New connection to three-border region Switzerland-Germany-France
ÖBB’s subsidiary Rail Cargo Group has launched a new railway service between Austria and Switzerland. Three times per week a blocktrain shuttles between the Swiss terminal Frenkendorf, near the border with Germany and France and...Read more
Ottmarsheim turns into rail hub for the Alsace region
Logistics provider Swissterminal is expanding its Schweizerzug service with a new connection between Antwerp and Ottmarsheim, starting 1 January 2022. This transport service will begin with three direct roundtrips per week, each with the fastest...Read more
Swissterminal offers ‘virus-free containers’
The Swiss terminal operator Swissterminal is offering customers a new container disinfection service, which makes for what it calls ‘virus-free containers’. The introduction of this solution is in direct response to the increased need for...Read moreSwissterminal invests in French intermodal market
Swissterminal will take over operations of the three French inland ports Ottmarsheim, Huningue-Village-Neuf and Ile Napoléon. The company has won an international tender to operate the three Alsatian ports. The three ports will be merged...Read more
‘Gateway Basel Nord should have involved Swissterminal’
The construction of the Swiss new mega terminal Gateway Basel Nord is likely to be further delayed with a recent verdict of the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland. In its decision of 21 January 2020,...Read more
Dubai’s DP World buys into Swiss terminal network
DP World has acquired a 44 per cent stake in Swissterminal Holding AG, the largest container terminal operator in Switzerland. The deal goes into effect per 23 January. The Mayer family, who founded the company,...Read more