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Railway shipments of gasoline from China to Kyrgyzstan launched

Spanish MEP: Rail crash not linked to underinvestment

Domenec Ruiz, a Member of the European Parliament for Spain and member of the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), said on Thursday that the recent train disaster in Toledo was "not necessarily connected to a general lack of investment" in the country's railway network.

Protests in Europe expose growing generational divide

With the arrival of autumn, Europe has sunk into a wave of protests that still hasn't let up. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets, and not in a single country but in a good dozen of them at once. France, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Greece, Albania, and Germany is next in line. Yet behind all of the…

Green Cargo back in the black while Nurminen grows on Italy–Sweden route

Two Nordic rail freight operators published mixed third-quarter results. Finnish Nurminen Logistics grew net sales by 10.4% to €26.3 million thanks to its Italian block trains. Still, the operator slipped into loss territory. Swedish operator Green Cargo posted an operating profit of 73 million Swedish crowns (€6.6 mi…

PKP Cargo subsidiary seals creditor deal while parent remains mired in debt dispute

PKP Cargo’s rolling-stock maintenance subsidiary, PKP Cargotabor, has secured a legally binding deal to repay its debts, ending two years of restructuring and bringing some stability to a key part of the Polish freight operator’s business. Its parent company, however, remains locked in a dispute with creditors over it…

Rail Cargo Group weighs single wagonload cuts in East Tyrol

The Austrian rail freight operator Rail Cargo Group is considering scaling back single wagonload services between Sachsenburg in Carinthia and Sillian in East Tyrol. The service is too labour- and cost-intensive, the ÖBB subsidiary said. Local politicians warn that the move could put 50 to 60 extra trucks on the road …

Pakistan-Afghanistan border clashes leave dead and injured on both sides

The situation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border has escalated again following fresh clashes between the two countries' military forces, resulting in casualties on both sides.

SFL adds $365m newbuild trio with $333m in charter cover

John Fredriksen-backed SFL Corporation has agreed to acquire three newbuildings for around $365m, securing long-term employment that will add at least $333m to its charter backlog. The New York-listed shipowner said the latest investment covers two 8,800 teu containerships scheduled for delivery in 2027 and a 93,000 c…

Korean carrier Namsung returns to China for larger boxships

South Korea’s Namsung Shipping has been linked to another containership order in China, with brokers reporting a deal for two firm 7,100 teu vessels at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (DSIC), plus options for another pair. Shipbroking sources said the CSSC-owned yard had secured the contract, with deliveries …

Plans afoot for potential launch of Dunkirk-Rungis rail freight service

Plans are gathering momentum for the potential launch of a rail freight service connecting the port of Dunkirk and the Paris-Rungis market. Semmaris, the public body running Rungis, has been working for several years on revitalising rail freight at the site, in close collaboration with the State and the Greater Paris …

India greenlights $1bn drive to break China’s container manufacturing dominance

India has approved a INR100bn ($1.05bn) programme to massively expand domestic shipping container manufacturing, targeting a tenfold increase in annual capacity as New Delhi seeks to challenge China’s near-monopoly over the industry. The country’s cabinet approved the Container Manufacturing Promotion Scheme yesterday…

GB Railfreight names Jude Winstanley as new CEO

GB Railfreight, one of the largest operators in the UK, has appointed Jude Winstanley as CEO, succeeding founder John Smith who will step back after more than 25 years leading the company. Winstanley’s position will be effective as of 2 November. Smith will continue to support the business in an advisory capacity to e…

RailNetEurope’s capacity planning tool goes fully live

RailNetEurope has launched the final Capacity Model module of its new Capacity Planning Tool (CPT), completing the rollout of a European platform that brings future traffic forecasts, planned engineering works and available train paths into one system. Freight operators can now test it for the 2029 timetable, ahead of…

Dutch Container Merchants makes its debut at Intermodal Europe

For the first time, container trading and leasing company Dutch Container Merchants (DCM) will exhibit at Intermodal Europe 2026 with its own stand (D81). The Amsterdam-based family business is ready to meet the industry face to face and showcase its container offering. When Rogier Vervoort founded Dutch Container Mer…

Boluda strikes deal to acquire Samskip

Spanish shipping group Boluda has agreed to acquire Netherlands-headquartered multimodal operator Samskip, bringing together two major European shortsea businesses in a deal spanning 32 vessels and 18 routes. Boluda Shipping said the acquisition would combine its container shipping network with Samskip’s northern Euro…

