Optimising rail efficiency

The national port associations miss commitments on seaport financing from Berlin. “It seems as if the government has run out of steam.” / Written by Harry de Wilt

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Norddeutsche Wasserweg Logistik (NWL – North German Waterways Logistics), a PPP in which Rhenus Group is a shareholder, together with the Weser Business Association, have proposed a regular inland navigation service to move containers between the ports of Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Bremen.

It has been a busy few weeks for Taipei-based Wan Hai Lines as the world’s largest operator of intraAsia services has held ship-naming ceremonies in Japan and Taiwan.

Freightliner, the UK’s biggest container rail haulier and part of Genesee & Wyoming, Inc (G&W), has called on the government to set a target to treble rail freight volumes by 2050, and thus remove over 20M HGV journeys from the motorways each year.