Middle Corridor and the Romanian port of Constanta as a New Alternative for the New Silk Road
31.05.2022 In connection with the conflict in Ukraine, the usual rail routes on the New Silk Road werealso disrupted. They normally went through Małaszewice and Russia, or via Ukraine andentered Slovakia via Dobrá terminal near Čierna nad Tisou, but the trend of increasingshipments was stopped by the war. Although the flow of goods did not […]
4 th giant at the terminal in Dunajská Streda – installation of a new crane
New, state-of-the-art information systems for safe and accurate container transshipment, are installed in the crane.
The Earth is what we all have in common
Earth Day, also known as International Mother Earth Day, is celebrated each year on April 22. METRANS did and will do a lot for CARBON NEUTRAL TRANSPORT. METRANS trains in Germany and Austria have been running only on green electricity since 2021, thus generating 60 % less CO2. With the product, HHLA Pure, another 45,118 […]
30th anniversary of an important milestone
On 20.02.1992, the first container train set off from the METRANS Uhříněves container terminal in Prague on its journey to Hamburg.
Interview with Peter Kiss, CEO of METRANS Group – We need to understand the importance of rail transport
In order to achieve global climate targets, transport should increasingly be shifted to the railways. This well-intentioned resolution is facing numerous obstacles at present: for example, there are no free slots for new rail products and many political announcements are not followed by actions. HHLA rail subsidiary METRANS is also grappling with this situation. In […]
Delays in processing of METRANS trains in Hamburg – Update No. 1
6.12.2021
Dear business partner, Unfortunately, based on yesterday night´s information from HPA (Hamburg Port Authority) we have to inform you again that the acceptance of some of the trains…