A deeper Felixstowe poses challenges for rail freight
The Port of Felixstowe, Britain’s busiest intermodal port and rail freight terminal, just got bigger. Work has been completed to deepen the approach channels and…
What will Germany do about the Hanover-Hamburg-Bremen rail axis?
One of the main rail projects in Germany is the upgrade of the infrastructure connecting Bremen, Hamburg, and Hanover. However, the government and the industry…
Olaf Scholz visits Beijing: ‘The world needs China’
The train coming from Hamburg, prepared for the China International Import Expo (CIIE), successfully reached the exhibition in Shanghai on 6 November. The train departed…
German delegation to deepen trade relations with China
German chancellor Olaf Scholz will lead a government delegation to China this November. He will become the first western leader to visit the country after…
China-Europe: new energy vehicles fever sees multiple services launched
Xi’an, Zhengzhou and Chengdu all launched new China-Europe rail services in October. Their common denominator? New energy vehicles (NEVs) occupy the train capacity and provide…
COSCO will not own the port of Hamburg, HHLA guarantees
COSCO is about to finalise the acquisition of 35 per cent shares of the Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT), managed by HHLA. This procedure has been…
COSCO at Tollerort: Hamburg says yes, German government says no
Robert Habeck, the German minister of economy, asked to halt COSCO’s rise in the port of Hamburg. The Chinese company is, in fact, about to…
Pilot project puts DPD’s parcels on rail
DPD Germany wants to transport parcels between its depots in Duisburg and Hamburg by rail. For this purpose, it launched a pilot project in collaboration…
New train from Chinese east coast to Hamburg, Duisburg
A new rail freight service has been launched from Guangzhou on the southeast coast of China, to the main port of Germany: Hamburg. The first…
Fastest China-Europe train so far? The secret lies in the border crossing
A new rail link was launched recently on the New Silk Road connecting Wuwei, in the Gansu province, with Hamburg in Germany. Unlike others, this…
New beginning: Shanghai Express arrives in Hamburg
The first container block train from Shanghai reached the DUSS terminal in Hamburg on October 25. It is to be followed by many other westbound,…
New Hamburg-Shanghai route promises sufficient eastbound volumes
DB Cargo Eurasia launched a new link between Hamburg and Shanghai. The first eastbound train between the two destinations is currently on its way, with…