Fresh on Track!

Under this motto, last week our President Linda Thulin, CRM Manager Kosta Tsesmetsis and C-OSS Manager Rainer Wolf attended the Fruit Logistica fair in Berlin and joined a round table on the Fresh Rail project.

An initiative launched by the Provincie Zuid-Holland and involving the Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat, ProRail, the Port of Rotterdam, and FreshRail, Fresh Rail aims to establish an international rail freight connection between southern and northern Europe entirely focused on fresh produce trade – Spanish oranges for Norwegian salmon, anyone?

The pilot project currently underway consists of carrying out a train run between Valencia and Oslo via Rotterdam by the end of 2025. With it, we can show rail’s untapped potential in delivering fresh goods around Europe.

We thank Fred Lessing, Director of Intermodal Solutions at FreshRail, and Marcus Hukema, Senior Policy Advisor Economy and Logistics at Provincie Zuid-Holland, for their invitation to such fruitful (pun intended) discussions.

It is great to be part of such an exciting project for the future of intra-European trade! Together, we can bring about real change within the transport sector and shape a greener, smarter, and more resilient future for it – all while minimising food waste. A win-win for rail transport and our planet!

For more information about the project, click here.