Maritime CEO Forum: Tanker owners see more upside

Tanker owners remain broadly bullish on the extraordinary freight market despite soaring asset prices, an ageing fleet and mounting geopolitical risks. Speaking at the Maritime CEO Forum at the Yacht Club de Monaco on Tuesday, leading tanker executives debated the warning signs that could signal an end to the boom, th…

Europe’s rail freight challenge: infrastructure alone is not enough

Europe has ambitious plans to shift freight from road to rail, but the results so far have been disappointing. According to the recent 2026 CER Economic Study on the European Rail Freight Sector, rail’s share of EU inland freight transport fell from 18.8% in 2014 to 16.6% in 2024. This decline reflects a combination o…

Drone-hit boxship sinks off Bulgaria

The Greek-managed containership Contship Jet has sunk off Bulgaria after being struck by three sea drones yesterday, as Russia claims further attacks on merchant vessels heading towards Ukrainian ports. The Liberian-flagged vessel, operated by Contships Management, was sailing from Haifa to Constanta when it was attac…

Azeri Light crude oil prices increase at Augusta and Ceyhan ports

The price of Azerbaijan’s Azeri Light crude oil on a CIF basis at Italy’s Augusta port increased by $2.93, or 2.39%, from the previous figure to $125.42 per barrel.

Gruber Logistics takes over Hamburg multimodal namesake to strengthen Brenner service

Italian logistics provider Gruber Logistics has acquired Hamburg-based Gruber AG, a freight forwarder specialising in rail and multimodal transport. The deal reunites two companies that split nearly three decades ago. It strengthens Gruber Logistics’ intermodal services between Italy and the Port of Hamburg via the Br…

Three naval drones attack container ship in Black Sea

Three naval drones have attacked a container ship in the Black Sea, 21 nautical miles off the Bulgarian coast near Cape Kaliakra.

FS Logistix orders six more Czech locomotives amid €1bn fleet renewal

Italian rail freight group FS Logistix has ordered six diesel-electric EffiShunter 1000 locomotives from Czech manufacturer CZ LOKO, bringing its total orders for the model to 18 as it expands and modernises its fleet under a €1 billion investment programme. The order, announced on 26 October, was placed through subsi…

US dollar dominates Azerbaijan’s state-guaranteed debt portfolio

The US dollar accounted for the largest share of Azerbaijan’s state-guaranteed debt as of October 1, exceeding the euro’s share by ...

Ukraine to return rail quotas as 20,000 wagons get stuck on way to EU borders

More than 20,700 freight wagons are queueing for Ukraine’s western rail border crossings. Only 837 of them are actually at the border. To stop the backlog growing, Ukrainian Railways (UZ) will return to monthly planning and quotas in November. As of 23 October, 20,718 wagons were heading for the western border, accord…

Middle Corridor trains keep increasing amid persisting challenges

Freight trains connecting China and Europe via the Middle Corridor continue to experience massive growth, with their number on par to more than double in 2026 compared to last year. At the same time, there remain a few obstacles that might hinder further growth and fuel distrust among shippers. The number of trains ru…

Исследование ЕС: зависимость от поставщиков ERTMS и фрагментация угрожают затратам и целям внедрения

Исследование Еврокомиссии указывает на отставание внедрения ERTMS и на зависимость от поставщиков, что может повысить стоимость. По плану национальных программ трасс потребуется оборудовать почти в пять раз быстрее, чем сейчас.

Woodside выходит из задержанного газового проекта Тимор-Лешти

Австралийская Woodside согласилась продать всю свою 33,44% долю в долгоsignal задержанном проекте Greater Sunrise государственной компании Тимор-Лешти TIMOR GAP за до 200 млн долларов. Сделка может передать ресурс под полный тиморский контроль.

Портфель заказов на контейнеровозы приближается к 16 млн TEU

Мировой портфель заказов на контейнеровозы превысил 15 млн TEU, и новая волна контрактов на суда класса megamax может довести его до 16 млн TEU до конца года. По данным Alphaliner, около 40 крупных контейнеровозов дополнительно ожидаются.

Грузовые перевозки по смешанным линиям Германии работают значительно хуже ожидаемого

По данным правительства Германии, грузовое движение по скоростным линиям, рассчитанным и на пассажиров, и на грузы, сильно ниже прогнозов. Например, на линии Нюрнберг–Ингольштадт в 2025 году грузовые поезда ходили лишь «изредка» при прогнозе около 100 в сутки.

Цена нефти Azeri Light упала на 4% за баррель

Цена азербайджанской нефти Azeri Light снизилась на 5,11 доллара, или 4%, до 122,49 доллара за баррель на условиях CIF в итальянском порту Огуста по сравнению с предыдущим значением.