DB Cargo and Kombiverkehr launch Antwerp-Neuss shuttle
A new port-hinterland shuttle started this week, connecting the port of Antwerp with Neuss in Germany. The connection has two trains per week, shuttling between Antwerp’s right bank – PSA Noordzeeterminal 913 – and the...Read more
Antwerp: a multimodal freight village for chemical industry
The port of Antwerp should become a multimodal logistics hub with innovative rail solutions for the chemical industry. A new automated pallet loading system for trains is one such solutions. Those are the conclusions of...Read more
Lineas’ Antwerp-Lyon line goes intermodal
As per 1 July, Lineas adds intermodal volumes to its regular train service between Antwerp and Lyon. The Lyon Xpress runs back and forth three times a week between the main hub of the rail...Read more
DB Cargo expands shuttle service between Duisburg and Antwerp
DB Cargo and Kombiverkehr are expanding their shuttle service between the port of Antwerp and Duisburg. From now on, up to 90 TEUs can be transported per train rather than the previous 60 TEUs. The...Read more
Infrabel replaces ‘heart valves’ of artery to Port of Antwerp
This extended weekend, Infrabel replaces three switches at the northern gateway of the Port of Antwerp. The existing ones are being replaced by modern concrete ones that are more sturdy and maintenance-friendly, the Belgian infrastructure...Read more
Port of Rotterdam: throughput drops up till 20% this year due to coronavirus
The Port of Rotterdam Authority is anticipating a drop in cargo throughput of 10 to 20 per cent this year, as a result of the corona crisis. This says CEO Allard Castelein in the quarterly...Read more
Rail collision in Antwerp disrupts freight traffic
Rail freight transport within the port of Antwerp has been seriously disrupted due to a collision of a locomotive and a freight train at the entrance of the Liefkenshoek rail tunnel. This piece of infrastructure,...Read more
New intermodal offer Schweinfurt – Rotterdam, Antwerp and Moerdijk
The partners CTS and IGS are linking their intermodal networks via the container terminal Cologne Niehl Hafen. As a result, they now link the economic region of Schweinfurt to the ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp and...Read more
Antwerp wants to double rail freight share in 10 years
The share of rail transport in the port of Antwerp should doubled in the coming decade. This concerns the transport of containers coming in by ship to the hinterland. Port of Antwerp, Railport Antwerp and...Read more
Schweizerzug changes connections to Rotterdam and Antwerp
The rail freight network of Schweizerzug connecting Switzerland with the ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam will see some changes starting 16 December. The direct roundtrip between Frenkendorf near Basel and the German city of Neuss...Read moreBelgian and Czech partners build new terminal in Ostrava
A new container terminal will be constructed in the Mošnov, a strategic industrial zone near Ostrava in Czech Republic. Amongst others, the new terminal will link the Moravian-Silesian Region with one of Europe’s largest ports...Read more
Belgium launches customs tool to speed up e-commerce transport
The Belgium Customs and Excise Department has launched BE-GATE, a customs platform to simplify the import and export of goods. The portal, which was specially designed for the growth market of e-commerce, serves to accelerate...Read more
Railtraxx and Captrain Belgium merge into single company
Railtraxx and SNCF-subsidiary Captrain Belgium have merged to operate as one company called Railtraxx. Beginning of April, SNCF had taken over the Belgian carrier RailTraxx. The French railway holding decided to merge it with its...Read more
Intermodal service Andalusia – Antwerp for vegetables tested
A new intermodal service is being tested to transport agricultural products between Almeria in Spanish Andalusia and Antwerp in Belgium. The service is initiated by Swiss operator Hupac, Spanish railway company Renfe and Spanish consortium...Read moreDigital tool to align terminal and railway traffic in Port of Antwerp
Alignment between terminal planning and traffic management is sometimes hard to find in the rail freight industry. Thanks to new technologies, this is about to change, at least in the Port of Antwerp. The Rail...Read more
Frequency Frenkendorf – Port of Antwerp service to increase again
Schweizerzug AG is again increasing its train frequencies between Switzerland and Belgium. The service between Frenkendorf (near Basel) and the Port of Antwerp will run four times a week starting 2 February. A month earlier,...Read more