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Strikes in Germany affect freight train operations

News10 Jan 2024

Strikes at the state-owned rail company Deutsche Bahn are likely to cause significant disruption to cargo flows both within Germany and with...

News24 Apr 2021

The European Commission has fined three railfreight companies €48.5M for operating a cartel moving blocktrains on certain crossborder rout...

News23 Apr 2019

Nothing is official, but there is again speculation that the Board of Deutsche Bahn AG is considering offering its DB Schenker multimodal fo...

News8 Aug 2018

Polish multimodal logistics company Laude Smart Intermodal SA has ordered 200 Russian gauge container flat cars from united Wagon Company, f...

News18 Jun 2018

The new strategic partnership agreement signed in Berlin opens up new opportunities for growth...

News1 Oct 2017

After a long period of declining market share, the next few years are expected to see rail services in Europe carry significantly more conta...

News9 May 2016

As part of the Group restructuring, DB Mobility Logistics AG will be merged with DB AG and minority stakes in DB Arriva and DB Schenker will...

News1 May 2016

Almost six months late (for background, see WorldCargo News, February 2015, p21 and World-Cargo News Online, 24 October 2015), the VIIA (Lor...

News17 Mar 2016

DB Cargo has renewed one of its most important block rail freight contracts in Europe...

News14 Mar 2016

Germany is launching a comprehensive freight railway noise reduction masterplan...

News20 May 2015

Rail transport in Germany is strike-bound once more, after the locomotive drivers employed by Deutsche Bahn (DB) started their ninth strike ...

News2 May 2014

Scotland-based Malcolm Logistics has switched the train operating company on its regular intermodal service linking the railyards at Daventr...

News1 Apr 2014

Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE’s national railway network, has entered into a joint venture with DB Schenker Rail, a s...

News1 Jan 2011

There has been a flurry of interest in the operating divisions of Intercontainer-Interfrigo (ICF) since the company was put into liquidation...

News1 May 2010

The US$111.2M Chengdu Railway Container Terminal, acclaimed as the largest rail hub in Asia, has started operations in south west China....