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 more
Digital 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
More rail freight services Frenkendorf – Port of Antwerp
Swiss rail freight operator Schweizerzug will increase the number of train services between Switzerland and Belgium. Starting on 10 January 2019, the rail freight line between Frenkendorf (near Basel) and the Port of Antwerp will...Read more
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 moreAntwerp 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 moreAntwerp 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