New hub for vehicle distribution in North America ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has opened its new Vancouver Automotive Compound (VAC) with a capacity to process 168,000 vehicles annually. The new facility is in a prime location to handle vehicles made in North America for distribution in northern Washington State (USA),... more
Rail holds pole position in Hamburg ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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In Germany’s port of Hamburg more than 135 million t of seaborne cargo traffic are cleared annually. On the overland seaport-hinterland routes, rail is in pole position with 48.2%, ahead of trucking with 41.4% and inland shipping with 10.2%. In Q1/2019, a total of 12.5... more
On a new track ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_Franz_Deu_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Rail activities are losing ground to the roads worldwide. In Iran the national rail firm RAI is modernising and expanding its infrastructure and rolling stock, and linking international markets through cross-border routes. Saeid Rasouli, president of RAI since March, gave the... more
Booking rail and truck transport online ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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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 ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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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 ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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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 ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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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 ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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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 ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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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 ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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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