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The Swissterminal Group is expanding its intermodal portfolio with a rail connection to Wolfurt (Austria), effective immediately. Running via the hub Frenkendorf in Switzerland, this service’s three weekly roundtrips offer customers in the [...]

Swissterminal AG has set itself the goal of achieving net-zero emissions from its entire operations. An important step towards this goal has already been achieved: the company now operates its terminal sites in Switzerland with 100% renewable [...]

Frenkendorf, Switzerland, 30 June 2021: Swissterminal AG will officially take over the operation of three inland ports in the Alsace region - Ottmarsheim, Huningue and Ile Napoléon - beginning 1 July 2021. These French ports will be operated [...]

Swissterminal AG, the leading operator of private container terminals and depots in Switzerland, is now offering customers a new container disinfection service. The introduction of this solution is in direct response to the increased need for [...]

Swissterminal has announced it will take over operations of the three French inland ports Ottmarsheim, Huningue-Village-Neuf and Ile Napoléon in the course of 2021. The company has won an international tender to operate the three Alsatian ports. [...]

Swissterminal AG and its partner DP World have announced the introduction of a regular barge service from Basel-Kleinhüningen and Basel-Birsfelden to various deepsea terminals at the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp, starting 1 January 2021. With [...]

Schweizerzug AG will launch a fully integrated digital booking platform on 1 October 2020. The online system will offer customers complete visibility and control over bookings, increasing transparency, eliminating wait times and reducing both [...]

In connection with the controversial mega-terminal Gateway Basel Nord (GBN), the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) continues to receive criticism. First, COMCO approved a plan deemed “capable of eliminating effective competition.” Second, the [...]

Swissterminal will be adopting a new customs procedure as required by the Federal Customs Administration (EZV) for its sites in Frenkendorf, Basel and Birsfelden with effect from 1 July 2020. Intended to simplify customs clearance procedures, [...]

Swissterminal’s rail network has gained a new weekly connection to Austria: The Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has added Frenkendorf as an additional stop on its service between the Dutch port of Rotterdam and Wolfurt, Austria’s most western rail freight [...]