ევროპა

The Rhenus Group has become the leader of the new Rhône Modal Shift consortium, which has been awarded a 25-year concession to manage France’s key river ports of Vienne-Sud and Port-lès-Valence. The project is supported by the French state and CNR and aims to develop multimodal transport in the Rhône Valley, including doubling the volume of freight by river and rail by 2032.

The Rozenburg Lock, through which around 20,000 ships pass each year, is preparing for a major renovation. The Port of Rotterdam Authority has signed a contract with Vialis, which will undertake the next stage of the modernisation of the complex, as well as long-term maintenance. The agreement was concluded between Berte Simons, Chief Operating Officer of the Port, and Max Mørke, Managing Director of Vialis.

German company Dako Worldwide Transport has become a new member of the international Project Cargo Network (PCN), expanding the organization’s presence in Western Europe. Dako has offices in Dusseldorf and Bremen and is part of the CF&S Group, which already represents PCN in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan and Georgia.

Deputy Minister for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine Andriy Bratus held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Austria to Ukraine Martin Robert Müller. The main topic was mutual assistance in the elections to the governing bodies of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), which will be held in September 2025 in Dubai. Ukraine is applying for membership in the Administrative Council and the Postal Operations Council of the UPU, which will allow it to influence international rules in the field of postal logistics and strengthen international cooperation.

German company Helrom, which specializes in the transportation of semi-trailers by rail, has filed for preliminary insolvency, launching a financial restructuring process. This was announced by Sales Director Bruno Weissmann on his LinkedIn page.

In the first half of 2025, the port of Klaipeda handled almost 19 million tons of cargo, which is 16% more than in the same period last year. The growth was driven by container traffic (6.5 million tons, +38%), as well as increased volumes in the LNG (+47%), mineral and construction materials (+48%), ro-ro (+6%) and oil products (+4%) segments. The container volume reached almost 700 thousand TEU, and the port is expected to exceed the 1 million TEU mark by the end of the year.

The project involves the addition of a second module, intended to more than double the terminal’s transshipment capacity by 2028. The investment is jointly funded by DB, the German federal government, and the European Union, amounting to approximately EUR 148 million (converted from the originally stated 148 million EUR investment).

DHL Group has announced an expansion of its partnership with the Shopify platform, providing merchants around the world with convenient access to the company’s logistics services. Thanks to the pre-installed DHL integration in Shopify Shipping, millions of users will be able to organize both domestic and international deliveries without having to connect a logistics operator themselves – in just a few clicks.

LTG Group CEO Egidijus Lazauskas and Lithuanian Minister of Transport and Communications Eugenijus Sabutis visited the Rail Baltica construction sites in Jonava, where the construction of a 46.3 km section of the new railway is actively progressing. Contractors from Lithuania and Italy are working here, and the first columns of the longest railway bridge in the Baltics have already been installed – it will be 40 meters high and 1.51 km long. The bridge across the Neris River is expected to be completed by the end of 2026, with a third of the work already completed.

According to the General Directorate of Maritime Affairs under the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey, the total cargo turnover of Turkish ports in the first four months of 2025 amounted to 181.9 million tons, which is 1.4% more than in the same period of 2024. However, in April, the figure decreased by 3.2% to 43.65 million tons.