Rail
XPO Logistics has launched a multimodal service between Antwerp, Belgium, and Istanbul, Turkey. The 2,600km route combines road and rail, reducing transit time from ten days to eight compared to road transportation alone. It also offers customers more regular service throughout the year, even in peak season. XPO also offers a rail sea service from Duisburg, Germany via Trieste, Italy.
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Cargo-partner is now offering intermodal transport throughout Europe and Türkiye including the UK and Ireland. Its solutions use 45ft pallet wide containers and 13.6 m tilt trailers with rail for the main leg. The forwarder says this not only reduces costs but also gives potential ...
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With Eurotunnel celebrating its 30th anniversary, one of its largest commercial users, Europa Road says it is now making more than 30,000 trips a year between England and France.
Europa was one of the first users of the Le Shuttle freight service, in 1994.
Eurotunnel, which runs ...
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DP World has taken delivery of two new rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes for its London Gateway rail terminal. They will go into operation in mid-August and will help meet growing demand for increased rail connections and a more sustainable supply chain.
The new cranes will also ...
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Ocean Network Express (ONE) UK and Freightliner have extended their commitment to use HVO100 fuel for all rail transport, following a six-month pilot.
A 100% renewable fuel, HVO is made from raw materials such as vegetable oils, waste-based fat and oil from the food industry. Switching ...
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Maritime Transport has ordered 14 new reach stackers from SANY and Kalmar for its container handling operations. The €8 million investment will beused to expand operations at the Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI) at Northampton Gateway and a new container storage facility at the Port ...
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DP World is targeting a 40% rail freight share for containers from Southampton in 2026 with its Modal Shift Programme. The scheme, which is being extended until the end of next year, encourages freight owners to move their containers import-laden containers via rail to a ...
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Munich-based multimodal operator Kukla Group has appointed five new managing directors to help expand its presence in Europe. Knut Sander remains chief executive, while Robert Richter becomes chief financial office, Axel Bohnensteffen heads up intermodal and shortsea transportation, Dennis Mahnecke, road transport and warehouse/contract logistics, ...
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Freeport East and East Midlands Freeport are to set up a green freight corridor between the two sites.
Under a memorandum of understanding signed by Freeport East chief executive Steve Beel and East Midlands Freeport chief executive Tom Newman-Taylor on 22 the two freeports will work ...
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Leipzig-based intermodal company CargoBeamer has won €90 million from transport ministries in Germany and Switzerland for new terminal construction. The funds will be used to expand terminals at Kaldenkirchen (Germany) and Domodossola near Milan. The CargoBeamer system uses a patented system that allows non-craneable as ...
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