Wilhelmshaven meets Budapest: Direct rail links feed Chinese maritime imports into Hungary
An industry event in Budapest under the title “Wilhelmshaven meets Budapest”.
An industry event in Budapest under the title “Wilhelmshaven meets Budapest”.
The project is expected to strengthen the port’s role in freight transport and logistics chains.
Aurizon has entered into a three-year agreement with SCT Logistics to increase the frequency of its containerised freight services between Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne.
The step is tied to closer coordination between EUROGATE and the CMA CGM Group, one of the world’s largest container carriers.
The service links the BILK terminal in Budapest with the Romanian hub of Curtici.
This trial is a preparatory phase for a planned commercial service connecting the port of Valencia in Spain to Entroncamento in Portugal, expected to start before the end of 2025.
The service is aimed at transporting intermodal units and other types of cargo.
The service offers a cross-border connection along the Atlantic axis, which until now lacked rail motorway access.
The facility is located within the Puerta Centro – Ciudad del Transporte logistics zone, a 4 million m² development situated near Guadalajara, approximately 70 kilometres northeast of Madrid.
The newly organised continental division, operating under the KONTImodal brand, focuses on stable terminal-to-terminal rail services across Germany and Europe.
From January to October alone, 2,790 trains were operated, marking a 49% year-on-year increase. On average, a train departed every 2.6 hours.
The new arrangement is intended to reduce the number of truck journeys into Zurich by approximately 58,000 annually.
The facility is planned to function as the European endpoint of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), also known as the Middle Corridor.
A consortium composed of Duisburger Hafen (“duisport”), Captrain Deutschland and Dortmunder Hafen intends to establish a joint venture to build and operate a trailer handling intermodal terminal in the Westfalenhütte logistics park in Dortmund.
It takes the train 90 minutes to pass the newly-build section of track.
Shipping transit time from Venice to China is around 30 days.
The company intends to acquire a 27 percent stake in EANG, pending approval by Hamm’s city council.
Since 13 October, the company has been operating three weekly round trips on this route.
The revised corridor—Malmö–Älmhult–Jönköping–Oslo—will operate five round trips per week and includes stops for loading and unloading at all points along the route.
The service runs on a fixed schedule via Tbilisi and is intended to streamline container traffic between the two countries.