News / Derailed train means European intermodal cargo hits the buffers again

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By Alexander Whiteman

02/08/2021

UPDATED: 3.5.21 Athus terminal is back up and running, with restrictions, rail services are back up but with capacity limits, and regular rail is expected to reopen mid-august (16/08).

Cargo owners are still facing transport headaches in mainland Europe after a potential bypass for intermodal services, hit by mid-July’s flash floods, was severed following a train derailment.

Connecting the ports of Antwerp, Ghent and Zeebrugge through the French Ardennes, the route was closed when a train carrying containers of phosphoric acid came ...

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