Since late April, semi-trailers transported on pocket wagons through Denmark must weigh at least 14 tons. They must be heavier than usual to ensure stability while on rail tracks. However, companies find it hard to...Read more
Samskip Multimodal and traction partner Hector Rail successfully restarted trailer traffic through Denmark this week. On Monday 31 May, the first train departed from Duisburg in Germany to Sweden, with containers as well as trailers....Read more
Samskip multimodal operator identified that freight traffic through Poland is going to play a crucial role in growing its business in 2021. The company, which links the UK and European hinterland through Dutch ports, estimates...Read more
Since the extension of the New Silk Road to Tilburg in the Netherlands in 2016, rail transport between China and the Netherlands grows steadily and has become an important complementary logistics solution to air and...Read more
Multimodal transport operator Samskip reintroduces direct short-sea links between Amsterdam and Hull, in the UK. This is in response to recovering traffic between the UK and north-European countries. Especially when it comes to containerised cargo,...Read more
A new direct rail freight service between Duisburg and Amsterdam will commence coming Thursday, 20 August. It is an initiative of Nunner Logistics, Samskip, TMA Terminal and the port of Amsterdam. Nunner Logistics operates weekly...Read more
Many new connections and departures were launched or announced this week. These include two services between the Netherlands and Germany. Three new lines were established to Italy; from Germany, Belgium and Austria.
A new service commenced...Read more
Dutch logistics provider Samskip has launched the Coevorden-Nässjö rail freight connection. It is the first link between the Netherlands and Sweden in the company’s network. The rail service will be provided five times per week...Read more
Samskip has launched a new four-times weekly rail shuttle link between the German hub of Duisburg and Falköping in Sweden. The new service connects Sweden’s southern industrial heartland with the rest of Europe.
The new service...Read more
Dutch logistics company Samskip has launched a new container shipping service connecting several ports of Norway with counterparts in the Baltic Sea. This line provides shippers and forwarders with a new multimodal solution across Northern...Read more
A regular rail freight service between the Port of Amsterdam and Wuhan in China will be launched per 1 May 2019. This was agreed by WAE (Wuhan Asia Europe Logistics), NUNNER Logistics, Samskip, TMA Logistics...Read more
Austrian-based operator Rail Cargo Group, Italian shipping company Grimaldi and Dutch logistics provider Samskip will launch a multimodal service between Greece and the German logistics hub of Duisburg. The route will include the Duisburg-Venice rail...Read more
After Nunner Logistics, logistics service provider Samskip has also opened a rail shuttle from the TMA Logistics HCT terminal in the port of Amsterdam. Officially launched on October 17, the connection sees trains depart from...Read more
Eddie Stobart, a UK-based supply chain, transport and logistics company has launched a new train service, connecting the Port of Tilbury to Tesco’s site in Daventry, and then Daventry to Mossend, Scotland. With this connection...Read more
TX Logistik has started an intermodal service connecting the German hub of Duisburg and Busto Arsizio in the north of Italy. In Duisburg, it calls on the Samskip Multimodal Rail Terminal at Duisburg Hohenbudberg. On...Read more
The Port of Amsterdam is growing in importance for freight operators. While a train departed eastbound to make the first direct link with Yiwu in China, it will soon commence with two new services in...Read more
Multimodal giant Samskip has added 50 more noise-reducing rail wagons to its fleet, bringing the number of new Samskip-branded units introduced in 2017 to 100.
Built by Slovakian manufacturer Tatravagonka, the type T-3000 wagons are specifically designed to...Read more
Swedish transporter Samskip and the Austrian-based Rail Cargo Group are to link their multimodal transport networks with a seamless new rail connection between Curtici in Romania and major logistics centres in Sweden. It signals the...Read more
