On August 10, a freight train derailed in the Gotthard railway tunnel in Switzerland, blocking the tunnel. The 30-car train was traveling from Italy. It was received by SBB Cargo (Swiss Federal Railways) in Chiasso, on the Swiss border with Italy.
Track modernization work has begun on the Emmerich-Oberhausen railway line in northwestern Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia), so traffic will be restricted from August 19 to September 29. This line is a key section of the Rhine-Alpine corridor, connecting Germany with Arnhem in the Netherlands.
The Facchini 1 tunnel, a key section of the railroad that provides access for freight trains to the port of Genoa in northwestern Italy, has completed modernization work. The tunnel profile has been widened to allow four-meter trailers to travel by rail, which is one of the criteria for TEN-T corridors.
The active phase of construction of an 8-hectare multimodal terminal in the Georgian port of Poti will begin in September this year. The first phase is expected to be commissioned in Q1 2024. The throughput capacity at this stage will be about 80,000 TEU per year, and the total maximum design capacity will be…… Read more »
There were about 8,700 wagons with various goods waiting to be transferred through Ukraine’s western land border crossing points as of August 17 compared with 7,390 wagons seen in late July.
The German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMDV) has presented a project for the construction of an alternative route for freight trains in the Middle Rhine Valley on the right bank of the river. The project proposes a new direction with a length of approximately 150 km from Mainz
A dry port is planned to be built in the village of Horonda in the Mukachevo community. The Horonda Platform project will be implemented together with Italian partners. Located 29 kilometers from the border with Hungary and Slovakia
The railroad connecting the city of Bari with Naples in southern Italy is one of the key sections of the Scandinavian – Mediterranean TEN-T corridor. The line is currently being modernized to accommodate 750-meter-long freight trains.
Before the start of the new grain harvesting season, the Port of Klaipeda has completed the last stage of reconstruction of berths for loading agricultural products. The berths have been renovated so that in the future they can be dredged and fully operational with a larger fleet.
On August 9, a total of 1,639 wagons were waiting in a queue at the Izov station (556 wagons with ore, 329 wagons with metals, 434 wagons with cakes, 108 containers), while 1,046 wagons (483 with metals, 369 containers, 163 with grain, 30 with cement) were standing at the Mostyska-2 station.