Megahub Lehrte, the newly built and modern terminal in Hannover, Germany, received its first westbound train from China. The train was operated by RTSB and arrived in the hub on 7 August.Read more
How could rail connect China with US East Coast ports? OOCL’s new rail-sea service shows that this is possible. It uses rail to link Xi’an in China with Kaliningrad in Europe and then ships to...Read more
The first Budapest-Xi’an return train departed on 21 July. It left from Budapest, the capital of Hungary, crossed the border with Ukraine through Zahony, and travelled through Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan before finally arriving in Xi’an....Read more
The latest UK service from Xi’an to the port of Immingham will become available for eastbound services. This was reported by Bahnoperator, the company providing railway traction on the European part of the journey. The...Read more
On 24 May, Turkey sent off the 6th and 7th China-bound trains towards Xi’an. The trains departed from Izmit, a city in Turkey’s Kocaeli province near Istanbul. They consisted of 41 containers in total, carrying...Read more
DB Cargo Eurasia has launched a new multimodal route from Xi’an to Helsinki via the port of Kaliningrad. It is the first route to Finland including a sea leg; until now the two countries were...Read more
On 6 March, the first China-Europe train departed Xi’an, headed for Denmark. The service includes a sea leg, covering the Baltic Sea from the Russian port of Kaliningrad to the Danish port of Fredericia. The...Read more
Oslo now connects with the Chinese city of Xi’an via a new multimodal service. The first block train arrived at the Norwegian port on 26 December, following a trip estimated to last between 15 and...Read more
The rail freight service from Istanbul to Xi’an is now a regular on the timetables. The first China-bound train from Turkey departed on 4 December last year, and the second has just arrived in the...Read more
In addition to a direct container train between Mukran and Rotterdam, weekly short sea services to Scandinavia (Karlshamn) and Lithuania (Klapeida) now complement the Baltic Sea Port’s service portfolio. The new short sea services will...Read more
Since its establishment in 2018 until today, the Holland Pavilion in China has provided an eastwards gateway to many Dutch businesses. Roland Verbraak, General Manager of GVT Group of Logistics, foresees that the specific enterprise...Read more
Nippon Express, a high-ranking logistics company in Japan, announced its plans to increase the rail services connecting China-Europe. Beginning from next year the company is eager to double the freight trains it operates, as a...Read more
Austria logistics operator Cargo-Partner has dispatched a block train of 46 containers from Linz to Xi’an in China for onward shipping to Qingdao in Shandong province on the East Coast. The cargo of clothing made...Read more
The first direct train from China arrives in the port of Rotterdam this evening, 25 September. It carries Chinese goods originating from Xi’an. After unloading, the train will be reloaded with goods from Ireland, and...Read more
Since the capital of Lithuania was assigned as a new delivery station on the New Silk Road, market demand has gradually increased. Starting from 18 September, a train will depart every week from Xi’an to...Read more
After arranging the direct regular connections between China and Euroterminal Sławków, Polish operator PKP LHS has focused on developing transit opportunities of this intermodal facility and the entire Broad Gauge Line in Poland. The new...Read more
There is good news for the Central and Eastern European region. The Xi’an-Dobra- Dunajska Streda train will be a regular service in the timetables from 4 September 2020. Every Friday a train will depart in...Read more
Ukraine has just welcomed another new container train service from China. This time, it connects one of the most important Chinese hubs, Xi’an, with the capital of Ukraine. It is yet another proof of the...Read more
