Weekly Briefing
No. 0328 Oct 2026Serbia votes for a new government, but its freight still has to find a way round Šid
A Croatia–Serbia test train beats the Šid crossing by a day, Hungary reviews its Trieste terminal, Danube freight to Egypt passes $100 a tonne, and the Student List wins Serbia’s election.
No. 0221 Oct 2026Rijeka’s rail line is back, Koper passes a million TEU, and the decisions that will move cargo next year are being made in Brussels and Belgrade
The Zagreb–Rijeka line reopens to freight on a patch, Koper reports one million TEU, Far East–Europe reliability falls to 4%, and EU accession talks move on four fronts.
No. 0114 Oct 2026A derailment shows how thin the Rijeka lifeline is, while Croatia finally funds the fix on RH1
A derailment at Meja shuts Rijeka’s rail link to Zagreb, Croatia signs the €677m RH1 double-track contract, and Ukraine locks in rail access to Constanța.