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Free Webinar: It’s time to talk about this year’s Silk Road railfreight.com/railfreight/… #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargo

Free Webinar: It’s time to talk about this year’s Silk Road

This year is certainly not easy for rail freight forwarders focusing on transportation between China and Europe. The northern route crossing Russia becomes even more complicated as the sanctions...

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RailFreight.com · Sep 13, 2023 · 10:01 AM UTC

Greek rail damage costs rise to 160 million euros, repairs to last a year railfreight.com/railfreight/… #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargo

Greek rail damage costs rise to 160 million euros, repairs to last a year

The initial assessment concerning the damages on the Greek railway network after the floods belongs to the past. A new assessment draws an even gloomier picture: repair costs skyrocket from an...

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RailFreight.com · Sep 13, 2023 · 8:46 AM UTC

Gateway Basel Nord terminal gets green light to begin construction railfreight.com/intermodal/2… #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargo

Gateway Basel Nord terminal gets green light to begin construction

The Swiss Gateway Basel Nord trimodal terminal in Basel-Kleinhüningen has received planning approval from the Swiss Federal Office of Transport (BAV) and can proceed with construction. The new...

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RailFreight.com · Sep 13, 2023 · 5:31 AM UTC

Sanctioned containers detained in Małaszewicze, are you in trouble? railfreight.com/railfreight/… #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargo

Sanctioned containers detained in Małaszewicze, are you in trouble?

“Around 100 containers are detained in Małaszewicze due to inspection of sanctioned goods,” Miłosz Witkowski, Rail director of Polish Forwarding Company, shared with RailFreight.com earlier this...

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RailFreight.com · Sep 13, 2023 · 4:32 AM UTC

Davies Turner sets up eastbound UK to China rail service railfreight.com/railfreight/… #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargo

Davies Turner sets up eastbound UK to China rail service

UK logistics and freight forwarding company Davies Turner has announced the inauguration of a pioneering eastbound consol container service. It marks a significant milestone in the company's commit...

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RailFreight.com · Sep 12, 2023 · 12:22 PM UTC

Nearshoring, investments and more: a close look at Eurasian supply chains railfreight.com/railfreight/… #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargo

Nearshoring, investments and more: a close look at Eurasian supply chains

What is the best approach to establishing sustainable and future-proof Eurasian supply chains and corridors? How are nearshoring attempts developing, and how do they shift the business landscape?...

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RailFreight.com · Sep 12, 2023 · 11:22 AM UTC

Port of Riga adopts technology to stimulate grain transportation railfreight.com/railfreight/… #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargo

Port of Riga adopts technology to stimulate grain transportation

The Freeport of Riga has acquired new discharging containers to stimulate bulk goods transportation, especially grain. The new equipment could reduce the reloading time from train to vessel by...

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RailFreight.com · Sep 12, 2023 · 10:30 AM UTC

G20 confirms US and EU ambitions for major new Eurasian corridor railfreight.com/beltandroad/… #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargo

G20 confirms US and EU ambitions for major new Eurasian corridor

The recent G20 summit in India functioned as a platform to unfold the ambitious plans of a new economic and transport corridor in the context of the G7-EU-led Partnership for Global Infrastructure...

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RailFreight.com · Sep 12, 2023 · 10:05 AM UTC

Caspian Sea low water levels a concern for Middle Corridor operations railfreight.com/railfreight/… #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargo

Caspian Sea low water levels a concern for Middle Corridor operations

The Caspian Sea waters have reached critically low levels, a development that could be a reason for concern for Middle Corridor operations. The water depth has decreased by 7.1 per cent at the side...

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RailFreight.com · Sep 12, 2023 · 4:32 AM UTC

HS2 goes underground but avoids the jam by taking the freight train railfreight.com/railfreight/… #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargo

HS2 goes underground but avoids the jam by taking the freight train

You’re building a railway under London. You need 83,000 prefabricated tunnel wall segments. Your factory is in Hartlepool, 250 miles (400km) north of Old Oak Common. If that seems like a rail freight...

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RailFreight.com · Sep 12, 2023 · 4:01 AM UTC

Kazakh grain exported to China could double in 2024 railfreight.com/railfreight/… #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargo

Kazakh grain exported to China could double in 2024

Kazakhstan’s grain export volumes to China could double in 2024, in line with the Alashankou border crossing's capacity doubling for grain transportation. Another border crossing, the Khorgos...

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RailFreight.com · Sep 11, 2023 · 11:23 AM UTC

ELSI Group to build Russia’s first private rail line and port railfreight.com/railfreight/… #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargo

ELSI Group to build Russia’s first private rail line and port

Russia's first private rail line is being actively built in the Far East by ELSI Group, one of Russia’s largest coal producers, owned by the Russian investment conglomerate A-Property. The new line...

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RailFreight.com · Sep 11, 2023 · 10:54 AM UTC

Cement-loaded train derails in Germany, killing train driver railfreight.com/railfreight/… #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargo

Cement-loaded train derails in Germany, killing train driver

A WLB freight train with wagons carrying cement derailed while entering the Geseke station in Germany. According to official sources, multiple railcars and the train’s locomotive overturned, result...

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RailFreight.com · Sep 11, 2023 · 10:34 AM UTC

First MagRail test proves non-friction operations possible railfreight.com/technology/2… #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargo

First MagRail test proves non-friction operations possible

Nevomo carried out the first test on its MagRail technology in Poland. The test was conducted on existing railway infrastructure with railway vehicles reaching a speed of 135 km/h. Through levitation...

RailFreight.com · Sep 11, 2023 · 9:35 AM UTC

Greece: 50 km of destroyed tracks require 50 million euro investments railfreight.com/railfreight/… #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargo

Greece: 50 km of destroyed tracks require 50 million euro investments

The aftermath of Storm Daniel in Greece last week is becoming all the more visible. The central north-south Greek railway axis has been impacted heavily, with 50 kilometres of railway infrastructure...

RailFreight.com · Sep 11, 2023 · 8:37 AM UTC

Gotthard Tunnel’s reconstruction likely to begin after September ends railfreight.com/infrastructu… #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargo

Gotthard Tunnel’s reconstruction likely to begin after September ends

Clearance and rescue works in the western tube of the Gotthard Tunnel are expected to be finished by the end of September. SBB is currently working on removing the impacted wagons and locomotives,...

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RailFreight.com · Sep 11, 2023 · 7:33 AM UTC

UK Network connection made with Northampton freight terminal railfreight.com/railfreight/… #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargo

UK Network connection made with Northampton freight terminal

Railway engineers have successfully concluded the crucial phase of connecting a major new rail freight interchange to the West Coast Main Line at Northampton. The pivotal track installation effort...