Freight Rail

Port of Antwerp-Bruges: throughput down 0.7% year-on-year, but coal 210% up

Geopolitical tensions, the energy crisis, and ongoing disruptions in supply chains put sustained pressure on the container segment. This affected the throughput of this port, which was down 0.7% year-on-year to 286.9 million tons of cargo.

Karel Novak January 18, 2023 · 4 min read

Freight Rail

LDZ CARGO has launched a new cargo service in Estonia

LDZ CARGO has received the European single safety certificate for transport in Estonia. The service is dedicated to transporting cooking oils for a US customer.

Marketa Horpeniakova January 17, 2023 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

Operail leaves the Finnish freight transport market

The Estonian state-owned railway company Operail has signed the contract of sale of its subsidiary Operail Finland, which provides freight transport services in Finland. The sales price is 27.7 million euros as a result of the sales process competition.

Karel Novak January 17, 2023 · 3 min read

Freight Rail

TX Logistik AB: single safety certificate for Sweden and Denmark renewed

The new certificate has a term of five years and is valid until the beginning of December 2027.

Karel Novak January 16, 2023 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

Container LogTech report: global trends for the shipping industry in 2023

The shipping industry will face inflation, the implications of the war on Ukraine, the impact of COVID-19 in China, and worker strikes in 2023.

Marketa Horpeniakova January 14, 2023 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

ÖBB Rail Cargo Group establishes a new subsidiary in Serbia

This subsidiary means faster TransFER connections to Greece and Turkey and connection of Serbian business to the international Rail Cargo Group network.

Karel Novak January 13, 2023 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

VPI: 25 % market share for railway freight traffic needs quick acting

Modernizing infrastructure, introducing ETCS and Digital Automatic Coupling, and counteracting the shortage of skilled workers – Malte Lawrenz focused on these three fields of action at the opening of the 13th VPI Symposium.

Karel Novak January 13, 2023 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

New connection of Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven with southern Germany

Beginning 16 January 2023, EUROGATE Intermodal GmbH (EGIM) will add Wilhelmshaven, Germany’s only deep-water port, to its portfolio of connections.

Karel Novak January 13, 2023 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

Czech Betrian Group develops technologies for safer railways using satellite data

In addition to EUSPA, Betrian Group is also working with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop technologies - for hazard warning. Thus the company plans to contribute to the modernization of European ETCS security.

Karel Novak January 12, 2023 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

GB Railfreight: 10-year locomotive leasing deal with Akiem

The agreement includes a £25 million investment to increase the number of GBRf locomotives in operation.

Marketa Horpeniakova January 12, 2023 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

Slovakia: a new route for transporting kaolin from Ukraine by rail

Similar to grain, alternative ways are being sought to transport this mineral commodity from Ukraine to Europe and North Africa.

Marketa Horpeniakova January 11, 2023 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

Railway transportation of goods between Kazakhstan and China reached a historical maximum in 2022

The amount was over 23 million tons and 15% more than in 2021.

Karel Novak January 11, 2023 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

Renfe Mercancías: €122 million to improve rail freight transport in Spain

The investment will enable the purchase of platforms and wagons for freight transport and the buying of modern electric locomotives.

Marketa Horpeniakova January 10, 2023 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

LTG Cargo and LTG Cargo Polska start transporting coal by rail to Poland

The cargo will be transported in special containers from Klaipėda seaport to Trakiškės, then LTG Cargo Polska will provide transportation to Bialystok, and from there the partners will transport the coal to Braniewo in North-West Poland.

Karel Novak January 10, 2023 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

Xi'an sees rise in China-Europe freight-train trips

Xi'an, the capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, saw a surge in China-Europe freight-train trips in 2022, local authorities told a press conference last week.

Karel Novak January 9, 2023 · 1 min read

Freight Rail

Swissterminal has launched new direct connections to Rotterdam and Antwerp

The Schweizerzug service is designed to ensure maximum schedule stability and fast connections between inland locations and seaports.

Marketa Horpeniakova January 5, 2023 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

Spain: Renfe Mercancías has taken the first six powerful locomotives from Stadler

The new electric locomotives will enable the transport of longer and heavier trains, leading to more cost-effective services.

Marketa Horpeniakova January 4, 2023 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

12 new locomotives from Progress Rail for Australian Qube

Qube, the Australian provider of import and export logistics services, announced the acquisition of dozen new GT46 locomotives from Progress Rail - a Caterpillar Company.

Karel Novak January 2, 2023 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

Military mobility: additional freight transport between ports of the Baltic Sea and Ukraine

During his recent visit to Poland, Lithuanian Minister of Transport and Communications Marius Skuodis discussed with the Polish Minister of Infrastructure Andrzej Adamczyk cooperation in creating new freight corridors between the ports of the Baltic Sea countries and Ukraine.

Karel Novak January 2, 2023 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

Adif strengthens Madrid logistics hub capacity

The new freight terminal Madrid-Vicálvaro is to become a strategic multimodal platform of the trans-European main network.

Marketa Horpeniakova December 31, 2022 · 2 min read