Rail & barge

The Port of Tilbury, owned by Forth Ports Group, has launched the latest phase to its expanding footprint.

CN Rail has recently announced that it has broken its grain record for the third consecutive month.

The first scheduled freight train is now in service on the industrial track to the new freight port, Stockholm Norvik Port.

International organisations and European carriers, including CD Cargo, have called for European Member States to support the shift to a more environmentally friendly mode of transport.

Methods for wide-area suppression of surface-borne microbes such as the novel coronavirus – also referred to as SARS-Cov-2 or COVID-19 – is a serious consideration for both private industry and public works.

The Port of Rotterdam Authority, ING, ENGIE and Wärtsilä have recently founded Zero Emission Services B.V. (ZES) to make inland shipping more sustainable.

Rail Cargo Group is now also connecting Frenkendorf, Switzerland, to its intermodal network with a round trip as part of their direct transport routes between Wofurt and Rotterdam.

A study by Global Market Insights Inc. shows that the barge transportation market size is set to exceed US$50 billion by 2026.

DB Cargo UK’s current Chief Financial Officer, Andrea Rossi, will be-come the company’s new CEO from 1 September 2020.

The industrial branch line that Ports of Stockholm has built to Stockholm Norvik Port was recently connected to the railway network and electrified, creating a direct railway link with the port on the Green Cargo intermodal network.

The collaboration will reduce the risk of shortages due to COVID-19.

EGS’ network of connections between Bavaria and the Port of Rotterdam is becoming increasingly more comprehensive.

Positive results included growing rates in cargo handling at port-owned terminals.

Coal throughput at Vostochny Port (Russia) rose 5.2% to 25.51 million t in 2019.

Canadian Pacific has closed the transaction related to the acquisition of the Central Maine & Quebec Railway, subject to Surface Transportation Board approval.