COSCO makes port of Trieste its new rail hub on the way to Budapest
After two successful test container trains on 22 and 27 June, COSCO Shipping Italia aims to launch a regular rail freight connection between the port of Trieste and Budapest. The ocean-rail concept that links sea...Read more
More trains for Kombiverkehr on the Gotthard axis this month
Kombiverkehr is expanding its services between Germany and Italy this month. With a new railway line, additional departures and a new destination from Italy it will surely have more intermodal traffic via the Gotthard axis...Read more
Kombiverkehr adds trips between Cologne-Trieste with eyes on Mediterranean ports
Kombiverkehr’s rail freight service between Cologne in Germany and the port of Trieste in Italy offers one more weekly departure. The intermodal company announced that it increased its weekly roundtrips in this route from three...Read more
Infrastructure upgrades in Slovenia will slow down rail freight
Slovenian Railways will upgrade parts of their railway network, and line closures will last for an extended period, probably causing disturbances in rail freight operations but also on timetables across the country.Read moreTrieste University steps in to improve port’s rail profile
Italian railway company Adriafer and the University of Trieste have joined forces to research sustainable development processes in the Italian port. Their focus will be transport, primarily the rail freight sector, and how it can...Read more
Port of Trieste paralysed by protesters against coronapas
The port of Trieste has been paralysed by protesters against the introduction of a corona ticket at work, according to local media. Hundreds of strikers have gathered in front of the port area’s entrance, and...Read more
RCG keeps adding trips to its network
The high demand for services led Rail Cargo Group to add another weekly itinerary in its TransFER Linz-Wels-Duisburg route. Beginning on April 5, the service will have four roundtrips between the three locations every week....Read more
RCG adds one more roundtrip to the Trieste-Vienna-Linz route
As of 1 March, Rail Cargo Group will enrich its TransFER Trieste-Vienna-Linz-Trieste route with another weekly triangular roundtrip. This means that the company will offer two itineraries per week, strengthening its connection to one of...Read moreHHLA takes share in Adriatic port of Trieste
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) has acquired stakes in a terminal of the Italian port of Trieste. It is taking a majority stake of 50.01 per cent in the Piattaforma Logistica Trieste terminal (PLT). An...Read more
Freight trains between Austria and Italy run steadily
Freight trains between Austria and Italy run as usual in spite of cancellations of passenger connections due to the coronavirus. Rail Cargo Group, the freight operator of Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), provides its services according...Read moreMore shuttle trains between Bettembourg-Dudelange and Trieste
The intermodal shuttle connecting the Italian Port of Trieste and Bettembourg-Dudelange in Luxembourg will be increased in frequency. By the end of this year, the service will run 12 roundtrips per week, from the current...Read moreNew rail freight lines Port of Trieste to Austria
The freight division of railway company ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) will commence with two new rail freight services from the Italian port of Trieste to various destinations in Austria. This was revealed at the...Read moreCan ports as Piraeus, Koper and Trieste win the hinterland volumes?
A tip of balance from northern to southern European ports in terms of intermodal traffic is not among the concerns of the port of Hamburg. The hinterland connections from the northern ports still prevail. This...Read moreSharp rise in rail freight traffic at Port of Trieste
The Italian port of Trieste records an increasing number of freight trains this year. In the first quarter of 2018, it handled 4,816 freight trains, up 18 per cent from the same period last year....Read more
TX Logistik launches Leipzig-Verona TEN-T connection
Chemicals, consumer goods and vehicle parts will be among the cargoes aboard a new TX Logistik freight service between Leipzig and Verona, which links two key European Core Network Corridors. The three-times weekly round service...Read more