International rail

Indore is one of four rail-linked inland locations Allcargo operates in the country.

The digital innovation “will give rise to a new generation of freight trains.”

China-Europe containerized rail has evolved from a niche option with infrequent service and a small network to one attracting suppliers and second-tier companies with more and faster services to a wider array of destinations.

The fire at MRS Logistica’s Station of Light caused severe damage to several buildings and disrupted services to the busiest container port in Brazil.

Converting cargo from road to rail, aimed at easing chronic congestion at Chennai Port, continues to be a struggle.

A Mexican government report alleging a lack of competition among the country’s top three rail operators may be the first test of a new railroad regulatory agency created last year.

The acquisition, announced Tuesday, must still pass muster with regulators in the United States and Mexico.

China-Europe rail is appearing as a regular service offered by forwarders as BCOs begin including the overland route in their requests for quotations.

Russian antitrust authorities raided offices and seized documents Wednesday.

India wants to switch from a point-to-point transportation system to a hub-and-spoke model.

The port of Antwerp has gained a new rail service to Germany.

The new services should save shippers cost and transit time compared with ocean shipping.

“Through these alliances, these groups ... could maintain almost unchanged the status quo that existed before the liberalization of the rail freight sector in Spain.”

Brazil’s government for years now has been concessioning out infrastructure to boost investment and foster modernization.

Revenue dipped 4 percent.

The container trains from Bangalore inland container depot leave every Friday to reach Cochin by Sunday.

Eurotunnel Group more than doubled its earnings in 2016.

More containerization in Russia would help cut transportation costs in the country.

The hike RZD instituted will further increase the price differential between rail and road.

A unified customs clearance system along the New Silk Road from China to Europe can address the major pain points on the route, a World Economic Forum director believes.

Shippers moving goods from northeastern China to international markets are turning to Russian ports.

Greece has closed on the sale of its state-owned freight and passenger rail company Trainose.

Chennai Port Trust is seeking approval to build a dry port so it can ease chronic truck congestion and remain competitive.

Chennai’s rail share in the first three fiscal quarters through the end of December slipped compared with 2015.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is struggling to convince shippers to shift freight to intermodal rail from trucks.

Food shippers have taken a particular interest in using the rail services made possible by the new line at Port Bronka.

Shippers have asked Russia’s competition regulator to investigate what they describe as a system of bribes and close business ties that results in some shippers receiving better treatment than others.

Authorities at India Port Rail Company Ltd., which is tasked with developing last-mile rail projects connecting major ports, met this week to take stock of the progress on investments under way.

Poor service by the Russian rail monopoly RZD is dampening shipper enthusiasm for Asia-Europe rail services.

Rail-road tariff equalization put in place this month is spurring Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust shippers to use intermodal trains rather than trucking.

As ocean freight rates rise and remain unpredictable, Russian shippers are switching tracks and increasingly using rail transport to get goods from China.

Tariff Authority for Major Ports has tentatively approved Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust’s proposal to equalize rail and truck handling rates, driving down the costs of rail and up those for trucking.

Draft rules to sharply curb outbound direct investment would impact investment in overseas port and logistics assets under the country’s Belt and Road program.

Russia’s competition authorities are weighing punishments for road and rail operators found guilty of anticompetitive practices.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust wants to cut the costs of using rail and increase the rates for trucking in order to close the traffic gap between the two modes.

Surcharges have long been a subject of acrimonious debate between ocean transport service providers and shippers.

Container Corporation of India has slashed its tariff for the movement of containers from the Ludhiana Container Depot, a major northern hinterland point, to Mundra Port.

VTG’s profit continued to surge into the third quarter on the back of a successful refinancing and synergies from an acquisition.

Shippers have generally welcomed the new approach.

Chennai Port Trust has extended a plan to lower rail costs.