The Polish rail freight market is experiencing a succession of insolvency filings among carriers, with filings already made and others reportedly imminent.
The changes extend the operator’s scheduled rail freight network for wagonload and intermodal traffic.
For the first time in decades, competitive access in the U.S. rail market is no longer purely theoretical.
The movement confirmed the start of operations at the newly built terminal.
The movement is the first rail activity at the site after a period without train services.
The result comes despite lower export activity during the year, with the railroad relying mainly on domestic demand.
PKP Cargo has sharply reduced its share capital as part of its ongoing restructuring. The move is aimed at covering accumulated losses and restoring balance-sheet flexibility.
The Alataw Pass route forms part of the main rail corridors used by China–Europe Railway Express services, which link multiple Chinese origins with logistics hubs in Central and Western Europe, including Małaszewicze, one of the principal transshipment points on the EU’s eastern border.
Germany’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has published its latest Market Investigation Railways, presenting a detailed overview of developments in the rail sector for the 2024 financial year. The report shows that competition in rail freight continued to intensify, even as overall freight volumes declined slightly due to economic conditions and network constraints.
The vehicles, intended for use in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions, were moved by rail from France through Germany to Poland, before continuing east.
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The agreement covers access to the government-owned Yekepa–Buchanan railway and the Port of Buchanan, both operated as multi-user infrastructure.
The route is intended to handle export cargo moving from Türkiye towards Europe as well as import flows arriving from Europe to the Halkalı terminal in Istanbul.
The changes are intended to adjust frequencies and capacity on core north–south intermodal routes.
The project aims to promote sustainable freight networks by increasing rail modal share and container size utilisation.
At the annual assembly of Italian freight rail association Fermerci, President Clemente Carta outlined an increasingly strained operating environment for the sector, citing growing disruptions across the European network.
Fenniarail has started commercial operation with two new Siemens Vectron electric locomotives in Finland.
Data released under the Railway 200 banner show that rail freight is handling an increased share of consumer goods in the months leading up to the festivities.
Swiss Post handles a sharp rise in parcel volumes during the pre-Christmas period, processing more than 22 million parcels between Black Friday and Christmas.
Both companies have received authorisation to operate rail services in Austria, expanding their cross-border activities in Central Europe and along the North Adriatic corridor.