Höegh Autoliners ships 60 railcars from Spain to Colombia for the expansion of the Medellin Metro network which will help to reduce the congestion of its 2.5 mln inhabitants, writes the company’s press release. Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF), a Spanish world leading manufacturer of rail cars with factories in Zaragona and Beasain, […]
Tag: Europe
A new block train from China to Europe launched
The first container train from the Yiwu city in China through Russia to Latvian capital city, Riga arrived at the Riga Central railway station on 5th November, reports the press release of Latvian railways. The service was organized by Latvian and Chinese railways, Yiwu platform, “Interrail AG”, logistics subsidiary of Latvian railway, “LDZ Logistics” and […]
Liverpool2 opened
On Friday, 4 November 2016, a new deep water container terminal Liverpool2 was officially opened at the Port of Liverpool by the Secretary of State for International Trade, Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP. The facility is one of the UK’s largest private sector infrastructure projects, being a UKP 400 mln (USD 500 mln) investment […]
GEFCO secured an EUR 8 bln exclusive contract with PSA
The French automotive group PSA has awarded an EUR 8 bln exclusivity agreement to 4PL provider GEFCO to manage and optimise the automaker’s entire global supply chain. The agreement reaffirms that GEFCO is the PSA Group’s leading supplier in Europe, number two worldwide. The 5-year agreement will take effect on 1 January 2017. Under the agreement, GEFCO will […]
DCT Gdansk extension completed
The second deepwater berth (T2) of the container terminal DCT Gdansk in Poland was opened on 24 October 2016. The new berth, 650 meters long and 16.5 m deep, is equipped with 5 modern and largest in the Baltic region STS cranes able to handle ultra large ships of over 20,000 TEU and 15 fully […]
Container throughput of Rotterdam falls by 0.4%
In the first nine months of 2016 the container throughput of the port of Rotterdam decreased by 0.4% in TEU, and 1.2% in weight as compared to the same period last year, says the port’s press release. All in all, 9.3 million TEU was handled in the port, or 94.8 million tonnes. While the port […]
APM Terminals Expands Chinese Partnerships in Italy
COSCO Shipping Ports and Qingdao Port International Development have become partners with APM Terminals to operate new and existing container terminals in Vado, Italy, announces APMT’s press release. According to the concluded agreements, APMT will have a 50.1% share in a new joint venture created for the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network’s operations in Vado, […]
