ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is launching a new rail freight connection between Budapest, Hungary, and Rijeka, Croatia. This new service is expected to benefit cargo flows in both directions. Moreover, it also opens up...Read more
METRANS has finalised the acquisition of a 51 per cent stake in Croatian railway company Adria Rail. Moreover, the German company is building two new terminals in southern Hungary, exploring more opportunities in fast-growing Southeastern...Read more
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
VIDEOMETRANS’ hub terminal in Malaszewicze is doing great despite the hick-ups noted in 2022, with all the geopolitical shifts and Silk Road ups and downs. Martin Koubek, director of Silk Road and CIS in METRANS,...Read more
Less than Container Load (LCL) shipping via rail increased along the Silk Road in 2022, but expectations for the future are less optimistic. Chinese shippers are concerned about security checks in Malaszewicze, while shipping to...Read more
Year end interviewAs 31 December approaches, and 2023 is peeking at us behind the New Year’s drop curtain, conversations at work, stores or even bars always entail a long sigh followed by the partially sad and partially...Read more
A broad gauge railway track runs up till the Slovak industrial city of Kosice, an infrastructure that was once laid by the Soviet Union to provide the region with steel production and heavy industry. Today,...Read more
An accident involving two colliding trains on the Divaca-Koper main railway line in Slovenia is cause for extra trouble in the country’s already impaired railway network. The accident forced the infrastructure manager to close the...Read more
During the first session of the RailFreight Summit in Warsaw, many speakers from various companies offered their insights on the main problems lying ahead for rail freight. Among the most relevant issues mentioned for the...Read more
Metrans has launched new rail freight services that will expand its network from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea. The services will respectively connect Turkey with Slovakia and Poland with the Czech Republic. The...Read more
METRANS will implement additional fuel surcharges in Germany as of 1 September. The surcharge will occur for transport through the Berlin, Leipzig, Munich, and Nuremberg terminals. The fuel surcharge increase for the four locations revolves...Read more
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) witnessed a positive modal shift this year. While rail volumes increased, cargo over the road decreased, and the overall rail share of the Hamburg-based transport company rose. This is a...Read more
Last week, the German port of Hamburg (HHLA) introduced the highest degree of restriction concerning freight transportation, resulting in many train slots being canceled. METRANS, its intermodal subsidiary, has been one of the parties affected....Read more
The Chinese railway company Trans Eurasia and Metrans have launched a rail freight service connecting Wuhan, in China with Pančevo, in Serbia. The transit time for the journey is 18 days.Read more
Rail freight in Southeastern Europe is about to acquire a new service starting on 3 September. METRANS will launch a direct link between its terminal in Dunajska Streda, Slovakia and the Halkali terminal outside Istanbul...Read more
Hamburg and Bremerhaven ports still face chaos following continuous strikes and infrastructure issues, causing “disastrous consequences” to operators like METRANS. As if that was not enough, Adriatic ports also met immense traffic restrictions, which the...Read more
Rail terminals in the ports of Hamburg and Bremerhaven are reaching full capacity leading to unforeseen train delays of up to 48 hours and cancellations. The situation results from a combination of port strikes, storm-related...Read more
A new intermodal connection between the port of Wilhelmshaven in Northern Germany and the METRANS terminal in Prague will commence on 3 July. The operator, METRANS, aims to tackle the disruptions caused by congestion in...Read more
Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, rail operators have looked for alternative routes between Europe and China. Nearly four months ahead, these routes have been established. We ask one of the key players,...Read more
With energy prices hitting new record highs in May, rail freight carriers face new challenges to keep their costs in check. Surcharges have become inevitable, efficiency is becoming the norm and in some countries, it...Read more
The port of Hamburg experiences disruptions with its rail freight services. The German port cannot receive any more export trains for the time being due to a combination of factors that include limited track capacity,...Read more