In the first quarter of 2025, intermodal rail transport in Poland reached its highest-ever share of total rail freight.
The first service involved the short-notice transport of a tank car block train across Germany, departing Saarbrücken and heading to Frankfurt (Oder) at the Polish border.
Union Pacific Railroad has initiated rail operations serving Roehm’s recently opened petrochemical plant located in Bay City, Texas.
Both departures contribute to ongoing adjustments in transcontinental rail logistics, expanding eastbound options for time-sensitive freight.
Willke Logistics is expanding its bulk transport capacity by leasing 35 brand-new open-top Eamnos wagons from Ermewa, a wagon lessor, for the first time.
These adjustments affect connections in Central and Southeastern Europe, including Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Belgium, and Germany.
The company anticipates a return to net profitability starting in 2026.
The company reported a 40% year-on-year increase in turnover in 2024 and projects a further 24% rise in 2025.
Rail freight volumes from the Netherlands experienced a year-on-year decline in 2024, primarily driven by reduced coal shipments to Germany.
Morinaga Milk Industry, together with Nippon Express, JR Freight, and Japan Oil Transportation, launched in July 2025 a rail-based round-trip service specifically for transporting liquid nutritional milk products.
Infrastructure upgrades along the Mesopotamia corridor and a public-private agreement with major grain exporters are driving both the modernization of assets and the recovery of international rail connections.
The train operated with a consist of ten wagons carrying approximately 700 tonnes of various goods.
Following three years of work focused on infrastructure adaptations and yard expansions, the operation of 135-car trains at Rumo has started
The container terminal at the Port of Linz recorded its highest monthly throughput in May 2025, processing 24,405 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units).
A consignment of nearly 230 new KIA vehicles has been transported by rail to Kaunas, Lithuania.
The Swedish Government has assigned the Swedish Transport Administration to maintain the train ferry connection between Sweden and Germany until 2031.
China Railways has introduced several new freight services along the Middle Corridor.
The rail-focused part of the project involves the construction of a new international rail terminal at the Wonderful Logistics Center.
The in-plant railway siding at Maruti Suzuki’s Manesar facility has started operations.
The partnership is focused on developing intermodal transport along the Middle Corridor.