BRUNEL Project Cargo, Britain, a provider of complex freight and logistics services, is set to offer an inaugural China - London direct intermodal rail freight service from January 1.
THE new Vienna South intermodal terminal at Inzersdorf has started operation with a few container trains per day and should be in full service from December.
IN a move that could have long-term ramifications for South Africa's long-haul trucking industry, Transnet has signed a deal with RailRunner, United States to develop intermodal technology for the country's general freight business.
NORWEGIAN rail freight operator CargoNet announced on August 11 that it will launch a new intermodal service between Oslo and the Swedish port of Trelleborg next month in a bid to tap into a growing cross-border freight market.
The rail freight sector has profited substantially from the introduction of ISO standard containers, but is now facing the challenge of the growing semitrailer market. Anitra Green reports from a recent symposium in Bavaria where the major issues were discussed.
RAIL freight in the Netherlands continued to make a strong recovery in 2015, according to statistics published by the Central Bureau for Statistics (CBS) on June 21, which show overall volumes increased by 7% compared with 2014 to 42 million tonnes.
SNCF Logistics rolling road subsidiary Viia launched its Viia Britanica service for unaccompanied lorry semi-trailers on March 29, with the first train departing from the port of Calais at 02.00 and arriving at Le Boulou near Perpignan close to the French-Spanish border just 22 hours later.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held in the Swiss canton of Aargau on March 9 to mark the start of major construction works on the new Bözberg railway tunnel.
METRANS the Czech open-access railfreight subsidiary of Hamburg Ports and Logistics (HHLA) has launched a new intermodal service between the port of Rotterdam and Poznan in Poland.
SWISS intermodal operator Ralpin carried 110,500 lorries on its Transalpine rolling road service last year, a 0.4% increase over 2015.