Contship to boost rail freight in La Spezia with terminal expansion

Italian intermodal company Contship started the procedures to expand the Ravano container terminal at the port of La Spezia, on the Italian northwestern coast. With this terminal, the company said it aims to increase its TEU capacity from 1,4 to 2 million. Rail is expected to play a key role, as mentioned by Contiship’s CEO…

RCG’s innovative logistics solution scoops Austrian Logistics Prize 2024

The Austrian Logistics Network Association (VNL) has awarded the Austrian Logistics Prize 2024 to ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) and Transporeon for their innovative logistics project. This annual prize highlights groundbreaking achievements in the logistics sector, and this year, RCG and Transporeon stood out by successfully integrating multimodal transport into a single platform. For the…

Poor reliability of Russian rail network pushes shippers onto trucks

Much like the rail and road modalities are clashing in Europe, with the ensuing discussions about rail’s competitiveness, Russia is having similar issues. A recent conference on the topic prompted a sector appeal to the government. The Russian rail freight sector protests the order of priority on the Russian network, on which freight takes last…

Less than a month until the launch of the Madrid-Valencia rolling highway

The Madrid – Valencia rolling highway service will start operations at the beginning of July. Moreover, the port of Valencia wants to extend the service into Portugal. The deployment of the rolling highway between Valencia and Madrid was announced in the summer of 2023. Testing operations started at the beginning of June. An official start…