Bottlenecks on Betuwe
NewsThere is growing concern in Holland and Germany about the lack of connectivity over the Betuwe line, the brand new dedicated freight rail li...
DB playing the pipes of Pan-Europe
NewsThe Port of Duisburg (Duisport), the world’s biggest inland port, has reached an agreement with Deutsche Bahn’s intermodal business unit...
Ports to get railroaded into shape?
NewsTrenitalia (FS Cargo) has put the cat among the pigeons. Managing director Mauro Moretti said at a forum organised by the Italian associatio...
DB Logistics restructure
NewsDB Logistics, the freight transport and logistics arm of Deutsche Bahn AG, has a new structure that sees rail freight production and sales c...
Sixth operator in France
NewsAfter EWS International, Véolia Transports (Connex Rail), SNCB Rail4Chem, and Europorte 2 (Eurotunnel), a sixth company has now obtained a ...
Porsche commits more to rail
NewsGermany-based car maker Porsche is extending its cooperation with Deutsche Bahn AG. Porsche already transports selected vehicles of its 911,...
More box shuttles for Rotterdam
NewsThe Port of Rotterdam has its second container train shuttle connection with Austria within the space of a few months. Following the success...
Ruling on Iron Rhine
NewsThe Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague has ruled that that the Dutch cannot unilaterally vary the historic line of route of the “...
Enter Railion Russia…
NewsRussian Railways has formed a new joint venture with Deutsche Bahn AG, Railion Russia, to take advantage of growing bilateral transport volu...
Betuwe line managers
NewsThe Port of Rotterdam and ProRail, the sole Dutch rail network administrator (formed from the merger of ProRail, RIB and Railned in 2003) ha...
Coke on the blocks
NewsThe first ever container block train carrying more than 2000 tonnes of Chinese coke arrived in Duisburg last month, having completed the 981...
Rail Link launches French service
NewsThe “opening” of the French rail network has had its first concrete result. Shipping line CMA-CGM, through its new rail daughter company...
Dow in rail switch
NewsFor the first time, Dow Deutschland GmbH & Co OHG is using rail instead of allroad to move pellets from its plant in Neumünster, in Germany...
Can CargoBeamer open new horizons?
NewsCargoBeamer, another new horizontal transfer concept designed to bring standard, non-liftable road trailers within the scope of intermodal r...
Railion in Italy move
NewsRailion Deutschland has acquired a 95 percent stake in Strade Ferrate del Mediterraneo (SFM), a private rail company based in Alessandria (n...