Topic: Liquids

Apple juice, biodiesel or wine: the flexitank moves it all around

Tuesday 26 October was an exciting day for TransContainer Europe and its partner VTG. 22.000 liters of water were filled in a flexitank at the DIT terminal in Duisburg, as part of a test shipment...Read more

22-11-2021|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

Container train at Novorossiysk seaport, source: Russian Railways (RZD)

Shift to rail for motor oil in Russia

Russian Railways has managed to attract a new type of freight on tracks. The company transported the first batch of motor oil that was loaded in containers. It also plans to make such shipments regular...Read more

14-08-2020|Comment|author: Mykola Zasiadko

Diesel fuel on tracks from Gdańsk to Czechia

Lotos Kolej, the third-largest rail freight operator in Poland, has entered a new market. It started to transport diesel fuel from Gdańsk to neighbouring Czechia by using its own locomotives and wagons. Czechia is the...Read more

27-07-2020|Comment|author: Mykola Zasiadko

New on rail: rapeseed in flexi-tanks from Siberia to China

Rail Cargo Group and FESCO Transport Group have jointly organised the first multimodal transport of rapeseed oil from Krasnoyarsk, the third largest city in Siberia, to the Chinese port of Nantong. The product was transported...Read more

15-05-2020|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

Container train in Russia, source: Russian Railways (RZD)

Containerised bulk and liquids gain popularity on China-Russia route

Electronics, car parts or fast-moving consumer goods have already become common good on container trains between China and Russia. In order to increase and improve rail freight traffic between the countries, logistics companies are looking...Read more

27-03-2020|Comment|author: Mykola Zasiadko