“We made a proposal to the European Union to establish a new TEN-T corridor”, Rumen Markov, owner and general manager of Large Infrastructure Projects said at the RailFreight Summit in Poznan. He presented the concept...Read more
More and more new routes are being launched on the New Silk Road every year. Not all of them stand the test of time. Those that survive are also in danger as they need to...Read more
In order to stimulate container traffic on the railway network, the Government of Russia has implemented subsidies for local logistics companies. The amount of a state subvention for transporting containers varies from 290 to 860...Read more
PKP Cargo will launch new container trains within Poland branded under the trademark ‘the Connect Operator’. They are focused on improving rail connectivity between the port of Gdańsk and three important intermodal terminals in the...Read more
The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway line connecting Azerbaijan to Turkey saw the longest freight train since its opening on its tracks last week. A 940-metre-long freight train consisting of 82 containers ran from Turkey via Georgia to...Read more
For Kazakhstan, the Caucasian states have already become an important region in terms of transport. It operates the seaport facilities in Georgia, engages the region into its multimodal logistics solutions such as the Middle Corridor...Read more
Finnish rail freight company VR Transpoint have successfully tested operation with a 830-metre-long train. It is a record figure for the railway between Vainikkala, an important junction close to the Russian border, and the Port...Read more
Electronics, car parts or fast-moving consumer goods have already become common good on container trains between China and Russia. In order to increase and improve rail freight traffic between the countries, logistics companies are looking...Read more
Russian companies FESCO Group and RZD Logistics have added a new branch to the Japan/South Korea – Europe multimodal route. The Chinese seaport of Qingdao has been linked to Vladivostok with the help of FESCO’s...Read more
After COSCO’s success in the Greek seaport of Piraeus, other Chinese companies are in the game for constructing and operating a new container terminal in the Port of Rijeka, the largest harbour in Croatia. The...Read more
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 more
The seaports of Gdansk and Piraeus have shown enormous growth of container traffic in the last 13 years: by around 2,040 per cent and 312 per cent. Such figures make them the most dynamic container...Read more
DP World will add a new container terminal to its network. The Dubai-based logistics group plans to purchase a majority stake of 51 per cent in TIS Container Terminal, one of the largest intermodal facilities...Read more
FESCO Group has purchased a stake of 25 per cent plus one share in the intermodal operator Russian Troika. The deal valued at around 9 million euros was concluded with Russian Railways (RZD). As a...Read more
A new freight train has been launched between the Slovenian Port of Koper and the Slovakian capital of Bratislava. It is the third rail service from Koper to Bratislava and the seventh one to Slovakia...Read more
The Middle Corridor between China and Europe will have a new multimodal route. It will run via Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan instead of Kazakhstan. After crossing the Caspian Sea with a ferry, the new service...Read more
A new direct freight train has been launched between China and Poland. It connects Xi’an inland port to the Polish intermodal hub Euroterminal Sławków. The container rail service also provides a connection to the Port...Read more
Sweden will get a new regular rail-ferry-rail connection to the German intermodal hub of Duisburg. Two railway legs will be arranged by DB Cargo Scandinavia, Kombiverkehr and Spedition Bode while the sea leg will be...Read more
Russian Railways (RZD) intends to launch a multimodal service from China to Norway and back. The rail freight connections via Russia will be combined with shipping lines on the Baltic and Northern seas. In this...Read more
TransContainer, the largest rail freight service provider in Russia, has been transferred to a new main shareholder. The company’s major stake previously held by Russian Railways (RZD) was purchased at the auction by another logistics...Read more
DCT Gdansk, the only deep-water terminal on the Baltic Sea, has inaugurated its first container train service to/from China. It provides a faster connection than ocean shipping between the Chinese city of Xi’an and the...Read more