Rail Cargo Group (RCG), the freight subsidiary of Austria’s state-owned rail operator ÖBB, is launching a new service between the Belgian port of Zeebrugge and…
The fast-growing London Gateway container terminal has just gone into overdrive with a massive one billion pound investment programme. The owners, DP World, have given…
Rail freight in Switzerland is currently undergoing a total revision of the Freight Transport Act, which was recently adopted by the country’s Council of States.…
The Omani-Emirati joint venture Hafeet Rail is purchasing 27 new heavy-haul freight locomotives from Progress Rail. The deal now comes after the joint venture secured…
The port of Venice, in northeastern Italy, launched a new rail freight connection for steel and metal products to Montirone, near Brescia. With this new…
Kazakhstan’s energy ministry has put forward a proposal to ban petroleum product exports via rail. Supposedly, fuels are being exported under the guise of so-called…
Russian Railways (RZD) introduced a number of significant discounts on International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) rail transport two years ago, reducing transportation fees by up…
The management of rail capacity across the European Union is in dire need of changing, especially if the mission is to boost international rail freight…