Europe’s automotive logistics sector is on a roll. Volumes are rising across the supply chain, and with the strengthening EU and US economies, 2018 should prove to be a year of continued sector growth. However, concern about a possible trade war and Britain’s complex exit from the European Union are two trade storm clouds.

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.