Dutch shippers against end to rail service
EVO, Dutch shippers council, don’t want Railion (Deutsche Bahn) to stop its Overnight express between the Netherlands and Northern Italy as planned from October 1st onwards.
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Consignia Review of Road, Rail and Air
Consignia, the new holding company for Royal Mail, Parcelforce Worldwide and Post Office branches, has announced a total review of its countrywide road, rail and air transport links as part of plans to reshape the entire network to meet demands for faster, cost-effective services in the future.
Read MoreRailway (U.S.) May Expand Package Delivery
Amtrak [national railway] is branching out in pursuit of new income to stay in business, from souvenirs to cell phone service, real estate development to express package delivery. Last year, Amtrak’s Mail and Express division generated dlrs 122 million – 6 percent of the railway’s total revenue.
Read MoreAmsterdam-Milan: new intermodal connection
Jan de Rijk & KLM transport full pallets on a fast shuttle train equipped with standard swapbodies
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Deutsche Bahn in intermodal company
Deutsche Bahn Cargo, the state-owned rail company of Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark, is to take an undisclosed stake in the German national intermodal operator Kombiverkehr in Frankfurt.
DB Cargo and Kombiverkehr want to give intermodal traffic new growth impulses through a closer partnership, the companies said in a statement. The companies want joint product and capacity planning in order to reach better quality for forwarders and shippers, they said.
They’re stressing an ‘equal partnership”, which can’t be true, simply because Kombiverkehr is already highly dependent on services and rates of Deutsche Bahn Cargo.
Kombiverkehr is by far the largest European operator in intermodal swap bodies and container traffic On June 27 Kombiverkehr will decide on the DB Cargo offer.
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