CONTAINER TRAINS

Hamburg enjoys new China rail service

Shandong Hi-Speed Group’s new Shandong-Europe Express train from Jinan, China arrived in Hamburg’s Billwerder Terminal for the first time on 30 April 2020. The next departures from Jinan are scheduled for 16 and 30 May.

The new service left Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, on 10 April carrying valuable and time-sensitive cargo from China to Europe along the New Silk Road, according to the Port of Hamburg. The train was loaded with 41FEU filled with wind turbine parts, LEDs, tools, and...

https://container-news.com/hamburg-enjoys-new-china-rail-service/

FESCO launches new intra-Russia rail service

FESCO Transportation Group earlier in February launched FESCO Ob Amur Shuttle – a container train connecting Novosibirsk and Khabarovsk.

As planned, the trains will depart once a week from Novosibirsk-Vostochniy station. Transit time to the destination at Krasnaya Rechka (Red River) station is 6 days. Mainly FESCO Ob Amur Shuttle will be transporting consumer goods. Its planned transportation volume is 450 TEU per month.

The first FESCO Ob Amur Shuttle train arrived at Krasnaya Rechka station on...

https://container-news.com/fesco-launches-new-intra-russia-rail-service/

Port of Felixstowe expands its rail network

A new daily rail service has been introduced at Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe. The new connection, the 36th daily rail service from the UK’s largest container port, runs to Maritime Transport’s newly opened East Midlands Gateway.

The new service caters for ever-growing demand for rail at Felixstowe and follows hot on the heels of two new rail services to iPort Rossington and Hams Hall introduced from the port in the latter part of 2019.

Commenting on the latest development, Clemence Cheng,...

https://container-news.com/port-felixstowe-rail-network/

Lineas doubles its train capacity to reduce Oosterweel traffic jams

To lessen the impact of the Oosterweel works on Belgian mobility, rail freight operator Lineas is doubling the capacity on its trains in and out of Antwerp. This doubling means the number of containers that can be removed from traffic and put on the railways will increase from 2,600 to 5,300 a week.

Lineas is increasing the capacity on the lines from Antwerp to La Louvière, Genk and Zeebrugge, and is also establishing new connections to Terneuzen and Ghent. These ‘Oosterweel trains’ link the...

https://container-news.com/lineas-train-capacity-osterweel-taffic-jams/

Vietnam Railways launches new rail service

Vietnam Railways (VNR) has launched a container freight train service running between Yen Vien Station in Hanoi and Song Than Station in Binh Duong province with one trip taking 40 hours.

The train from Yen Vien Station departs at 7:35 and the train from Song Than Station departs at 6:15.

There will be five trains a week in each direction on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

During its journey, the trains will stop at Gia Lam and Kim Lien Stations to load and unload goods.

VNR said...

https://container-news.com/vietnam-railways-launches-new-rail-service/

German rail operator starts in Rotterdam

A new party has entered the Dutch rail freight market. Boxxpress, the traction supplier of intermodal shuttle operators ERS railways, Eurogate and TX Logistik, operated its first container train from Rotterdam to Munich on 1 July.

Boxxpress, originally active in Germany, has a wealth of experience in operating trains from Bremerhaven and Hamburg to various hinterland connections, mainly in Germany. Boxxpress transported a total of 670,000 TEU in 2018.

Boxxpress started operating from Rotterdam to...

https://container-news.com/german-rail-operator-starts-rotterdam/

New rail service between Klaipeda, Odessa

The railway administrations of Belarus, Ukraine, and Lithuania as well as the Ukrainian company Containerships and the Lithuanian companies Intermodal Container Service and LG Cargo have signed an agreement on implementing a new project, which provides for launching container train service between Lithuania and Ukraine via Belarus, the Belarusian Railways press service told BelTA. The document was signed in Odessa on 28 May. First Deputy Head of Belarusian Railways Igor Shilov signed the...

https://container-news.com/new-rail-service-between-klaipeda-odessa/

RZD Logistics launches China-Russia service

JSC RZD Logistics along with its subsidiary company Far East Land Bridge (FELB) has launched regular railway shipments from Dongguan (Guangdong province, China) to Vorsino (Kaluga region, Russia). Previously, the departure point of container trains from this province was the city of Guangzhou. The new service offers the advantages of the former one, including the speed of delivery, and provides lower tariff rates for shippers, as well as subsidizing terminal costs in China.

Trains depart from...

https://container-news.com/rzd-logistics-china-russia-service/

New Belarusian Railways’ service in Europe

GANTSEVICHI – A solemn ceremony took place in Gantsevichi, Brest Oblast on 5 March to send off the first container train, which will deliver products of Belarusian woodworking companies to Romania, BelTA has learned.

The train comprises 124 increased-capacity containers on 31 special well cars. The train is expected to reach the terminal station Vikshani in Romania within 39 hours. First Deputy Director General of the state enterprise Belintertrans Alexander Yanchevsky noted: “This major project...

https://container-news.com/new-belarusian-railways-service-europe/

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