Amazon signed an agreement with the Italian state-owned rail freight group Mercitalia. The contract envisioned the rail transportation of goods between Amazon’s distribution centres in Italy and Germany. The two routes selected start are Pomezia-Duisburg and Verona-Herne. The e-commerce giant has distribution centres in all four locations involved in the initiative. For the Pomezia-Duisburg itinerary,…
Category: Intermodal
UK Winvic plans capacity increase at iPort Rail
News of further development work at Doncaster’s iPort Rail has been welcomed as good news for the economy of South Yorkshire. Construction company Winvic claimed it would work to see rail freight capacity enhanced within the modern logistics hub. With some major rail freight operators and customers already co-located, the improvement programme is expected to…
UK Winvic plans capacity increase at iPort Rail
News of further development work at Doncaster’s iPort Rail has been welcomed as good news for the economy of South Yorkshire. Construction company Winvic claimed it would work to see rail freight capacity enhanced within the modern logistics hub. With some major rail freight operators and customers already co-located, the improvement programme is expected to…
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)…
European transport sector calls for more EU-funding
A coalition of over 40 European transport associations is calling for additional EU funding for the sector. The European Rail Freight Association (ERFA) states that investments are necessary to reach climate and resilience targets and to safeguard supply chain sovereignty. ERFA points to the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) as a ‘robust instrument’ that can facilitate…
Five French road hauliers to drive modal shift to rail in Western France
Several road haulage and logistics operators in Western France’s Pays de la Loire region have joined forces to drive a modal shift to rail and create a combined transport terminal in the coming years. Ageneau Group, Transports Thébault, TC-Transports, Immo-Ouest Groupe OPAL and Combronde, together with public sector support from the Maine-et-Loire Chamber of Commerce…
RCG launches new connections to Germany and Turkey via Romania
Austrian rail freight operator Rail Cargo Group recently launched two new connections from Munich, in southern Germany, and from Tekirdag, in northwestern Turkey. The centre of this initiative is Curtici, in western Romania, as the two new services are Munich-Curtici and Curtici-Tekirdag. In other words, Curtici becomes the RCG gateway to connect Turkey and Germany.…
AD Ports Group acquires majority share in Tbilisi Dry Port
AD Ports Group has acquired a majority share in the Tbilisi Dry Port. The logistics company, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, purchased sixty per cent of shares. Construction on the dry port is still ongoing, but it is scheduled to enter into operation in late 2024. With the acquisition of a majority stake in the Tbilisi…