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Maersk launches intercontinental rail services from Europe to Asia

Maersk has announced that on 28 March 2020, the first Eastbound train on its AE19 service was dispatched east from St. Petersburg port, carrying goods from Europe to Asia.

The overall transit time of the new intercontinental service from ports in North Europe to ports in Korea and Japan will be between 23 and 32 days, which is a reduction by half compared to 52-57 days via the traditional ocean route.

The train loaded with plywood and chemical products from North Europe left the FCT terminal in...

https://container-news.com/maersk-launches-intercontinental-rail-services-from-europe-to-asia/

FESCO launches Silkway Amber

FESCO Transportation Group is launching Silkway Amber – a regular container train going from Zhengzhou (China, Henan province) to Hamburg (Germany) through Kaliningrad (Russia) and back.

The route goes through the border crossings of Erlian/Zamyn-Uud/Naushki (China/Mongolia/Russia), Mamonovo/Braniewo (Russia/Poland). Transfer to the rolling stock track 1435 is performed in the Kaliningrad region at Dzerzhynskaya-Novaya station, total transit time is 14 days. The service will mainly be used for...

https://container-news.com/fesco-launches-silkway-amber/

First box train with Belarusian meat may be sent to China

The first container train carrying Belarusian meat products may be sent to China in November 2019, BelTA learned from Andrei Sladkevich, Director General of the company Belintertrans – Transportation and Logistics Center, on 30 September.

According to the source, six container trains each carrying 41 containers with milk powder and milk whey have already been sent to China. A total of ten trains have been sent to China since the project began in 2018. “We are now working with Meat & Dairy...

https://container-news.com/first-box-train-belarusian-meat-china/

Eco rail container train stops in Riga

A colorfully designed container train arrived at the Riga Central Railway Station on Monday, August 5, to draw public attention to environmental and climate issues, local media informed.

Noah Train, called after the ancient history of environmental protection, Noah’s Ark, stopped at the Riga railway station after traveling since December 2018.

The painted containers, which left from Katowice, Poland, and have since visited Vienna, Berlin, Paris, Rome and other European cities, promotes the Rail...

https://container-news.com/eco-rail-container-train-stops-riga/

Maersk and TransContainer launch pilot container train

The first train consisting of 50 x 40-foot containers with automotive components was shipped from Dalian, China, and successfully arrived at Vorotynsk station in the Kaluga region on July 18, 2019. The joint project of PJSC TransContainer and Maersk will significantly expand the opportunities for container traffic along the Trans-Siberian Railway between North-East China and the central region of Russia.

According to the official statement:

PJSC TransContainer and Maersk successfully accomplished...

https://container-news.com/maersk-transcontainer-launch-pilot-container-train/

Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania start new box train

Ukrzaliznytsia, a Ukrainian state-owned railway operator, launched a new regular Containerships Train in cooperation with the Belarusian and Lithuanian Railways running across the three countries, wrote Yevhen Kravtsov, the chairman of the company’s board on his official Facebook page on Tuesday.

“This year Ukrzaliznytsya experiences a ‘containership boom.’ The Containerships Train is our 22nd container train circulating in Ukraine. We offer competitive delivery speed regardless of weather...

https://container-news.com/ukraine-belarus-lithuania-start-new-box-train/

First transit cargo from Aktau Port to Uzbekistan

The first transit cargo has been dispatched from Kazakhstan’s Port of Aktau to Uzbekistan, Kazinform correspondent reports.

In particular, the Aktau-Tashkent container freight train with 10 well cars carrying 20-foot containers, which belong to O’zbekiston Temir Yollari (the Uzbekistan Railways), departed the Port of Aktau.

According to O’zbekiston Temir Yollari JSC, the first transit container cargo dispatched to the Republic of Uzbekistan is a result of successful cooperation of the railway...

https://container-news.com/first-transit-cargo-aktau-port-uzbekistan/

Belarusian Railway offers a new rail service

Belintertrans — Transport-Logistics Center (BTLC) of the Belarusian Railway is implementing a new project — a regular container train in Belarus—Romania direction. The BTLC partners are Rail Cargo Logistics d.o.o. (Slovenia) and Zakhid Trans Service transport company (Ukraine).

The new container train carrying wood products will depart from Hancavičy railway station in the first decade of March. The train will consist of 124 containers placed on flatcars. For such transportation it is required...

https://container-news.com/belarusian-railway-offers-new-rail-service/

A man in critical condition after train collision

The collision occurred at the Lawson Road crossing in the rural community of Quick

A man has been flown to Vancouver for emergency treatment after a CN train struck a road grader east of Smithers.

It happened as the container train was heading west at the Lawson Road crossing at about 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 19.

The grader operator was badly hurt and had to be extricated by rescue personnel from Smithers and Telkwa.

He was taken to Bulkley Valley District Hospital in critical condition, and...

https://container-news.com/man-critical-condition-train-collision/

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