SLOVAKIA, ITALY AND ROMANIA
10 more trains per week in Liège to boost the modal shift
The Belgian city of Liège is going to see more freight trains running thanks to a number of new international services launched in the past…
France and Germany
Captrain and CargoBeamer expand their rail services
Both Captrain and CargoBeamer are expanding their rail freight services. The French and German markets are the beneficiaries.
Key modal shift questions
Future loading units in European Combined Transport – what is the role of the semi-trailer?
The European Union is targeting a 30% modal share for rail and inland waterway transport over distances greater than 300 kilometres by 2030. An ambitious…
Intermodal
CargoBeamer jumps into market gap with new cross-alpine service
Rail operator CargoBeamer has launched a new tri-weekly service between Liège, Belgium and Domodossola, Italy last week. The launch follows the discontinuation of a Italy-Germany…
SEMI-TRAILERS ON RAIL
CargoBeamer puts out last tenders for Kaldenkirchen terminal
The construction of a new CargoBeamer terminal in Kaldenkirchen, near the German border with the Netherlands, is entering a new phase now that all tenders…
Six times weekly
CargoBeamer has a new Dutch road-rail connection with Romania
CargoBeamer has launched a new intermodal service linking Venlo in the Netherlands with Oradea in Romania. It’s the company’s first East-West corridor and one of…
Road-rail
CargoBeamer to build “one of the most advanced intermodal transshipment facilities in Europe”
Hundreds of thousands of semi-trailers will move from the road onto rail. At least, that is the expected outcome of CargoBeamer’s new project: a new…
For a total of 205 million euros
CargoBeamer secures 65 million euros in funding for terminals
Logistics operator CargoBeamer has raised 65 million euros in financing. The money will go to the construction of two terminals: one in Kaldenkirchen, Germany, the…
New connection
CargoBeamer introduces new Stuttgart – Domodossola service
Logistics company CargoBeamer is launching a new rail service between Kornwestheim, near Stuttgart in Germany, and Domodossola in Italy. The logistics provider is offering three…
Route expansion
CargoBeamer expands its Calais – Perpignan service
CargoBeamer is doubling the frequency of its service on the Calais – Perpignan route. From Saturday 7 October, the company will offer four weekly round…
terminals development
European Commission approves French State aid for combi terminals
The European Commission (EC) has approved French State aid totalling 9.3 million euros to support the ongoing development of two multimodal freight terminals. One of…
Automation and digitalisation
CargoBeamer launches automatic wagon inspection project with partners
CargoBeamer is launching a new research and development project for automatic wagon inspection in cooperation with its partners Fraunhofer IML and SGKV. The aim is…