International rail

HMM said in December that Samsung SDS, LG Electronics, Hyundai Glovis, and several other companies have expressed interest in Asia-Europe rail.

Russian officials expect internet-based cargo bookings to account for up to 10 percent of bookings, perhaps more, in three years.

Transcontainer has dominated the Asia Pacific-to-Russia rail cargo route for the past several years, but a new logistics provider could inject competitive forces into this transport segment.

The growth of rail volume on the China-Europe rail routes has been rapid in the past year, but limitations on the trade route are being exposed.

The opening of the Turkmenbashi seaport in Turkmenistan gives shippers interested in using China-Europe rail one more routing option.

European shippers can realize inventory cost and transit times savings via Mediterranean routings.

The connectivity will facilitate trade between Bangladesh and a landlocked Indian state.

The two major Mexican railroads have a shot at convincing shippers to convert more of their cargo from roads and highways to the tracks.

Improved performance is crucial for Europe rail to encourage more customers to switch from road transport, and new EU rules on coordinating infrastructure will help rail reliability.

A long-shot proposal has been floated to build a railroad that supporters say could make it quicker and cheaper to move cargo by land between Mexico’s Pacific and Gulf coasts than the Panama Canal.

The deal would complement MSC’s ZAO Container Terminal in Russia’s busiest port of St. Petersburg.

By volume, October railed containers totaled 62,091 TEU.

Container Corporation of India delivered solid results in the second fiscal quarter.

Bangladesh is India’s seventh-largest trading partner by volume.

“Last year, there were hardly any robberies.”

China had planned to divert 15 percent of its overall container flows between it and Europe.

A shortage of rail cars has caused Russian rail rates to surge.

Rhenus has opened two new hubs in Europe to handle the growing cargo volumes at its air and ocean divisions.

More than 75 percent of Asia-Europe rail cargo ends its transcontinental journey in Germany.

RZD hopes the reductions will make rail more attractive to shippers who overwhelmingly rely on trucking despite its higher costs.

US exporters and importers from the East Coast perhaps will drive rail and trans-Atlantic transport combinations that can offer better reliability than ocean routes to and from Central China.

Textile shippers have welcomed the service.

The sudden closure of the Rhine Valley Alpine rail track in southwest Germany could not have come at a worse time for Europe’s rail freight industry.

Shippers will greet news that the key European rail corridor will open five days early with some relief, but they will still have to struggle for alternatives until early October.

The China-Europe rail route is gaining in popularity among shippers, but even with its rapid growth, the weekly capacity overland is just 2 percent of that offered by ocean.

“Today only between 2 and 3 percent of throughput at the port of Santos goes via rail.”

Rail traffic between Italy and Germany is expected to rise sharply in September, which is not good news with the crucial Alpine route shut down until Oct. 7.

Truck-to-rail freight conversion critical to easing terminal congestion is steadily picking up momentum at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.

The effects of a weak start to the year for Kerry Logistics were reversed by a strong second quarter and the Hong Kong-based company is expecting a positive full-year result.

Backup routes used to get around the shut down Rhine Valley rail link are proving costly for shippers.

The two month shutdown of a key rail corridor in Northern Europe is adding almost one-third to the transportation costs from the Mediterranean to Germany.

The issue threatens the hard-won gains from a government initiative to lower logistics costs for domestic shippers.

Diversion routes in Germany are also out of service because of engineering work, threatening further delays at Europe’s top container port.

The dispute focuses on efforts to modernize the Trans-Siberian Railway.

The growing popularity of shipping containers by rail from China to Europe is leading to delays as increasing cargo volume begins to overpower European terminals.

Concor’s net profit during jumped 36.4 percent year over year.

By volume, JNPT handled 61,383 TEU during the month via rail.

“The restriction on loading of trains to Mundra Port has been lifted.”

The disruption at Mundra is the latest weather-related complication for Indian shippers.

Starting Aug. 1, three time-definite train runs a week will be introduced linking inland locations to Mundra and Pipavav.