Direct rail link connects Zeebrugge and Mannheim via digitalized end to end supply chain.
On 1 September 2025, Contargo will introduce a new intermodal rail service between Duisburg and Dourges.
The 1,933-acre site will host 45 turbines and is expected to produce renewable electricity for the region.
The company is the only Chinese vehicle manufacturer with a licence to operate a China–Europe freight train service independently.
The company argues that the current structure, comprising six major Class I railroads in the United States, is sufficient to serve shippers efficiently.
The operator carried out initial test runs of bulk fertilizer trains on the Police–Luboml corridor during May and June 2025.
TRANSWAGGON is setting new standards in finished vehicle logistics
The collaboration includes a series of direct domestic and international freight corridors designed to shift highway cargo to rail.
China has completed its first piggyback transport trial involving highway tanker trucks.
The company has shifted from single-wagon shipments to block train services, aiming to improve transport flows between production sites and customers.
The UK’s sole remaining independent railway wagon manufacturer, which is part of Buckland Rail, has secured a €44 million export deal with support from the UK’s export credit agency.
New intermodal hub seen as strategic link for Central Europe
According to the companies involved, each unloading replaces 28 truck journeys. Starting in the autumn, three unloading operations per week are expected at the Malmö terminal.
The first train departed on 7 August 2025. According to the operator, the transit time from loading to delivery is estimated at two days.
Further deliveries are expected to continue as the biorefinery ramps up production.
Rail now accounts for over 8% of the port’s total land traffic.
PKP CARGO S.A., which is undergoing restructuring, has announced that, due to failing to reach an agreement with the trade unions on shortening the term of the company's collective bargaining agreement (CBA), it will begin a process of group layoffs. This is expected to affect up to 765 employees in 2025.
The transition completes the move of these freight volumes from road to rail.
Rijeka Gateway has received its first test freight train as part of the terminal’s operational trials.
From January 2026, new railway undertakings will handle first and last mile traffic in the Antwerp port area as part of an operational plan to optimise freight flows and increase the rail share in port transport.