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 […]
METRANS trains premiered the reopening of Negrelli Viaduct in Prague
The longest railway bridge in Czechia and the second oldest bridge in Prague, the Negrelli Viaduct, was reopened on 31 May 2020 after 3 years of reconstruction. When opened in 1850, it was the longest bridge in Europe and it remains a vital connection of both Vltava river banks by today. Used by our trains […]