PKP Cargo is pursuing legal action against its former management. The Polish state rail freight operator suspects its previous board of committing a crime that…
Freightliner in the UK has launched a partnership with Siemens Mobility to retrofit one of its Class 66 diesel locomotives with state-of-the-art European Train Control…
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Attempts to circumvent Western sanctions on Russia and Belarus via rail through Lithuania grew exponentially between March and May. The Lithuanian national rail freight operator…
Kazakhstan is considering the privatisation of Kazakh Railways (KTZ). The company is not doing well financially, which has led the transport ministry to discuss alternative…
Shipping giant MSC is in talks with various stakeholders to gain control of the former Wärtsila plant in the port of Trieste and convert it…
It takes stamina to jump all the hurdles of the British planning approval system. So, it is justified for any developer to applaud clearing obstacles…
French road-rail volumes were up 18 per cent in the first quarter of 2024. Still, they benefitted from a favourable comparison with the same period…
On any given day, there are around seventy intermodal trains on the move in Great Britain. Rail companies, port operators and logistics companies have to…
Business
Kazakhstan’s energy ministry has put forward a proposal to ban petroleum product exports via rail. Supposedly, fuels are being exported under the guise of so-called…
Hundreds of Eurasian rail and supply chain professionals are gathering in one place. Key Silk Road topics are highlighted on the agenda. A European capital…
Rising track access charges (TAC) in Germany are threatening the very existence of private wagon keepers and wagon maintenance companies, according to the German Private…
Nine French rail operators are seeking compensation from SNCF Réseau claiming it abused a force majeure clause to avoid compensating for train cancellations during strikes…
In Depth
The upward development of Silk Road traffic and volumes transiting via Kazakh, Russian and Belarusian rail infrastructure is also confirmed by numbers. Statistics made available…
The annual increase in tolls paid by rail freight operators in France over the next couple of years is expected to be in line with…
In the UK, the home fires are no longer burning. It really is the end of coal. Although rail delivered the last load on 28…
The sentiment around rail freight is too often negative, not least due to lack of expertise of general news media. That is the view of…
Asia-Europe
Kazakhstan’s energy ministry has put forward a proposal to ban petroleum product exports via rail. Supposedly, fuels are being exported under the guise of so-called…
Russian Railways (RZD) introduced a number of significant discounts on International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) rail transport two years ago, reducing transportation fees by up…
Within this framework, on 4 October, an executive of Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) attended the 5th Eurasian Forum on Transport Safety and Digitalization, held in Almaty…
After the start of its invasion of Ukraine, Russia suspended its regular priority rules for the rail network. Since then, Russian Railways (RZD) has had…
Intermodal
The port of Venice, in northeastern Italy, launched a new rail freight connection for steel and metal products to Montirone, near Brescia. With this new…
Cinérites Transport & Logistique (CTL), freight forwarding arm of French quarry operator, Carrières de l’Ouest, has officially inaugurated a multi-modal freight terminal at the inland…
British retail giant Tesco is continuing its modal shift initiative with the introduction of its tenth rail freight service in the United Kingdom. The new…
French company Open Modal, is understood to be in exclusive negotiations with SNCF Réseau to acquire and modernise the existing road-rail combined transport terminal located…
Policy
A French State programme to invest 100 billion euros in rail transport up until 2040 could hit the buffers as a consequence of State budgetary…
The management of rail capacity across the European Union is in dire need of changing, especially if the mission is to boost international rail freight…
After some time of relative calm, a new round of collective labour bargaining is again on German rail’s doorstep. The country’s largest trade union, EVG,…
After the start of its invasion of Ukraine, Russia suspended its regular priority rules for the rail network. Since then, Russian Railways (RZD) has had…
Technology
Within this framework, on 4 October, an executive of Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) attended the 5th Eurasian Forum on Transport Safety and Digitalization, held in Almaty…
Pushing ahead with the implementation of Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) would be like “shooting ourselves in the foot”, warn Czech and Slovak rail associations ŽESNAD…
Twenty Romanian diesel shunting locomotives have been saved and given an opportunity for revival. The locomotives would typically be scrapped as they near the end…
Digitisation and digitalisation are two of the most used words when discussing the future of rail freight. RailCube, a software company based in Rotterdam, provides…
Infrastructure
Next month, the 80-week Betuwe line works will officially start. DB InfraGO will be building a third track between Emmerich and Oberhausen, near the border…
After disastrous floods hit Austria in September, the country’s rail infrastructure was left with unprecedented damage, especially in the northeast, in the area of the…
The German Christian Democratic parliamentary group CDU/CSU rejected Deutsche Bahn’s (DB) project for German access to the Brenner Base Tunnel, running between Austria and Italy.…
The planned railway between Oman and the United Arab Emirates, Hafeet Rail, can count on 1,5 billion US dollars out of the 2,5 billion in…