


First freight service connecting Zhejiang province to the Netherlands
The first freight train linking the Chinese province of Zhejiang with the Netherlands is underway. The service will have freight trains departing from Jinhua with Venlo as its final destination.Read more
Venlo and Tilburg merge their Rzepin operations
The corridor between the Netherlands and Poland will soon be expanded with even more services, as two large companies have bundled their expertise. The rail freight services Rzepin-Tilburg and Rzepin-Venlo are now operated under one...Read more
TX Logistik and Jan de Rijk connect Melzo and Venlo via Gotthard axis
The Dutch logistics firm Jan de Rijk Logistics and the Italian operator TX Logistik have put their heads together for a new route between the countries. Starting from 5 January 5, an intermodal regular connection...Read more
Vida XL goes for rail with new Venlo-Poznan connection
The Netherlands and Poland have just acquired a new rail freight connection. The new intermodal train connecting Venlo and Poznan commenced on Monday, 4 October, and provides space for the transport of non-cranable trailers.Read more
Kombiverkehr trains from Mortara also to Dutch hub Venlo
Kombiverkerh is expanding its rail freight services on the Rhine-Alpine corridor. From 6 September, the trains that run from Mortara in the north of Italy to Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium will have an increased...Read more
Venlo and the growth of smart logistics
Venlo is attempting to acquire the role of a smart logistics hub in Europe. The Dutch city claims that it has all the needed features to realise this vision: an optimal location at the borders...Read more
Largest inland terminal in the Netherlands sees first train
The new terminal of Venlo in the Netherlands has officially been connected to the public railway network. On Friday 26 June, a train rolled into Rail Terminal Greenport Venlo, marking the completion of the ‘train...Read more
Cabooter Group starts construction of Europe’s largest inland terminal
Dutch terminal operator Cabooter Group has officially started the construction of a new rail terminal in Venlo. This terminal will span 28 hectares, including eight tracks of nine hundred metres. According to the company from...Read more
Duisport objects to terminal expansion Venlo
Germany’s largest inland terminal Duisburg has objected to the expansion of rail terminal Venlo, situated on the Dutch-German border. The expansion is supported by the Dutch province of Limburg and this is considered state support,...Read more
European Silk Road Summit live blog: day 1
On 26 and 27 November the European Silk Road Summit took place. This event, held in the Dutch hub of Venlo, is the third edition of the previously named Silk Road Conference. Over two days,...Read more
Venlo, Baku and Austria join hands on the New Silk Road
ÖBB’s Rail Cargo Group, the Port of Baku and the Dutch Cabooter Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today to jointly develop the Middle Corridor, which connects Europe and China via Turkey and...Read more
Logistics hub Venlo on the map in China
Venlo may be a known a logistics hotspot in the Netherlands, it is still a relatively unknown destination in China. A cooperation between three parties is to change this. Chinese companies should know that the...Read more
Venlo host to European Silk Road Summit 2019
While China, Russia and Kazakhstan are ambitiously developing the New Silk Road, Europe is equally important, as it is the other side of the transport chain. Large logistics hubs have understood this and taken position...Read more
New rail service Venlo-Sweden now operative
A direct rail freight service between Venlo in the Netherlands and Sweden was launched on 2 September. A dedicated blocktrain shuttles between the Dutch logistics hub and the Scandinavian cities of Malmö and Norrköping. They...Read more
Rotterdam-Venlo rail freight service soon 14 times per week
The rail freight connection between the Port of Rotterdam and the logistics hub of Venlo on the Dutch-German border will be increased to fourteen services per week. Currently, the journey is made five times per...Read moreDutch-German railway at Venlo made available for longer trains
The first freight trains with a length of 740 metres can pass the Dutch-German border crossing at Venlo by 2020. That is the expectation of Dimitri Kruik, Director of Capacity Management at ProRail, the Dutch...Read more
Venlo to get first fully electric Kalmar Reachstacker
Dutch terminal operator Cabooter Group has purchased a fully electric reachstacker manufactured by Kalmar. The group will deploy the crane at its terminal in Kaldenkirchen, just over the border with Germany and part of the...Read moreFirst stones of Dutch Rail Terminal Greenport Venlo laid
The construction of a new rail connection for the future Rail Terminal Greenport Venlo, the Netherlands has commenced. Infrastructure manager ProRail and contractor Dura Vermeer Railinfra will build a total of six kilometers of new...Read more
Dutch logistics hub Venlo adds railway route to China via Azerbaijan
The Dutch logistic hotspot in Venlo has two new train connections. Twice a week a train departs in the direction of China via the Middle Corridor, while another twice-a week service is launched to Mortara...Read more