Turkish railway operator TCDD has received the first five E5000 electric locomotives, which were developed and manufactured entirely using local technologies. The handover ceremony took place in Eskisehir, where the locomotives are assembled by Türasaş with the participation of the TÜBİTAK RUTE Research and Development Institute.
On 29 May 2025, the joint project of Naftoport and the Port of Gdansk Authority reached a key stage: the Governor of the Pomeranian Voivodeship issued an official permit for the construction of a new cargo terminal. This decision allows for the commencement of construction work on the territory of the existing liquid fuel handling complex.
From 2029, Switzerland will start charging electric trucks the LSVA environmental fee, making them equal to all other freight transport. This decision aims to fairly distribute infrastructure costs and support the transition of freight transport to rail.
JSC NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy plans to complete the construction of a new 75 km railway line by the end of 2025, which will bypass the congested Almaty railway junction. 96% of the excavation work has already been completed, over 30 km of track and sleeper grid have been laid, 17 of 19 bridges have been installed, and 49 of 55 utility pipes have been installed. Electrical equipment and blocking systems are being installed at the same time.
The German company HHLA, together with the Ukrainian investment company Fortior Capital, is creating a new intermodal terminal HHLA Eurobridge Batiovo in the Zakarpattia region, near the border with the EU. HHLA will receive a controlling stake and will develop the facility through its subsidiary railway company METRANS. The project is currently awaiting approval from the Ukrainian Antimonopoly Committee.
COSCO Shipping Europe has announced the launch of the Black Sea Feeder Service (BFS), a regular sea route that will connect the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk with the Turkish port of Kumport near Istanbul. The new service will provide a stable logistics connection for Ukraine to the global maritime transportation network, including destinations to the Far East.
The current SCI Verkehr study “European Rail Freight Transport” analyses the factors affecting market shares, types of goods and corporate strategies, as well as emerging opportunities.
Nippon Express (Belgium) NV/SA, part of the NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS group, opened a new logistics hub on May 16 at Brucargo Central in the cargo area of Brussels Airport. NX Belgium is the first company to start operations at the renovated site, located in a key region of Europe for the pharmaceutical industry.
Germany’s only deep-water port, JadeWeserPort in Wilhelmshaven, presented its logistics capabilities at the Port of Enns on the Danube. The event, organized jointly with TFG Transfracht, Nordfrost, Eurogate and the Enns Container Terminal, showed Austrian shippers the port’s potential for handling large vessels and developing multimodal routes.
In May 2025, the port of Kuryk reached a record transshipment volume since the beginning of its operation – 267 thousand tons. This is 7% higher than the previous maximum recorded in June 2023 (251 thousand tons).
