The European Union is sending a strong signal that it intends to improve service standards and efficiency at ports to spread traffic more evenly across the European waterfront and ease congestion.
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20 May 2013
Romania pulled the partial privatization of the state-owned rail company after potential investors, including a US short line operator, failed to pre-qualify for the bidding process.
13 May 2013
MacAndrews, part of CMA CGM, has launched a refrigerated train service in Spain between Murcia and the Port of Bilbao.
13 May 2013
Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the United Arab Emirates’ national railway network, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Hellmann Worldwide Logistics allowing Hellmann to use the rail network.
13 May 2013
Genesee & Wyoming Inc., a major owner of short line and regional railroads in North America with significant operations in Australia as well, showed a second continuous month of growth in April 2013.
05 May 2013
European intermodal company Metrans has opened a second hub terminal for containers in the Czech Republic at Česká Třebová, 180 km (about 112 miles) east of Prague.
29 Apr 2013
VTG Aktiengesellschaft, a wagon hire and rail logistics company in Europe, and Kuehne + Nagel, a logistics business, have signed a letter of intent for a merger of parts of their rail logistics activities...
23 Apr 2013
Genesee & Wyoming Inc., a major owner of short line and regional railroads in North America with significant operations in Australia as well, showed growth in its March 2013 and first quarter numbers.
22 Apr 2013
TCB Railways has reached a monthly transportation capacity of 17,000 20-foot-equivalent units between the Port of Barcelona and...
19 Apr 2013
Work has started on the first phase a £250 million (about US$380.8 million) program to improve performance and capacity on the Stafford, U.K., section of Europe’s West Coast Main Line.
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