German railway overhaul to benefit freight

More containers are moving through Southampton’s Solent Rail Terminal, the integrated handling and maintenance facility at the South of England port, owned by DP World.

Encouraging road hauliers at Southampton to switch to rail has earned DP World two awards from a British rail freight organisation.

The trimodal hub, located in the Yvelines Département around 60 kms from central Paris, is aimed at serving the construction and civil engineering sectors in the Greater Paris/Seine Valley region in a cost-effective and environment-friendly manner

The Port of Barcelona and ADIF, the Spanish rail infrastructure authority, have been given the go-ahead to form a joint venture to manage and develop railway logistics nodes throughout the Province of Barcelona

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

The UK’s biggest container rail haulier has called on the government to set a target to treble rail freight volumes by 2050