Rostock goes Dutch

Konecranes plans to acquire Rotterdam’s Peinemann Port Services and Container Handling, pending approval from Dutch regulators.

Italian-owned, German-based rail freight operator TX Logistik is updating its motive power with the first deliveries of new locos from Siemens Mobility.

TMA Multimodal BV expands its container handling network with the acquisition of terminals in Utrecht and Lelystad in the Netherlands.

The first phase of a new intermodal rail yard at the Port of Rotterdam has been funded and work commences on six new 740m tracks in the new year

Qube commenced “normal automated operations” at the import/export terminal (IMEX) of the new Moorebank rail facility near Sydney in May and June this year.

The German union Verdi and ZDS reached a new labour agreement for 11,500 North Sea port workers, pending a member vote.