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Ukraine enriched with a new container terminal in Vinnytsia

Ukraine enriched with a new container terminal in Vinnytsia The initial construction phase of a new container terminal in the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia has been completed. The terminal, unambiguously dubbed Container Terminal Vinnytsia…

‘Deutsche Bahn has a restructuring plan for profitability by 2027’

‘Deutsche Bahn has a restructuring plan for profitability by 2027’ Deutsche Bahn (DB) reportedly has an internal restructuring plan to become profitable by 2027. The document, which is to be discussed at a railway supervisory…

It is busy on the Russian railways, and the long-term fuel priority will make things worse

It is busy on the Russian railways, and the long-term fuel priority will make things worse There is not enough space for everybody on Russia’s rail network. Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Agency (FAA) came out in support of a longer fuel prioritisation…

Hupac: “Necessary to expand the railway lines on the left bank of the Rhine in France”

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Manchester bridge back broken under aggregates train

Manchester bridge back broken under aggregates train One Manchester bridge is being replaced, while another has shattered under a freight train. Railway neighbours reported the sound of a building collapsing and fixtures…

The Iron Ore Line is now the first line in Sweden to have ERTMS (partially) installed

The Iron Ore Line is now the first line in Sweden to have ERTMS (partially) installed The Iron Ore Line (Swedish: Malmbanan), now has ERTMS installed on a part of its length. Between Gällivare and Kiruna in northern Sweden, trains have…

PKP Cargo signs coal contracts worth 138 million Polish złoty

PKP Cargo signs coal contracts worth 138 million Polish złoty The Polish state-owned rail freight operator PKP Cargo has signed three contracts for the transportation of coal. The contracts, signed with the energy company Enea…

Inland port of Strasbourg to invest 70 million euros in new rail freight terminal

Inland port of Strasbourg to invest 70 million euros in new rail freight terminal France’s second biggest inland port of Strasbourg, in eastern France, has unveiled a 70 million-euro project to create a new rail freight terminal with the…

Port of Hamburg stops accepting trains amid continuous strikes

Port of Hamburg stops accepting trains amid continuous strikes The Port of Hamburg is no longer accepting trains due to ongoing strikes at its terminal facilities. On 29 August, port workers announced the strikes…

CargoBeamer expands its Calais – Perpignan service

CargoBeamer expands its Calais – Perpignan service CargoBeamer is doubling the frequency of its service on the Calais – Perpignan route. From Saturday 7 October, the company will offer four weekly round…

Poland and Lithuania fight Belarusian smuggling: ‘State-owned enterprises may also be involved’

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Norway postpones ERTMS launch due to “global supply crisis”

Norway postpones ERTMS launch due to “global supply crisis” The launch of ERTMS on the Norwegian Nordlandsbanen will take place later than expected. Infrastructure manager Bane NOR cannot get its hands on the necessary…

Lidl enters rail freight transport with shuttle service between Graz and Koper

Lidl enters rail freight transport with shuttle service between Graz and Koper A “premiere”, as Tailwind Intermodal calls it in its own press release. The subsidiary of supermarket chain Lidl has started as a rail operator. The…

Russian state bank purchases Freight One after earlier management takeover

Russian state bank purchases Freight One after earlier management takeover Russian state-owned bank VTB has purchased Freight One. Earlier, the bank took over the rail freight operator’s management. In February, Freight One pledged nearly 70…

Turkey introduces a new dual use military-container wagon

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“73% of all rail freight goes below the cost price” in Kazakhstan

“73% of all rail freight goes below the cost price” in Kazakhstan Nearly three quarters of all rail freight transportation is being carried out below the cost price in Kazakhstan. As a result, the country awaits more…

GBRf opens Garden of England depot

GBRf opens Garden of England depot It’s the less glamorous aspect of the business, but proper maintenance is the route to proper business. That’s probably why GB Railfreight has invested in…

DB Schenker sale: provision to safeguard jobs the tie-breaker?

DB Schenker sale: provision to safeguard jobs the tie-breaker? Danish logistics and forwarding giant DSV and a consortium led by private equity fund CVC Capital Partners have submitted their final offers to acquire DB…

Lineas and ECS launch new rail link between Belgium and Germany

Lineas and ECS launch new rail link between Belgium and Germany Lineas, one of the largest private rail operators in Europe, has launched a new rail freight route. In cooperation with ECS, it will be carrying…

The Alnabru freight terminal in Oslo is getting an upgrade

The Alnabru freight terminal in Oslo is getting an upgrade The Nordic region’s largest freight terminal will get various technical improvements, in both capacity and infrastructure and is now inviting stakeholders to contribute to the…

Four German rail associations call for removal of infrastructure from DB’s portfolio

Four German rail associations call for removal of infrastructure from DB’s portfolio The German rail associations Die Güterbahnen, Mofair, VPI and Pro Bahn want to remove infrastructure management from the DB Group’s tasks. The parties are not…

Five candidates for takeover of state share in Uzbek Uztemiryolkonteyner

Five candidates for takeover of state share in Uzbek Uztemiryolkonteyner Uzbekistan is selling a 35 per cent share of its national container freight operator Uztemiryolkonteyner (UTYK). The process incurred a delay of almost a year,…

Freightliner captures carbon one container at a time

Freightliner captures carbon one container at a time The UK’s largest maritime intermodal logistics operator, Freightliner, has announced what they call a market first. Freightliner says their new ECO90 booking service allows customers…

UK Maritime Transport bought by MEDLOG

UK Maritime Transport bought by MEDLOG Maritime Transport, the fast-growing UK rail and road logistics operator and terminal management company, has been bought out by MEDLOG. The Geneva headquartered global logistics…

PKP Cargo employees send board member packing

PKP Cargo employees send board member packing Trade unions have sent a board member home at PKP Cargo. The board member in question was responsible for representing employees, but thousands of workers…

Trains stranded as power outage hits Port of Rotterdam

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Dutch track access charges to grow by an average of 4% from 2026

Dutch track access charges to grow by an average of 4% from 2026 Dutch infrastructure manager (IM) ProRail will raise track access charges (TAC) by an average of four per cent for the period of 2026-2029. The new…

Maritime opens the gates to Port of Liverpool intermodal facility

Maritime opens the gates to Port of Liverpool intermodal facility Maritime Transport UK, the integrated rail and road logistics operator, has completed the development of a new intermodal container storage terminal at the Port of…

Moldovan Railways cuts work week short as thousands are waiting for their salaries

Moldovan Railways cuts work week short as thousands are waiting for their salaries Moldovan Railways (CFM) is reducing the work week for its employees to four days. The reason is a lack of resources to pay its staff.…