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Samskip adds rail option from Germany to Scandinavia

Intermodal carrier Samskip and Hector Rail have started a three-times weekly block train service connecting Duisburg and Rostock in response to requests for more multimodal capacity between Germany, Sweden and Finland.     The all-electric train links the Duisburg Hohenbudberg terminal and the Rostock Trimodal terminal where ro-ro connections are available. It opens a new routing option between Germany’s Ruhr region and south-east Netherlands and Sweden’s key Stockholm/Gävle/Örebro/Jönköping region, Finland and other Baltic ... [+]

GBRf chief takes command of parent company

GB Railfreight (GBRf) managing director John Smith has been appointed chief executive of parent company, Swedish-based Hector Rail Group. Hector Rail, Sweden’s largest private freight operator, completed acquisition of GBRf in November 2016. [+]