Restrictions that will result in an impact on the operation of METRANS BUDAPEST terminal – UPDATE No. 2 Vased on the information received from Hungarian State Railways (MÁV), we would like to inform you about the next phases of necessary and planned railway closures inOctober and November. On transport line no. 227, leading to our […]
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Hungary – limited border crossing for freight transport
Based on a decision of Hungarian state authorities, the border crossings to enter Hungary with a freight has been limited. Effective from 01.09.2020, at 0:00, a new governmental decree has become valid, where Hungary closed all borders for all foreigners. The entrance to Hungary is allowed only to citizens of Hungary, or citizens having a […]
Temporary Rail Lines Closures during September 2020 in Slovenia
Following extensive closures of rail lines in Slovenia in August 2020 impacting METRANS trains routed to and from the port of Koper, more rail line closures are planned for September 2020. The restrictions mentioned above may have an affect on transit time of our trains from / to Koper. Closures of the Ljubljana – Jesenice line: […]
New METRANS Operation at GUT Gernsheim from 01.09.2020
METRANS Group, in cooperation with GUT Gernsheim, is launching a joint new intermodal product, which will strengthen the hinterland transportation between the northern German ports of Hamburg & Bremerhaven Germany, with Gernsheim. The city of Gernsheim, situated straight on the Rhine, with excellent road links to the industrial centers in Hessen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, and Rhineland-Pfalz […]
A New New Silk Road Routing: The Use of Kaliningrad Railway
DBO Bahnoperator & METRANS, along with PKP Cargo, and JSC UTLC ERA tested a new route for the China-Europe-China container trains as the New Silk Road continues to grow. At the beginning of July, the first test train on the New Silk Road arrived after the 11-day journey from China to the Dzerzhinskaya-Novaya station, in the […]
A Coil-Efficient Solution
Right before any cargo becomes a multimodal transport, it has to be loaded into the container unit first. METRANS is not only looking for efficient ways to transfer containers via terminals and ports to final customers. Its efficiency also embraces the search for an optimum solution of getting the cargo into the actual containers. Such […]
Polish Intermodal Success
Our market share in Poland is growing! In 2019, METRANS Polonia has climbed up in the intermodal rail market ranking, becoming now the 6th largest company of its kind. Size might not matter as much as speed in intermodal transportation. Here we set the benchmark – with 62,1 km/h, our 160 km long Rzepin – […]
The Story of a Banana Express
The spreading COVID-19 pandemic and resulting restrictions imposed upon citizens made people realize, how vital it is to keep our supermarket shelves stocked at all times. Major retailers get fresh fruit and vegetable deliveries from wholesalers, who source their vitamins packed fresh produce all over the world. Also in these times, when many parts of […]
MORE PORTS AND TERMINALS JOIN THE HHLA PURE PROJECT
At the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the International EARTH DAY, METRANS is joining the worldwide movement by implementing the HHLA PURE project to two more ports and two more terminals. Seaports of Bremerhaven in Germany and Koper in Slovenia, just as METRANS inland intermodal terminals in Königs Wusterhausen near Berlin and in Žilina […]