A new rail freight route carrying fresh produce will start a pilot in late 2024. On a weekly basis, a train will make a return trip between Oslo and Valencia. The train will save time...Read more
TMA Logistics is launching a train shuttle service operating between the ports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam. The service will operate four times a week and offers fixed slots at deep-sea terminals in Rotterdam.Read more
Contargo joins the management of rail operator DistriRail by acquiring one-third of the company’s shares. The Mannheim-based company will acquire 33 per cent of Distrirail’s shares, with the existing co-shareholders duisport and Van Donge &...Read more
The Duisburg Express Rail Shuttle offered by shipping giant CMA CGM just got an upgrade. From July on, the service runs three weekly roundtrips connecting two major trade and economic centres, but also providing access...Read more
There is currently no train traffic between the port of Rotterdam and Kijfhoek, the large emplacement yard located south of the port towards Dordrecht. The emplacement yard is where DB Cargo handles a large part...Read more
Since early January 2023, the rail connection between the port of Rotterdam and Frenkendorf (Basel) and Niederglatt (Zürich) has become direct without passing through Neuss in Germany. The service is offered by Schweizerzug, part of...Read more
Flooded railway tracks in several port yards in Rotterdam have been recovered since Sunday evening. The flooding occurred on the afternoon of Thursday, 12 January, following heavy rainfall and caused disruptions to freight traffic. However,...Read more
RailGood, the Dutch employers’ organisation for the rail freight industry, is claiming that ProRail, the Dutch infrastructure manager, is failing the sector in the Netherlands. The main issues pointed out by RailGood are excessive increases...Read more
The frequency of transalpine trains transiting between the Rail Hub Milano and RSC Rotterdam will reach 13 weekly roundtrips in January 2023. Hannibal will keep crossing the Alps, and apart from the historical pun, this...Read more
The fire extinguishing facility at the Waalhaven-South yard in the port of Rotterdam may not be ready before the deadline of 1 January 2023. However, the temporary fire extinguishing train may only operate until that...Read more
The port of Rotterdam has a new port shuttle per 30 July. Logistics operator Trimodal Europe has launched a shuttle train with a fixed timetable of 16 departures per week between the RSC terminal in...Read more
It is again possible to travel with two trains at the same time over the Suurhoff Bridge to the Maasvlakte. Trains can now safely cross the bridge, even with winds up to 44 km/h (wind...Read more
This coming weekend, rail freight transport via the troubled harbour line in the port of Rotterdam will shut down for 96 hours for large-scale work. Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail already carried out unexpected maintenance works...Read more
Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail limited rail freight operations on the port of Rotterdam’s harbour line on Tuesday, 19 April, late afternoon. Most disturbances occurred at the Maasvlakte sidings. Emergency repairs needed to be carried out...Read more
Nineteen rail freight parties have agreed to boost digitalisation and data sharing in Rotterdam’s port area and create necessary rail freight growth circumstances. “We need more efficiency, transparency, and reliability if we want more rail...Read more
Metrans has introduced another fuel surcharge from 1 April for freight transport within the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp. However, instead of surcharging rail services, it surcharges truck movements. The measure is implemented for transport...Read more
Lineas was discriminated in the allocation of train paths at two emplacement yards in the Netherlands. This was concluded by the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets after the Belgian railway undertaking had submitted complaints...Read more
Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail has announced that it wants to focus on repair works at the Botlek yard in 2022 as part of the ‘Infra in order’ program. The works starting in early June will...Read more
The port of Rotterdam is celebrating 10,000 trains passing through the Theemsweg route, which opened a few months ago. The new line, constructed explicitly to improve the port’s rail freight operations, seems like a great...Read more
The functionality of Dutch emplacement yard Waalhaven South is once again under threat, as the infrastructure manager has admitted it may not be able to provide the required extinguishing facilities before the deadline of 1...Read more
A new connection offered by German company Kombiverkehr in collaboration with TFG Transfracht will link Nuremberg in Germany and Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The service will run between the TriCon container terminal and Rotterdam Cobelfret...Read more