Rotterdam-Munich: six trains pairs a week

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.

TX Logistik and Wascosa will collaborate on marketing the NiKRASA handling system for non-craneable trailers, with Wascosa purchasing 125 units.

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

Negotiations for a new collective agreement at Germany’s North Sea ports are stalled as employees and the union reject the employers’ offers.