Booking rail and truck transport online 
Box2rail, an online booking platform for SMEs, has augmented its portfolio by adding a capacity display for HGV transport services. In addition to the existing capacity indicator for the railway, Box2rail 2.0 now offers a complete overview of capacities along the entire... more
Russian intermodal operator introduces two new trains
Trans-Container will raise the number of regular services in Russia and China. A block train has been launched from Zibo (Shandong Province, China) to Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovskaya Railway, Russia) through the Zabaykalsk border-crossing point. The first train, consisting of 134... more
New direct train between Rhine-Ruhr and Bavaria
Tomorrow (12 June 2019), Kombiverkehr will launch a new train link between Neuss and Munich (Germany). The service will be open to all freight forwarders and logistics companies. Load units can be dispatched in both directions on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. If... more
Trieste - Nuremberg shuttle with two roundtrips per week
The port of Trieste will introduce a new rail service linking Trieste (Italy) with the Nuremberg hub in northern Bavaria (Germany). The service will go on stream at the end of July with two trains per week, and circulation will increase by the end of 2019. The rail service... more
New name for Irish logistics provider
Two years ago, Dachser took over the majority shares of the Irish Company Johnston Logistics. The provider is now fully integrated into Dachser’s network and will be rebranded and renamed as Dachser-Ireland in September this year. Dachser and Johnson Logistics have been... more
China and Russia to cooperate in Eurasian rail services
RZD Logistics (Russia) and Sinotrans (China) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to develop transit traffic from China to Europe. The agreement contains a long-term partnership in international railway freight traffic, involving container trains to Europe from... more
Expanding rail motorway services in Europe
CLIP and CFL multimodal will launch a rail motorway train between Swarzędz (Poland) and Bettembourg-Dudelange (Luxembourg) by the end of 2019. The train will start with four roundtrips per week and be opened to containers, craneable semi-trailers as well as non-craneable... more
More terminals and better connections for intermodal traffic
The Swiss combined transport operator Hupac Intermodal and Duisburger Hafen (duisport) in Germany are intensifying their cooperation to further develop climate-friendly combined transport. The two sides have agreed to further develop the Duisburg terminal area and... more
US short line railroad changes ownership
US short line railroad has changed ownership: Rail USA, an independent freight railroad and rail services holding company, has acquired the 700 km Florida Panhandle Rail Line and related real estate from US class I railroad CSX. The line, now named Florida Gulf &... more
Ideas for rail network improvements - but no money as yet
Based on a railway company survey, the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) has published a list of measures that reveals infrastructural problems on Germany’s rail network and their solutions from the user's point of view. The list, published for the ninth time... more