AFA gets Fréjus boost
NewsTraffic on the Autoroute Ferroviaire Alpine (AFA) line between Aiton (Lyon) and Orbassano (Turin) has, as expected, been boosted by the avai...
Domestic Italian RoLa service
NewsFor the first time a rolling highway service has been introduced within Italy...
IRIS services still flowering
NewsPol-Rail and Eurolog are set to launch a second intermodal rail service between Italy and Romania under their joint IRIS (Italian Romanian I...
TNT switches to RAlpin service
NewsLogistics giant TNT has switched its Arnhem-Milan “Economy Express” trucking lines from all-road to combined transport, using the RAlpin...
Cemat restructures service offer
NewsItaly’s leading intermodal rail operator is focusing even more on international services. Other operators are also taking new initiatives...
Hutchison gets foothold in Italy, via its heel
NewsItaly’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has given the go-ahead for Hutchison Port Holdings to team up with Evergreen at Tàranto ...
Revolt over Voltri joint venture
NewsSix shipping lines - MSC, Zim, CMA CGM, Coscon, Evergreen and K-Line - have written an “open letter” to Italy’s Transport Minister, Al...
GMC ups frequency
NewsEmergent Sicilian rail intermodal operator GMC, part of LSI Logistica e Servizi Srl, is set to double the number of services it offers betwe...
SNCF buys Nord Cargo
NewsSNCF is understood to have acquired a majority stake in Nord Cargo, Italy’s second biggest rail freight operator after Trenitalia and up t...
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...
New service from Cemat
NewsItalian UIRR operator Cemat, majorityowned by Trenitalia and Hupac (53.2% and 34.5% respectively), has started a three pairs/week service fo...
Hupac tops 0.5M consignments
NewsTraffic handled by Swiss-based UIRR operator Hupac last year rose by 15.9% to 519,160 truck consignments. The growth was facilitated by the ...
Trenitalia acquires TX Logistik AG
NewsTrenitalia (FS Group) has acquired a 51 per cent stake in TX Logistik AG, the second biggest private rail freight operator in Germany....
Bravo on the Brenner
NewsA major new collaborative project involving railway operators and other transport firms has been set up to convert more trucking between Aus...
Intermodal rail scene heats up
NewsThe rail intermodal scene in Italy has witnessed a recasting of alliances which has largely placed the two big players, Railion and Trenital...