The German data provider company RailWatch leaps ahead with deploying its wayside wagon monitoring system across Europe. In 2021 RailWatch expanded its control stations in Germany while it partnered up with METRANS to develop the...Read more
Unprecedented congestion at the port of Koper in Slovenia has put its rail freight connections on hold. Trains cannot enter or exit the port terminal while services have to be rescheduled or cancelled.Read more
An eastward step from METRANS, which wants to establish its position along the Eurasian corridor passing through Poland and Belarus, saw the acquisition of CL Europort and its logistics centre. “Another strategic partnership was concluded...Read more
The increased electricity prices in Hungary have led METRANS completely out of its freight rate calculations for 2022. The company had calculated its pricing in October 2021. However, “the unpredictable traction price increases” might lead...Read more
METRANS launched the first eastbound train from the Dunajská Streda terminal in Slovakia towards Xi’an in China. The train was organised in cooperation with GEFCO for Budiš, a Slovak mineral spring brand, to transport pure...Read more
METRANS gets also Germany covered. “Our network there is still growing, also in Germany”, said Petr Lanka, CCO at the intermodal operator. The latest addition was the terminal of Gernsheim last year. But this does...Read more
Metrans has successfully launched its new connection between Hungary and Romania. Three days per week a blocktrain moves between Budapest and Arad, in both directions. It is one of the new services that Metrans launched...Read more
The Italian authority ANSFISA has just introduced a new regulation for trains using composite brake blocks (LL blocks IB 116*). Specifically, it issued that wagons using this type of brakes will now operate with a...Read more
The terminal of Dobra on the border of Slovakia and Ukraine has a lot to offer, but only a few trains actually run through the border crossing. That is a pity, because there is no...Read more
Starting from Friday 15 October, Metrans starts a new roundtrip service between Budapest and Arad in Romania. The service will run three times a week and is a regular line on the timetables.Read more
The first foundations have been laid for a new Metrans terminal in the Hungarian town of Zalaegerszeg. On Thursday 9 September, construction of the new hub officially started. The terminal is located on the transport...Read more
A railway company seeing the sector’s challenges as a fuel for improvement can be exceptional. Additionally, not perceiving the progress of other companies as competition but as a benefit for the rail industry is also...Read more
RailWatch and METRANS are developing jointly the ‘DigiTwin’ project to digitise the inspection routine of freight wagons. It is a measurement system that will be used to inspect the safety condition of freight wagons before...Read more
In 2020, METRANS has increased the number of container trains travelling between Europe and China by 114 percent. This is despite the pandemic. According to the HHLA subsidiary, the coronavirus pandemic and resulting capacity bottlenecks...Read more
Rail transport is already known as one of the transport modalities with the lowest CO2 emissions, but this can always be lower. Better yet, it can be zero. This is what HHLA and METRANS believe,...Read more
How much do we know about rail connections between Greece, the Balkans and Central Europe? What about connections between these regions and China through maritime transport? It might sound like fiction, but it is true:...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
Triggered by the German government’s ban on noisy wagons, METRANS has upgraded its entire 3,000 container wagons fleet with ‘whispering’ brakes. The harder material of the braking pads that improves friction with the wheels will...Read more
While assessing the ending year, METRANS sees multiple positive developments. Among them are the growth of traffic on the New Silk Road, the discovery of new possibilities and procedures and the launching of new services...Read more
“Connections by rail to the rest of Europe, that is what Europeans want from the New Silk Road”, says Martin Koubek, Director of METRANS Silk Road. This is his take on the European perspective of...Read more
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) has acquired stakes in a terminal of the Italian port of Trieste. It is taking a majority stake of 50.01 per cent in the Piattaforma Logistica Trieste terminal (PLT). An...Read more
