Cargo railways fined for antitrust offences 
The European Commission has fined rail companies ÖBB, DB and SNCB a total of EUR 48 million for breaching EU antitrust rules. The companies participated in a customer allocation cartel, which concerned cross-border rail cargo transport services, conducted by their freight... more
CN outbids CPR
Canadian National Railways (CN) has made a superior proposal to combine with Kansas City Southern (KCS). With USD 325 per KCS share, the bid represents a 21% premium over the implied value of Canadian National Railways' (CP) transaction and rates KCS at an enterprise value of US... more
More rail connections in Norway
Freja in Alesund (Norway) is expanding its network with new options for railfreight. On 25 April, the transport company will launch a daily train connection on the Rauma rail line between Andalsnes and Oslo. The multimodal operator, headquartered in Denmark, opened its... more
Rail service for Indian car manufacturer
In order to meet increasing demand from India's automotive sector, Maersk and its partner, intermodal operator Gateway Rail, have launched an "automotive express" service. This new train runs weekly from the Garhi Harsaru Inland Container Depot (ICD) in Gurugram to... more
Train frequency doubled
DFDS is expanding its intermodal networks between Germany and Italy in cooperation with Cobantur Boltas and Prime Rail. The company has added another round trip to the Nuremberg – Trieste section in order to raise the frequency to two trains per week, effective immediately.... more
Asia-Europe rail service added
The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has launched a new intermodal solution between Asia and Europe combining both sea and rail services departing from China, Korea and Japan Russia to Europe. The train runs through Russia, passing Vladivostok and Vostochniy with further... more
Expansion pays off
Container transit on the Russian Railways' network along the China – Europe – China route increased by a factor of 2.2 in Q1/2021 compared to the same period last year, rising to 162,600 teu. Shipments of loaded containers increased by a factor of 2.1 to 151,500 teu, which... more
Two trucks for international transports
Beat Münger Internationale Transporte, a carrier based in Schüpfen in the canton of Bern (Switzerland) recently acquired two innovative MAN TGX 18.510 4×2 LLS semi trailers, thus raising its fleet of large trucks to three. The two new vehicles are equipped with a 510 PS... more
Daily services to China's southern ports
Cargo-partner has introduced a new intermodal service combining rail and ship transport to link Europe with China and the countries in southeast Asia. The consignments are collected from 13 provinces in the Chinese hinterland and carried by train via Chongqing to the... more
More trains for Trans-Sib
Russian Railways (RZD) is increasing the number of transit container trains on the Trans-Siberian Railway, on the Maersk AE19 transcontinental service. The service connects the Russian ports of St. Petersburg and Vostochny by rail. Container trains towards the East will now... more