Ukrainian Railways plans to open six additional border crossings for rail freight to Europe. Three facilities will be added on the border with Poland, two on the border with Romania and one on the border...Read more
TX Logistik, the European subsidiary of Mercitalia Logistics (Group FS), will increase the number of trips between Cologne and Instanbul. The Instanbul-Cologne service was launched in June. “One advantage is the transit time between Cologne...Read more
The brand new terminal of Teiuș in Romania is now connected to Duisburg, with a new weekly roundtrip that started last week. To be precise, a train is running once a week between Teiuș International...Read more
DP World in Romania is working to facilitate grain exports from Ukraine via Romania while keeping a low profile. That being said, the global logistics player will utilise a recently authorised terminal in Dornesti, near...Read more
France wants to support the export of Ukrainian grain through Romania. France’s transport minister Clement Beaune said on Sunday night that he would sign a deal with Romania on this matter the next day. The...Read more
Rail Cargo Group’s latest addition to its TransFER network is a connection between Genk in Belgium and Curtici in Romania. The new link offers a direct and regular link between one of Europe’s most significant...Read more
Ukrainian Railways has restored two border crossings with Romania, hoping to establish additional railway routes between the countries. The railway company urges its Romanian counterpart do ‘do its job’ on their side of the border.Read more
Starting from 25 August, the Smartron locomotive manufactured by Siemens Mobility will be doing rounds on the Romanian network. The unit was officially handed over in Bucharest yesterday to leasing company CARGOUNIT, and to their...Read more
A train operated by the Ukrainian Railways derailed in the Iasi prefecture in Romania. The train had just unloaded grain at the Constanta port and was on its way back to Ukraine. The incident took...Read more
Efforts to increase exports from Ukraine are led by rail operators like Austrian logistics specialist ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG), which announced it will step up grain transport from the war-torn country.Read more
Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, rail operators have looked for alternative routes between Europe and China. Nearly four months ahead, these routes have been established. We ask one of the key players,...Read more
An intermodal terminal in Teiuș, central Romania, is the latest addition to the country’s rail freight infrastructure. Owned and managed by Unicom Tranzit, a private rail freight carrier and forwarder, the terminal was completed in...Read more
COSCO Shipping Lines Romania is closely looking at the possibility of launching a container train service between the Greek port of Piraeus and Romanian terminals. This is a response to the heavily congested port of...Read more
The Romanian transport Minister Sorin Grindeanu announced that works will be soon underway to restore the broad gauge railway line between Giurgiulesti in Moldova and the Romanian river port of Galați. The transport ministry has...Read more
A new multimodal logistics terminal in Aiud, Romania, is in the pipeline. DP World started the construction stage on Wednesday, 4 May. Located in the region of Transylvania, the terminal “will perform a key role...Read more
Ukrainian Railways imposed restrictions on rail freight traffic to Poland and Romania. The decision was in force between 16 and 18 April. Traffic closures due to the Easter holidays and wagons pilling up at the...Read more
Greece and Bulgaria will cooperate in launching a railway line extending from northern Greece and through Bulgaria to Romania. “There are possibilities to even extend this line towards North Sea ports”, said Greek transport minister...Read more
From September this year, the number of vessels sailing between the ports of Aktau in Kazakhstan and Baku in Azerbaijan will increase to six, which means a doubling of the capacity on the Middle Corridor,...Read more
Terminal Vest in Oradea, Romania, is on the set of expansion due to increased intermodal demand between the region and western Europe. The almost tripled roundtrips offered by the terminal and the addition of new...Read more
Metrans has successfully launched its new connection between Hungary and Romania. Three days per week a blocktrain moves between Budapest and Arad, in both directions. It is one of the new services that Metrans launched...Read more
Starting from Friday 15 October, Metrans starts a new roundtrip service between Budapest and Arad in Romania. The service will run three times a week and is a regular line on the timetables.Read more
