail service connects the terminals of Manopello – In-terporto Abruzzo in Southern Italy and Ostrava-Mošnov. The company train...Read more
Wascosa settles in Italy to launch new Modular Freight Wagon System
Wascosa has opened a new headquarters in Desenzano del Garda, roughly 40 kilometres from Verona. Among the most significant innovations brought by the company’s new facility is the Modular Freight Wagon System, a lighter, updated...Read more
Trento bypass: another step closer to the Brenner Tunnel
The Italian railway company Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has launched a procurement for 970 million euros for the Trento rail bypass, in north-west Italy. This bypass is vital, as it is part of the Verona-Fortezza...Read more
Italy likely to leave the Belt and Road under Giorgia Meloni
Just after she claimed victory in the national elections in Italy, Giorgia Meloni, leader of the far-right party Fratelli d’Italia and the future Italian Prime Minister, expressed her intentions of not renewing Italy’s participation in...Read more
They hid illegal immigrants on freight trains in Verona: fined and arrested
Two people in Italy were arrested and fined 1,45 million euros each for picking up illegal immigrants at the station in Verona and hiding them on freight trains headed toward Austria and Germany. The two...Read more
Italy reimburses rail freight companies for losses due to COVID-19
After the approval of recovery funds by the European Commission in June, the Italian government has implemented a scheme to compensate rail freight companies for the losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decree was...Read more
TransContainer links Northern Italy to Russia with frequent service
A new route between Milan’s Melzo intermodal terminal with destinations in Russia commences on 22 September. The service begins with a frequency of one weekly roundtrip. TransContainer Europe is the company behind the new service,...Read more
New rail freight service on the Italian Adriatic coast
GTS Logistics, an Italian intermodal and logistics company with headquarters in Bari, is launching a new rail freight service to link Brindisi, in south-east Italy, with Bologna, in the north of the country. The train...Read more
MSC and FS Group aim to bring sea and rail services closer
Shipping giant MSC and Italian railway company FS Group are very close to implementing a joint project that will see the integration of sea and rail services in Italy on the basis of intermodal transport....Read more