How is the New Silk Road responding and progressing in the current environment? How do developments in the global economy and energy sectors affect it? Do the European and Chinese policies for rail collide? Finally,...Read more
VIDEOWhat started with a single train between China and Hungary, has turned into a high-in-demand service with three to four trains per week at peak times for Eurasian rail operator RTSB. The company is keen...Read more
Hungary’s role in European and Eurasian rail freight has grown immensely. Positive developments like new rail infrastructure, state-of-the-art terminals with cutting-edge technologies and international investments shape the country’s logistic and rail freight profile into a...Read more
Within a few months, the role of Poland on the international rail freight market has changed completely. Whereas it used to be the gateway to Europe for traffic from Asia with the most heavily consumed...Read more
With the Eurasian supply chain disturbed and many companies pulling out the Russian route, what alternatives exist to keep cargo running on rail across the New Silk Road? Is the Middle Corridor a viable solution?...Read more
If you choose not to ship your cargo through Russia, but you still want to use rail between Europe and China, what are your options? This is a question not only we, but probably a...Read more
While economic recession hits most sectors hard, cross-border e-commerce is experiencing drastic growth. Due to travel restrictions in various countries during the pandemic, the ‘home economy’ has emerged, and online shopping has become the first...Read more
From 1 January 2022, all overseas food producing, processing, and storage companies must be officially registered at the General Administration of Customs in China (GACC) to export food products to China. Under the regulation currently...Read more
Today, Friday 16 July, our special RailFreight Live webinar takes place at 13:00 CEST. Join us on our road trip to Łódź, Poland! During the one-hour free webinar, you will get a preview of what...Read more
RailFreight.com is on a road trip in Lodz, and would like to take you along. We organise a webinar called RailFreight Live, Road Trip to Lodz on Friday 16 July, 1-2pm CEST. In this webinar,...Read more
On 16, 23 and 30 October, three dedicated webinars are held about smart logistics in the Netherlands. Insights andthe latest developments will be shared in the field of smart customs, smart multimodal solutions and smart...Read more
The Central and Eastern European region has been gaining importance on the New Silk Road, also during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Despite the turbulent times of today, new connections were formed and new services launched....Read more
Whereas the intermodal volumes in Poland usually show record figures, the market has been unstable for the last few weeks. The coronavirus has impacted the market. First in terms of trade with China, then in...Read more
Pharmaceutical products move in millions between Europe and China and multimodal transportation plays an important role. This is especially true for the so-called cold chain logistics solutions, which guarantee temperature-controlled delivery of medical supplies. But...Read more
On Friday 1 May the first UK edition of the RailFreight Webinar takes place. The main topic: capacity for freight: planning for growth in the new reality. The impact of the coronavirus on UK’s rail...Read more
The Port of Rotterdam expects throughput may fall by up to twenty per cent this year due to the corona crisis. “So yes, results will be bad”, says Allard Castelein, CEO of the Rotterdam Port...Read more
With the increasing demand for COVID-19 prevention materials and medicines, multimodal transportation between China and Europe plays an important role. This is especially true for the so-called cold chain logistics solutions, which are required to...Read more
As a result of the Fourth Railway Package, which aims to create a single European railway area, the European Commission changed regulations in 2012 concerning the railway user charges. An Implementing Regulation (EU 2015/909) formulated...Read more
Many European governments see rail as a way to reach climate goals and handle congestion. Deutsche Bahn for instance is investing 86 billion Euro’s in the next ten years to modernise its rail infrastructure. The...Read more
Almost no running trains, a shortage of capacity on the trains that are on the schedule and a lot of uncertainty about the functionality of the supply chain at the moment. This can be summed...Read more
The outbreak of the coronavirus has led to cancellations of rail freight services all across China. The largest impact is on Wuhan, where the outbreak is most serious, but also in other provinces restrictions are...Read more
