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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 more
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
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 more
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
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
A new container shuttle service between Maasvlakte 2, an extension of the Port of Rotterdam and Cabooter Railcargo Terminal in Venlo will be launched on 19 March. The service is an initiative of logistics companies...Read more
