Second train by Turkrail
Turkrail has started second weekly train between Turkey and Austria.
New container train to Europe
A new container line kicked off on Europe-Turkey route.
Turkey-Europe intermodal lines
The intermodal traffic between Turkey and Europe has developed very fast in recent years.
Foreign trade is not on rail
Share of railway in foreign trade of Turkey is going down.
Earthquake in intermodal transport
The leading intermodal train operator Metrans announced to end its service to/from Turkey.
Refugee problem threatens rail freight to Europe
Illegal refugee traffic seems to start considering rail traffic between Turkey and Europe. Last week, 17 refugees were captured at border, in a 45’ rail container.
1600 gross ton train on Turkish rails
Trains weighing 1600 gross tonnes have started to run on Turkish rails where maximum gross ton was 1300 tonnes until this month.
Turkey-Romania container service to start
The only Turkish train operator giving service to Europe, Balo, is getting prepared to run its own container trains between Turkey and Romania.
Big discount in container demurrage fees
Turkish State Railways (TCDD) announced big discount in container demurrage fees in TCDD terminals.
Turkish trucks on way to Gotthard Tunnel
The rail tunnel opened recently connecting Italy to Central and North Europe under the Alpines will now be used also by Turkish trucks.
Ambarli-Europe multimodal line started
Turkey’s biggest export port Ambarli is now connected to Europe by Ro-Ro + train service.
Hupac keeps eyes on Turkey
Turkey is one of the target countries of Swiss combined transport operator Hupac.
Metrans introduced sixth train
Metrans, Czech container operator increased its weekly trains from Europe to Turkey to six.
Balo steps back in cooperation with Rail Cargo
Big Anatolia Logistics Organization (BALO) ended the joint venture company, Anatolia Rail Link, founded together with Austrian railway operator Rail Cargo.
Paper works to end for containers
New legislation published last week which will end the paper work for containers.
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