The Dutch rail freight committee has presented a letter of appeal to government negotiators. In the letter, the committee requests the next government to take concrete steps for the betterment of Dutch rail freight. A...Read more
Polish rail freight operator PKP Cargo is launching a new international connection to Rotterdam. Trains will depart twice a week from a newly built intermodal terminal in Karsznice, central Poland. The company says that the...Read more
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
Rail freight volumes in the Netherlands fell by ten per cent in 2023. In its annual rail freight report, Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail explains that it was mostly external factors that contributed to the drop....Read more
German rail freight operator Kombiverkehr is launching a new service between Rotterdam and Cologne-Eifeltor. The service will run three times a week and is available for nearly all types of goods, except dangerous goods of...Read more
The Austrian national rail freight operator Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is implementing a new TransFER connection between Linz, Duisburg and Rotterdam. The new link can be seen as an extension of the Linz-Wels-Duisburg RCG connection.Read more
The shunting of wagons containing hazardous substances has been suspended at the Pernis railway yard in Rotterdam. The suspension follows the identification of leaks in the yard’s fire extinguishing facility, said Dutch Infrastructure Manager ProRail....Read more
Freight convoys running between Italy and the Benelux region are increasing with the beginning of 2024. GTS Rail has increased its Bologna-Zeebrugge frequency from four to six weekly trains. Moreover, starting in February, Contship will...Read more
UK logistics and freight forwarding company Davies Turner has announced the inauguration of a pioneering eastbound consol container service. It marks a significant milestone in the company’s commitment to enhancing global trade connections, not least...Read more
In less than two weeks Hupac will be operating its first direct service between Warsaw and Rotterdam. The shuttle train will make the first journey on 2 May with a frequency of two roundtrips per...Read more
At the end of 2022, Hupac temporarily interrupted its rail freight services between the Rail Service Centre (RSC) in Rotterdam and the Contargo terminal in Mannheim. However, in a little over a month, the service...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
Hupac will increase the frequency of its service connecting Pordenone, in northeastern Italy, with Rotterdam from three to five weekly roundtrips. The increase in rotations will start in the third week of January 2023.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
Three contractors have committed to the construction of fire extinguishing facilities and emergency roads at the five freight yards in the Rotterdam port area. These facilities must be in place on 1 January 2023, after...Read more
The Container Exchange Route (CER) on the Maasvlakte in the port of Rotterdam will probably not be put into operation until the end of this year. The project is delayed by about a year. The...Read more
DP World is launching a new rail service between the Upper Rhine region and the Port of Rotterdam. The new service, starting on 14 March 2022, connects Rotterdam with two roundtrips per week with the...Read more
The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management has agreed to provide financial support for a permanent fire extinguishing facility at Waalhaven South, a shunting yard in the port of Rotterdam. Currently, the yard has...Read more
Starting Monday 14 February, CLdN Cargo will run its own intermodal rail connection between Rotterdam and Montirone (Italy). The service will initially operate three times a week connecting CLdN’s own Rotterdam ro ro terminal with...Read more
Kombiverkehr has added a new continental service between Nuremberg’s TriCon Terminal and Rotterdam Cobelfret to the 2022 timetable. The service is available for the transport of semitrailers, containers and swap bodies.Read more
The rail shuttle between the port of Rotterdam and the agglomeration of Kehl and Strasbourg is now a daily service. It was recently increased from five to seven, reports the Dutch harbour authority.Read more