Rotterdam Rail Feeding in trouble: suspension of payments granted by court

A Rotterdam court has granted rail freight operator and shunting company Rotterdam Rail Feeding a provisional suspension of payments. The cause of the financial problems is not yet known. Within two to four months, it will become clear whether the suspension of payments is definitive. A creditors’ meeting is scheduled for 9 February 2027.

RRF is by no means a small local shunting company. The company provides shortline and last-mile services, terminal shunting and feeder services in the Port of Rotterdam. It also runs cross-border services in the Netherlands and Germany. The company says it is active on three TEN-T corridors.

However, the question remains why RRF applied for a suspension of payments. No public reports are available yet. RRF is part of the large international infrastructure investor Brookfield. RailFreight.com has reached out to RRF for comment.

A worrying sign for the industry Hans-Willem Vroon, who is the director of rail freight association RailGood, was struck by the news. “This is very worrying”, he said. “RRF is not bankrupt yet, but the fact that such an important commercial rail freight operator, which was one of the first new entrants in Rotterdam and the Netherlands, no less, has ended up in this financial situation is deeply worrying and very bad for healthy competition in rail freight.”

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