North Sea Port maintains rail share despite persisting challenges
In a time when rail is continuously challenged in Europe, the cross-border North Sea Port with locations in Belgium and the Netherlands maintains the share of rail freight in its operations. Transportation of goods to...Read more
Lineas back on track with new Ghent-Lyon rail service
After laying low for a year, Lineas seems to be back on track. The company launched a new rail service with logistics firm DFDS to link the North Sea Port in Ghent and Port Edouard...Read more
ProRail and Infrabel to improve rail infrastructure at the North Sea Port
ProRail and Infrabel, the Dutch and Belgian rail infrastructure managers will further collaborate with North Sea Port to increase rail freight between the two countries and start a follow-up study this year. The cooperation aims...Read more
Rail will have a role in Ghent’s upcoming circular industrial estate
North Sea Port (NSP) and steel manufacturer ArcelorMittal Belgium are collaborating to develop and build the North-C Circular industrial estate on the right bank of the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal in Ghent. The facility will cover an...Read more
Rail investments in Ghent’s part of North Sea Port continue strong
The port of Ghent, part of the broader North Sea Port complex in Belgium, experiences a boom in rail investments. The Belgian government and Infrabel, the country’s infrastructure manager, are on a mission to renew...Read moreDutch fund allocates 105 million to cross-border rail in North Sea Port
The cross-border rail freight project in North Sea Port that connects Zeeuws-Vlaanderen with Ghent will receive 105 million euros from the Dutch Growth Fund (Groeifonds). With this, the Dutch government underlines the importance of rail...Read more33,5 million euros investment aims to make the North Sea Port a rail hub
The Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel and the Belgian government will invest an additional 33,5 million euros in the Ghent part of North Sea Port in the coming years. The plans foresee the addition of new...Read more
North Sea-Baltic RFC expands with 3 new destinations
Three new additions to the North Sea-Baltic Rail Freight Corridor (RFC NS-B) aim to enhance connectivity and make the corridor even more competitive. The ports of Zeebrugge and Ghent in Belgium, the port of Terneuzen...Read moreNorth Sea Port maps out rail freight needs with Infrabel
North Sea Port and Infrabel are jointly launching Railconnect, a port rail team with representatives from both to encourage more use of rail. The port currently knows a modal split of 10 per cent for...Read more
Lineas expands services from the North Sea Port with connection to Milano
Lineas has a new addition to its Green Xpress Network. The company will connect the North Sea Port and Ghent directly to the Intermodale Milano Segrate terminal in Northern Italy. The new train service will...Read moreWhy rail could do more at North Sea Port
Ever since MSC announced to open a depot at North Sea Port, the phone has been ringing non-stop at Vlaeynatie, the company that is to facilitate the depot at Terneuzen. “Other shipping companies are now...Read more
In RailFreight Live this week: the Belgium edition
Ever since MSC has announced to open a depot at North Sea Port, the phone has been ringing non-stop at Vlaeynatie, the company that is to facilitate the depot at Terneuzen. Other shipping companies are...Read moreMore joint developments in the North Sea Port
After the EU Commission decided to include the North Sea Port in the North Sea-Baltic corridor, Belgium, Flanders, and the Netherlands came together to seal the deal and explore the possibilities of the latest development....Read more
North-Sea Baltic corridor now includes North Sea Port
The European Commission is extending the rail freight corridor between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea to the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal Zone. This fulfills a long-held wish of the North Sea Port, which wants to...Read more
Belgium and the Netherlands together on North Sea Port rail plan
The Belgian Federal Parliament unanimously agreed to work on a cross-border rail network for goods and people in the Canal Zone between Ghent-Terneuzen, a cross-border area of the North Sea Port. The Dutch House of...Read more
North Sea Port of Ghent connects to 12 new destinations
A new rail freight line between the Interface Terminal in Ghent and the Lineas Main Hub in Antwerp has been launched, allowing for an extension of traffic to and from the North Sea port to...Read more
New multimodal site at Kluizendok in North Sea Port
The Turkish logistics company Ekol Logistics and the Belgian groupage company Transuniverse Forwarding are going to develop a multimodal site of 40 hectares at the Kluizendok in North Sea Port (Ghent). The project involves 10...Read more
Volvo Train Belgium now also to China
On Thursday morning the first train stacked with Volvo cars from Xi’an in China entered the Kluizendok terminal in the North Sea Port of Belgium. It was the official launch of a service that has...Read moreRailway network North Sea Port not sufficient to handle growth
In order to make the most of the newly formed North Sea Port, a number of bottlenecks need to be addressed on the railway network. This was the conclusion of research carried out into the...Read more