On June 25, the British shipping company Ellerman City Liners launched an intermodal service between the cities of Lodz and Gdynia as part of the iPEX Polish Shortsea service. The project was launched in cooperation with the Austrian railway operator Bahnoperator.
The June cargo turnover at the Riga Freeport dropped to the lowest since January 2021. Thus, port operators processed almost 1.2 million t of cargo, down 119,000 t from May.
The stevedoring companies operating in the Liepaja SEZ handled a total of 514,000 t of cargo in June, a 20% month-on-month or 129,000 t decrease from May.
Laude Smart Intermodal (Poland) has selected a supplier of 40 Sggmrrs intermodal railcars as part of the second tender under the Time for Revolution project. The winner was RC Endustri Ulasım Aracları A.S. from Turkey.
Polish logistics company CLIP Group has announced the purchase of 200 units of 45-foot HCPW (High Cube & Pallet Wide Container) containers. They are designed for intermodal transportation along international corridors, suitable for multimodal logistics chains and compatible with both rail and road infrastructure.
METRANS, a member of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), has announced that it has begun work on a multi-phase project to expand its intermodal terminal in the village of Gadki, near Poznan, Poland.
Riga Freeport handled almost 1.3 million t of cargo of various types in May, which was 42,000 t below transshipment in April.
The cargo turnover at Liepaja SEZ remained almost unchanged in May compared with April. Port operators all together processed approximately 641,000 t of cargo, down 35,000 t from April.
Container Terminal Mostyska (CTM) has announced that it plans to resume regular piggyback services between Ukraine and Germany on the Mostyska-Forst route starting 1 July.
The cargo turnover of the Riga Freeport amounted to 1.3 million t in April 2025, showing a 298,000 t plunge compared with March 2025. Note that the handling volumes decreased in all cargo groups.