Category: Hungary

Audi and Helrom put more car parts on the rail

Audi partnered with non-cranable semi-trailer specialist Helrom to supply three car manufacturing sites by rail. Two sites are in Germany, in Neckarsulm and Ingolstadt, while the third one is in Győr, in Hungary. The first block train was deployed on 4 April, as Helrom pointed out. All three destinations are located along the Regensburg (DE)…

Metrans adds rail freight connections to Turkey

The Metrans’ service connecting the Halkali, west of Istanbul, to Dunajska Streda, in Slovakia, is getting to extra stops: Belgrade and Budapest. The new initiative, the company said, comes as a response to the increased demand for rail freight services along this corridor. Test trains started running on 19 February, but the connection was officialised […]

Waberer’s enters rail logistics with 51% stake in Petrolsped

Hungarian road haulage and logistics group Waberer’s International has signalled its move into rail freight by acquiring a 51 per cent stake in Petrolsped Budapest. Petrolsped (PSP) provides rail logistics services mainly in Hungary and Romania, either directly or through its subsidiaries, Pultrans and PSP Cargo Romania. Zsolt Barna, Waberer’s chairman and CEO, said that […]

‘Chinese investments in EU infrastructure need to be better understood’

The European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee (TRAN) commissioned a study on Chinese investments in non-maritime infrastructure in Europe and the possible risks they might entail. The biggest risks identified concern Chinese influence on EU countries which, according to the study, needs to be better understood. The main conclusion that can be drawn from it […]