Strike or not, rail freight still faces nuisance
The grand 50-hour-long strike organised by the rail association EVG did not take place in the end, at least not in the magnitude it was supposed to. Nevertheless, several operators braced for its impact, and...Read more
Germany: nationwide strike brings rail to a standstill
STRIKE UpdateThe warning nationwide railway strike taken by union EVG on Monday, 27 March, will have a considerable impact on rail freight. Depending on the company, services are either fully or partially cancelled, while more delays...Read more
GLS and Kombiverkehr listen to industry: more parcels on German rail
At the end of November 2022, three of the main German rail freight associations pledged the government to help putting more parcels on the rail. Kombiverkehr and GLS Germany are collaborating to accommodate this request....Read more
Kombiverkher partners up with Sogemar in Milan
Kombiverkehr acquired 10 per cent of the Rail Hub Milano (RHM) terminal, owned by Sogemar, a subsidiary of Contship Group. Sogemar will maintain 90 per cent of the total shares in the terminal.Read more
Kombiverkehr sets up new operating company for Italian terminal
Intermodal operator Kombiverkehr has established a new operating company for terminal operations in Mortara in mid-November. Known as Kombi Terminal Mortara s.r.l., the new company will take over ongoing transshipment operations at the Mortara terminal...Read more
Freight on rail from Spain to Poland? Kombiverkehr made it possible
Kombiverkehr has launched a new rail freight service that will connect Spain to Poland via Germany. The new service will link the intermodal terminal Barcelona Can Tunis with Duisburg. From there, goods can be transported...Read more
Major players take combined transport to the cloud
Major intermodal players Hupac and Kombiverkehr bring something new to the market. In collaboration with transport companies Hoyers and Paneuropa, railway undertaking Lokomotion and Kombiterminal Ludwigshafen, they launched the company DX Intermodal to transform data...Read more
Pilot project puts DPD’s parcels on rail
DPD Germany wants to transport parcels between its depots in Duisburg and Hamburg by rail. For this purpose, it launched a pilot project in collaboration with Kombiverkehr with daily trains running between the two destinations...Read more
Kombiverkehr adds trips between Cologne-Trieste with eyes on Mediterranean ports
Kombiverkehr’s rail freight service between Cologne in Germany and the port of Trieste in Italy offers one more weekly departure. The intermodal company announced that it increased its weekly roundtrips in this route from three...Read more
New entry: Istanbul-Munich intermodal train for rookie customer
Cobantur Boltas, a Turkish-German logistics company, launched its first intermodal train connecting the Halkali terminal in Istanbul with the DUSS terminal in Munich. The service commenced on 21 January with the first train departing from...Read more
Intermodal traffic Italy-northern ports acquires two more services
The Bologna Interporto terminal, positioned in northern Italy, started the year dynamically by launching new intermodal links with northern Europe. The destinations include port terminals Zeebrugge Cobelfret and Rostock. The services focus on the transport...Read more
Kombiverkehr goes to Rotterdam in three different ways
Kombiverkehr has added a new continental service between Nuremberg’s TriCon Terminal and Rotterdam Cobelfret to the 2022 timetable. The service is available for the transport of semitrailers, containers and swap bodies.Read more
Nuremberg-Rotterdam link in Kombiverkehr’s 2022 timetable
A new connection offered by German company Kombiverkehr in collaboration with TFG Transfracht will link Nuremberg in Germany and Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The service will run between the TriCon container terminal and Rotterdam Cobelfret...Read more
Kombiverkehr upgrades network connections just before Christmas
Just a week before Christmas, Kombiverkehr provided its presents to forwarders. The German government upgraded existing connections and added new ones to its network, with Mortara in Italy and MegaHub Lehrte in Germany playing the...Read more
Rostock trimodal terminal reaches record volumes
The Rostock trimodal terminal reached a record-breaking number of handled units thanks to rail freight. For the first time in its history, this year, it handled 100,000 units. The number was reached by the end...Read more
More Ludwigshafen-Barcelona roundtrips for Kombiverkehr
Kombiverkehr started operating one more weekly train between Ludwigshafen and Barcelona Morrot terminal. The Frankfurt-based operator is now offering four weekly roundtrips between the two destinations since 21 September.Read more
Kombiverkehr offers new route München-Wels
Starting this week, Kombiverkehr is offering a new intermodal route between Germany and Austria. Trains are already up and running direct journeys between the München-Riem and Wels CTT terminals. Three departures per week in both...Read more
Kombiverkehr ramps up operations through MegaHub Lehrte
It’s been five months since Kombiverkehr started its services via MegaHub Hannover Lehrte, and the network expansion through the terminal is in full steam. Hamburg and Kiel are two new destinations that will connect with...Read more
Kombiverkehr trains from Mortara also to Dutch hub Venlo
Kombiverkerh is expanding its rail freight services on the Rhine-Alpine corridor. From 6 September, the trains that run from Mortara in the north of Italy to Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium will have an increased...Read more