Cargodrome on track

As reported by WorldCargo News Online, PSA Pra’ (Voltri, Genoa) now has a regular intermodal train link with Basel, offering Swiss shippers and importers an alternative to the Antwerp-Rotterdam-Zeebrugge range ports and also offering steel wheel connectivity for points north of Switzerland for the Italian port. The contracted rail haulier is Switzerland’s BLS.

Swiss intermodal, container depot and (through Schweizerzug) intermodal train operator will bundle its activities into two divisions, one for operational and the other for non-operational activities

Growth of 3.5% (35,000 shipments or 70,000 TEU equivalent) would have been higher but for the 7-week closure of the rhine Valley route near Rastatt

Switzerland-based Pistor AG group, a supply of foodstuffs and preserves, has started operating a fully-electric 40 tonne refrigerated HGV for use in Central Switzerland

The Swiss intermodal company has decided to resume operations at the Niedeglatt container terminal, close to Zurich, with effect from the start of November.

Swisstrain, an intermodal service offered by Frenkendorf-based Swissterminal AG is to serve the Port of Antwerp in addition to the Port of Rotterdam