EVENTThe RailFreight Summit 2023, taking place on 19 & 20 April in Warsaw, Poland, is just around the corner. With one week left before the event kicks off, the editorial team of RailFreight.com decided to...Read more
InterviewThe EU’s plan to implement Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) on the entire freight fleet running in the Union is receiving criticism concerning insufficient testing and financial issues. The Federation of Independent Rail Operators (ZNPK), a...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
Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) selected an investor’s variant to construct the new Katowice-Ostrava line between Poland and Czechia. The high-speed line will mainly accommodate passenger trains transiting at 250km/h. However, sections of it will also...Read more
Funding for the upgrade of the Malaszewicze rail border crossing between Belarus and Poland might come from the Polish government. “The Ministry of Infrastructure is working on a draft act providing Cargotor with financing for...Read more
“We have to come to terms with the diversity of infrastructure and rolling stock between Poland and Ukraine and seek ways of neutralising the obstacle it creates”. This was said by Tadeusz Syryjczyk, partner of...Read more
Starting from today, Monday 6 March, official customs seals must be applied to each railroad car transporting grain from Ukraine via Poland. These seals will be checked, but not removed, at the border crossings, ensuring...Read more
Poland has welcomed a new round of EU funds that could possibly finance its ambitious road and railways projects. On Wednesday 2 March, the new financial perspective of EU funds was officially inaugurated. Poland has...Read more
Transporting Ukrainian agricultural products, especially grain, via Poland may become significantly more difficult in 2023. The export of grain from Ukraine to Poland via the Izov-Hrubieszów rail border crossing has been prohibited since 27 February,...Read more
A 78-ton generator is currently traveling via rail from the port of Genoa, in Italy, to Poland. The generator was loaded on a special wagon provided by Mercitalia Rail thanks to which the cargo does...Read more
Starting on 16 February, Lithuania is closing the Stasylos-Byenyakoni rail border crossing with Belarus because of too many smuggling cases. Currently, therefore, the only rail border crossing left open between the two countries is Kena-Gudogai....Read more
interviewCan hyperloop-inspired technology be applied to rail freight within this decade? Tech company Nevomo thinks so. RailFreight.com had a chat with Stefan Kirch, CBDO at Nevomo, about the possible applications of Nevomo technology in the...Read more
It has become an indisputable fact that the freight volume of railway operations between China and Europe has plummeted in 2022, but how steep was the decline? A look at the recent data of UTLC...Read more
The Polish Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) and Ukrainian Railways (Uz) have agreed to start developing a new railway line connecting Poland and Ukraine. Accordingly, it will be the fastest route between the two countries serving...Read more
It is finally happening, RailFreight Summit is taking you to Malaszewicze. The most popular border crossing on the New Silk Road will be the destination of our site visit during the RailFreight Summit Poland 2023. Read more
PKP Cargo has had to lower its expectations of the share it wanted to acquire on the local market. Instead of having a 65 per cent market share by the end of this year, it...Read more
In 2022, Ukrainian Railways reconstructed and overhauled 470 kilometres of railway track, and electrified another 82 kilometres, a record for the Ukrainian infrastructure manager. Connections to neighbouring European countries played a key role in its...Read more
ANALYSISThe Ukrainian Agrarian Council (UAC) appealed to the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, requesting the continuation of the duty-free regime applied to Ukrainian agricultural produce exports. The appeal came as a response...Read more
PKP PLK has got the approval to fully acquire Cargotor by the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection. The parties are both involved in the modernisation of Malaszewicze, the border area between Poland and...Read more
Registrations for the RailFreight Summit 2023 are now open. Do you have something to do with rail and with Poland? Then you will want to be at this event, where hundreds of rail professionals gather...Read more
The Austrian crane manufacturer Kuenz has been chosen to supply Baltic Hub’s under-construction T3 terminal with 20 fully automated sideload stacking cranes. The company will deliver the order in cooperation with systems integrator ABB. The...Read more