Getlink figures reveal impact of coronavirus

The global container market grew by 1.5% to 173.5 million TEU in 2023, but without COVID-19, it would have reached 198.1 million TEU.

As demand in Europe for cross-border transportation fell in 2023, due to the recessionary effects of high energy prices and the Ukraine war, rail-road combined transport also fell, and the situation was aggravated by rail network problems, states Hupac

From mid-February, the established Kaldenkirchen-Domodossola link will be available with onward steel wheel connectivity to Bari; Domossola-Bari will also be offered as a single route. Thanks to a partnership with Grimaldi, customers can make a single booking between Kaldenkirchen and Patras

GB Railfreight has started a new intermodal service, connecting London Gateway with iPort Doncaster

Träfraktkontoret (Wood Freight Office) in Gothenburg and its subsidiary, TFK Logistics, have established a railway shuttle between Piteå on Sweden’s Gulf of Bothnia coast and the Port of Gothenburg

CargoBeamer, a leading European logistics service provider for rail intermodal transport of non-craneable semi-trailers, has successfully concluded an asset-based transaction regarding 40 of its railcars, of which 24 are from the company’s inhouse Erfurt assembly line