Railport to manage rail transport in Port of Antwerp
Railport Antwerpen will start coordinating the rail activities at the Port of Antwerp in order to improve the relatively low share of rail transport, currently at 7 per cent. Railport is a joint initiative of...Read more
Antwerp wants to take over rail operations in port
The Port of Antwerp wants to take over the management of 1,000 kilometre of railway within and around its perimeters, a responsibility currently carried out by Infrabel. The Port of Antwerp is not satisfied with...Read moreLineas and EWS join forces to bust the wood bugs
A specialist ‘bug-busting’ treatment is ensuring that Lineas Intermodal’s wood-laden trains bound for China are arriving clean and customer-ready. The Belgian rail freight operator has joined forces with eco-friendly pest control specialists EWS Group to open...Read moreExtra weekly Antwerp-Metz rail shuttle
The rail shuttle between the Port of Antwerp and Metz is increasing to two trips a week, says operator Multi-Modal Rail (MMR). It comes just a year after the service was introduced, and offers shippers extra...Read morePort of Antwerp modal shift scheme invests heavily in rail
Rail projects are central to a 1.4 million Euros modal shift programme at the Port of Antwerp. The port is investing in sustainable initiatives over the next three years aimed at making freight traffic movement...Read more
Flanders region can be ‘logistics turning point of Europe’
Belgium’s Flemish Government and regional port partners have launched a new campaign calling for new initiatives that will make the transport of goods – with rail identified as a key element – to and from...Read moreAntwerp could be Europe’s next China rail freight destination
Steel could be the key to making the Port of Antwerp the next major European cargo hub with a direct rail freight link with China. Port officials signed a cooperation agreement with the Chinese Port...Read more
Antwerp pushes for improved east European rail links
The Port of Antwerp Authority has appointed a new representative to help strengthen its rail freight links with the eastern European market. One of Martin Hubenak’s key functions will be developing rail relationships with the...Read moreNew funding enables Antwerp to double Germany service
H&S Container Line is introducing an additional rail freight round trip between Andernach in Germany and the two container terminals at the Port of Antwerp’s Deurganck dock. H&S already operates on this route but is...Read more
Port of Antwerp event champions intermodality
The benefits of intermodality & multimodality have been championed at a Port of Antwerp-hosted summit aimed at shifting more freight from road to rail. CEO Jacques Vandermeiren opened the 5th annual gathering of shippers and...Read more‘The coal train’ offers Rotterdam-Alps hybrid service
A hybrid freight service is making dual use of traditional containers to move both dry goods and and ore between The Netherlands and the Austrian Alps. Nicknamed ‘the coal train’, the Rotterdam-Linz shuttle is utilising...Read more
Betuweroute upgrade boosts Rhine-Alpine TEN-T Corridor
Reconstruction of the Betuweroute freight line, part of arguably Europe’s most vital TEN-T Network Corridor, is finally underway. Around 1.5 billion Euros is being invested in the 73 kilometre-long track between Oberhausen and Emmerich in...Read moreH&S Container Line shuttle links Port of Antwerp freight quays
A new freight shuttle has been introduced to link two quays at the Port of Antwerp of strategic importance to the emerging Rhine/Mosel region of Germany. It closes a gap whereby previously there was no...Read more