Amazon scales up intermodal game in Europe
Global e-commerce giant Amazon seems to be taking decisive steps to decarbonise its European supply chains. The company has revealed that during 2023, rail and…
DFDS and VIIA strengthen intermodal partnership for Turkey-France-UK
French railway operator VIIA and Danish international shipping and logistics company DFDS will collaborate to create a sea-rail corridor connecting Turkey with the United Kingdom.…
DFDS acquires rail operator and launches new rail business unit
The Danish international logistics company DFDS acquired the German rail operator primeRail. The two parties signed the acquisition agreement last week after two years of…
DFDS to launch Sète-Calais rail link to support Turkey-UK freight flows
Danish ro-ro shipping and logistics group DFDS will launch a rail freight connection between Sète and Calais later this month. With this service, it aims…
Train halted in Channel Tunnel, ferry problems at Dover
Freight and passenger traffic came to a standstill in the Channel Tunnel and at the busiest cross-channel port of Dover on Monday. A stopped train…
Another multimodal link from Turkey to Germany, this time via France
A new rail-sea connection from Turkey to Germany is in the pipeline. DFDS/PrimeRail is about to launch a rail freight service from Sète in France…
Humber Express connects Immingham and iPort Rail Doncaster
A brand new intermodal freight flow has opened up a link between Britain’s biggest port by tonnage and Britain’s ambitious iPort Rail terminal in Doncaster.…
Lineas and Volvo join forces to turn Ghent into multimodal hub
A new collaboration between Lineas, Volvo Cars and DFDS Seaways brings the port of Ghent and its rail terminal to a new multimodal level. The…
Southampton port funding and UK Brexit ferry contracts
The UK government has handed a funding package to the South of England, around the Port of Southampton, for improvements to the local rail freight…
Diverse cargoes help Ireland’s rail freight thrive
Soft drinks and medical supplies were among the diverse cargoes that helped rail freight traffic in Ireland increase significantly yet again in 2016, according to…