Getting IT onto the right track

The Duisburg Gateway Terminal (DGT) has officially opened following the completion of its first construction phase.

Antwerp will soon be the starting point for new rail freight routes to Istanbul by XPO Logistics and to Madrid by Kombiverkehr.

Hupac calls for targeted policies to mitigate risk of reverse modal shift amid poor rail network quality, especially in Germany.

As demand in Europe for cross-border transportation fell in 2023, due to the recessionary effects of high energy prices and the Ukraine war, rail-road combined transport also fell, and the situation was aggravated by rail network problems, states Hupac

Frankfurt-based Kombiverkehr KG is expanding its intermodal rail services in Sweden and will from mid-January be including calls at Hallsberg, Norrköping and Stockholm Norra (Rosersberg, which is located about 30km north of the city). Previously, Kombiverkehr’s operations in the country were confined to terminals in Gothenburg, Malmö and Trelleborg.

An initiative of the Swedish Ministry of Rural Affairs and Infrastructure to promote modal shift awaits approval from the European Commission. Separately, Kombiverkehr is set to increase its coverage of the Swedish market