International rail

The Mexican agency probing allegations of a lack of competition in the country's railroad sector has dropped the case, saying there is insufficient proof.

According to railroad RZD, container cargo delivery time on the new rail route will be substantially shorter than sea transport.

The European Union is pushing further for rail freight development. In addition to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent, facilitating the free circulation of goods within Europe is part of the European Union's DNA. And the quality of inland transportation is a key success factor regarding port development.

The key north-south rail link is flowing again, after the section between Milan and Basel had been closed for two weeks, but challenges remain, as terminals work to clear a huge container backlog.

Russia would like more cargo containers transported by rail in the years ahead.

Chinese shippers of fresh produce to Russia may soon have a cheaper option for transporting products to the Moscow markets as rail freight enters the picture.

The improving economies of Central Asia are pushing up demand for rail freight across Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.

Not all shipping hubs are water-based. Land-locked Belarus is strategically positioned, geographically, to become a major transit hub for container cargo transported from China to the European Union via train and truck.

The upgrade to the line is driven by the long-term outlook for refined product exports to Mexico, the company said.

The company said the line, dubbed the Kathmandu Express, is designed to meet Nepal's growing import trade.

The launch of the new route became possible only after the lifting of sanctions against Iran by the international community.

The rails' inability to increase their market share over road could threaten public funding of the sector.

HMM said in December that Samsung SDS, LG Electronics, Hyundai Glovis, and several other companies have expressed interest in Asia-Europe rail.

Russian officials expect internet-based cargo bookings to account for up to 10 percent of bookings, perhaps more, in three years.

Transcontainer has dominated the Asia Pacific-to-Russia rail cargo route for the past several years, but a new logistics provider could inject competitive forces into this transport segment.

The growth of rail volume on the China-Europe rail routes has been rapid in the past year, but limitations on the trade route are being exposed.

The opening of the Turkmenbashi seaport in Turkmenistan gives shippers interested in using China-Europe rail one more routing option.

European shippers can realize inventory cost and transit times savings via Mediterranean routings.

The connectivity will facilitate trade between Bangladesh and a landlocked Indian state.

The two major Mexican railroads have a shot at convincing shippers to convert more of their cargo from roads and highways to the tracks.

Improved performance is crucial for Europe rail to encourage more customers to switch from road transport, and new EU rules on coordinating infrastructure will help rail reliability.

A long-shot proposal has been floated to build a railroad that supporters say could make it quicker and cheaper to move cargo by land between Mexico’s Pacific and Gulf coasts than the Panama Canal.

The deal would complement MSC’s ZAO Container Terminal in Russia’s busiest port of St. Petersburg.

By volume, October railed containers totaled 62,091 TEU.

Container Corporation of India delivered solid results in the second fiscal quarter.

Bangladesh is India’s seventh-largest trading partner by volume.

“Last year, there were hardly any robberies.”

China had planned to divert 15 percent of its overall container flows between it and Europe.

A shortage of rail cars has caused Russian rail rates to surge.

Rhenus has opened two new hubs in Europe to handle the growing cargo volumes at its air and ocean divisions.

More than 75 percent of Asia-Europe rail cargo ends its transcontinental journey in Germany.

RZD hopes the reductions will make rail more attractive to shippers who overwhelmingly rely on trucking despite its higher costs.

US exporters and importers from the East Coast perhaps will drive rail and trans-Atlantic transport combinations that can offer better reliability than ocean routes to and from Central China.

Textile shippers have welcomed the service.

The sudden closure of the Rhine Valley Alpine rail track in southwest Germany could not have come at a worse time for Europe’s rail freight industry.

Shippers will greet news that the key European rail corridor will open five days early with some relief, but they will still have to struggle for alternatives until early October.

The China-Europe rail route is gaining in popularity among shippers, but even with its rapid growth, the weekly capacity overland is just 2 percent of that offered by ocean.

“Today only between 2 and 3 percent of throughput at the port of Santos goes via rail.”

Rail traffic between Italy and Germany is expected to rise sharply in September, which is not good news with the crucial Alpine route shut down until Oct. 7.

Truck-to-rail freight conversion critical to easing terminal congestion is steadily picking up momentum at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.