Ankara's rail hub: links to all Turkish ports
Ankara’s intermodal terminal Baskent, Turkey, has opened its first rail line and a 700 m platform. It is operated by the Ankara Baskent organised industrial zone and Eti Logistics under the umbrella of Yilport Holding and recently processed its first train. The hub is... more
Ukraine/Turkey extend visas for goods transport
The extended agreement applies to visa-free bilateral goods transports and transit traffic between the two countries and is to remain in force until at least the end of the war in Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian ministry of transport, 15% of exports from Ukraine to... more
Granting access to CPKC facilities
Fastfrate has renewed and enhanced its agreement with Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC). The deal strengthens and expands the position of Canada Drayage (CDI), a coast-to-coast drayage provider belonging to the Fastfrate Group. Fastfrate and CPKC will invest in the latest... more
More space to tranship rail cargo at Vladivostok
Fesco has accelerated the handling of container trains at the universal terminal at the port of Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East by 36% to 3 hours 40 minutes, thanks to the commissioning of a new facility. Fully equipped to transfer containers between ships and trains, this... more
Polish leasing company orders 100 locomotives
Cargounit in Poland has signed an agreement with Siemens Mobility for the purchase of 90 Vectron MS locomotives, 30 of which have already been called up. A second contract was signed for the delivery of ten Smartron locomotives, where the first deliveries are planned for 2025.... more
A tool to lower language barriers on the road
The logistics company Quehenberger (part of the German Gais Group) has developed an app for truck drivers that aims to improve the quality of service and support drivers on the road. The tool is linked to the transport management system installed on the vehicles so that... more
"B" score despite increased challenges
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has once again gained a "B" score in the carbon disclosure project (CDP). This is despite the increase of requirements and the addition of completely new issues such as biodiversity or the EU taxonomy. Many new points of detail have been... more
Hudson Bay Railway secures funding
The Arctic Gateway Group (AGG) will receive up to CAD 60 million (EUR 40.9 million) from the governments of Canada and its province Manitoba. These funds will allow to finish the upgrade work on the Hudson Bay Railway and to start redeveloping the port of Churchill, which are... more
Intermodal service Alsace - Belgium launched
The 48-teu container train runs between the Lauterbourg Rhine Terminal (LRT) in Alsace (France) and the port of Antwerp in Belgium. The low-CO2 service was launched by Bolloré Logistics and is operated in partnership with LRT, Haeger & Schmidt, Wascosa, Fret SNCF and MSC.... more
Two new gateways for groupage deliveries
Dachser has opened two gateways for groupage transports, full truckload (FTL) and less than truckload (LTL) services to Tunisia and Turkey. Through the gateways in Strasbourg (France) and Ungerhausen near Memmingen (Germany) for Tunisia and the Ungerhausen gateway for... more