The Swiss Federal Office for Transport (FOT) and the German Federal Railway Authority (EBA) are set to spearhead the expansion of CargoBeamer’s terminals in Domodossola (Italy) and Kaldenkirchen (Germany), respectively, with their investments. The two public entities will raise 90 million euros in total for the two projects. At the same time, the Germany-based intermodal…
‘Our situation is worse than I thought’, says PKP Cargo President
The Polish state-owned rail operator, PKP Cargo, might be nearing the end of its life due to years of mismanagement and the inability to adapt to a changing market. The current Acting President of the company, Marcin Wojewódka, said that the situation is worse than expected, with both volumes and share values dropping significantly and…
Rail freight London trash is capital cash
Reducing, reusing, recycling; but still, London throws away a train load of trash every day. That’s either a big problem or a big opportunity. For rail freight, it’s the latter. Five times a week, the waste that previously was London’s landfill, now fills a train instead. It heads west to Bristol, where it’s made into…