Dutch hinterland connectivity
NewsThe German border ‘pinch point’ for the Dutch freight-only Betuwe Line is unlikely to be removed until after 2022. The five to sixyear w...
Brisbane calls for multimodal strategy
NewsIn an interview with the Australian Logistics Council, Roy Cummins, CEO of the Port of Brisbane, said the port is at risk for becoming a fut...
DB Antwerp-Rhine shuttle
NewsDB Cargo is set to launch a new daily intermodal and conventional wagons service between Belgium and Germany early next year...
Gothenburg rail move
NewsGothenburg’s rail freight terminal is to be relocated from the city centre to the Arken area, adjacent to the ro-ro terminal inside the po...
More Cargo Rails for Transmec
NewsItaly-based pan-European logistics service provider Transmec Group has invested in 30 new Kögel Cargo Rail piggyback semi-trailers, equippe...
Hector Rail running long trains
NewsAfter several years of construction work to lengthen passing loops and expand the double track network, it is now possible to run 730m-long ...
VIIA Calais-Le Boulou underway
NewsAlmost six months late (for background, see WorldCargo News, February 2015, p21 and World-Cargo News Online, 24 October 2015), the VIIA (Lor...
Call for more support in France
NewsFrance’s national combined transport association (GNTC) is calling for more support for the sector, in the context of the UN Climate Chang...
UK access criticised
NewsDB Schenker Rail UK (DBSRUK) is not happy with the conclusion of the investigation by the regulator, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), into...
Intermodal access row in the UK
NewsNot everything is rosy in the UK rail freight sector. One ‘newcomer’ in the UK has an axe to grind....
Freightliner changes hands
NewsFreightliner Group Ltd, the UK’s leading rail intermodal haulier of deepsea containers, has been sold by Arcapita to US short line/regiona...
Huge coke shift to rail
NewsThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Products (TKMP) has shifted traffic of foundry cokes from road to rail. Using “Black-BoxX” dry bulk container...
How to increase rail's modal share
NewsAre longer intermodal trains the answer, or is completely new thinking needed?...
New KTZE services
NewsKTZ Express (KTZE) Hong Kong, which provides rail freight services connecting Central Asia to global markets, is planning to launch new bloc...
BLG Autorail on the right track
NewsBLG Autorail GmbH in Mainz, part of Bremen-headquartered BLG Logistics Group, has teamed up with American railway wagon manufacturer Greenbr...