Freight news – Page 122
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NewsPKP Cargo fleet modernisation
POLAND: The PKP Cargo Tabor workshop at Ostrów Wielkopolski has completed work on the first of seven ET41 twin-section locomotives which are to be modernised. The work has focused on improving working conditions, with redesigned driving desks, air-conditioning, sound-proofing, tinted windows, heating for snow and water clearance and the installation ...
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NewsRail to gain from Göteborg intermodal terminal relocation
SWEDEN: Port authority Göteborgs Hamn expects rail market share to grow from early 2018 when the Göteborg intermodal terminal is moved from its current central site to a new location adjacent to the port’s roll-on roll-off terminal. The current terminal handles 12 trains and 200 lorries on a typical weekday, ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
On October 23 Container Corp of India launched a weekly timetabled Parcel Express Train service between Dadri Inland Container Depot near Delhi and Tondiarpet ICD near Chennai. The Ministry of Railways said the assured transit time of 68 h would enable Concor to attract additional traffic estimated at 350 to ...
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NewsCross-border container corridor
ASIA: Freight trains between China and Russia have started operating over the Primorye-1 corridor in the Far East, following the completion of an infrastructure upgrading programme. Using a former China Eastern Railway alignment, the Primorye-1 corridor connects Harbin and Heilongjiang province with Russia’s Far East ports, providing direct access for ...
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NewsBanks finance wagons
EUROPE: KfW IPEX-Bank and DVB Bank have agreed to finance the purchase of up to 1 335 freight wagons by leasing company Touax Rail Ltd’s Irish-registered single-purpose company TX Rail Finance 4. The two banks will contribute equally to the long-term financing, which is worth more than €54m with a ...
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NewsAb Ovo to supply Eurasian freight planning software
CHINA: Business software developer Ab Ovo signed a contract on October 26 to provide Shanghai-based logistics company Railink International with a service planning and ‘track and trace’ container management package. This will be used on Railink’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ routes from China to destinations in Mongolia, Russia, Central Asia ...
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NewsRENFE restructures freight business
SPAIN: National operator Renfe has announced a restructuring of its freight business, aiming to transform Renfe Mercancías to ensure its ‘economic, financial and operational viability’. Latterly advising the President of Renfe on freight strategy, experienced railway manager Abelardo Carrillo has been appointed as Director General of the restructured operation. With ...
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NewsWiener Lokalbahnen orders locomotives
AUSTRIA: Following a two-stage negotiated tender process, Wiener Lokalbahnen Cargo has awarded Bombardier Transportation a contract to supply and maintain three Traxx AC3 electric locomotives with last mile diesel modules. The locomotives are scheduled to enter service next year, and will be used to haul freight trains in Austria and ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
PKP PLK has completed a 370m złoty modernisation and double-tracking of the rail connection from Pruszcz Gdański to the Port of Gdańsk, including the installation of a 120 m bridge to eliminate speed restrictions and enable vessels with triple-stacked containers to pass beneath the line. LogServ has taken delivery of ...
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NewsB Logistics launches Belgium – Sweden freight service
EUROPE: Belgian freight operator B Logistics has launched its eighth Green Xpress ‘high quality’ freight service, which is the first it has developed in response to demand from the intermodal market. The Sweden Xpress services depart from Antwerpen and Malmö on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, with a yard–to-yard journey time ...
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NewsKenyan President launches SGR Phase 2A construction
KENYA: Construction works for the second phase of the Standard Gauge Railway project were officially launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta with a ceremony at the Embulbul work site in Ngong Town on October 19. Phase 2A covers the 120 km Nairobi – Naivasha section of the 2 937 km MoKaKi ...
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NewsG&W and Macquarie to buy Glencore Rail coal haulage business
AUSTRALIA: Genesee & Wyoming Inc announced on October 20 that it had entered into agreements to acquire mining company Glencore’s Hunter Valley coal haulage business for A$1·14bn. G&W will concurrently issue a 49% equity stake in Genesee & Wyoming Australia to funds managed by Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets, saying ...
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NewsMumbai to Moscow intermodal freight arrives
INTERNATIONAL: The first containers to be transported on the newly-established north–south freight corridor from Mumbai to Moscow arrived at the Vorsino freight terminal southwest of the Russian capital on October 12, 23 days after leaving India. The containers were loaded onto a ship in Mumbai on September 20, and travelled ...
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NewsEQT submits offer to buy GB Railfreight
UK: Channel Tunnel concessionaire Groupe Eurotunnel announced on October 18 that it had received a binding and irrevocable offer for its UK rail freight operating subsidiary GB Railfreight from Swedish private equity investor EQT Infrastructure II. EQT said the offer through through an indirectly-owned company within its Hector Rail group ...
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NewsDB Cargo plans to cut 893 jobs in face of ‘unprecedented’ market changes
UK: Deutsche Bahn subsidiary DB Cargo UK has announced changes to its business model and proposals to eliminate 893 roles in response to what it says are ‘rapid and unprecedented changes’ in the freight market. The measures announced on October 17 include revising of the number and locations of operational ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
Đuro Đaković Specijalna Vozila signed a €7·2m contract on October 3 covering the supply of additional Zacns calcium carbonate tank wagons to a French customer during the first half of 2017. Australian operator SCT Logistics ran its first ‘official’ train from the new A$18m Logic Intermodal Terminal at Wodonga in ...
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NewsSolar-powered guard’s van unveiled
INDIA: A guard’s van equipped with solar panels and a toilet with biological waste digestion has been unveiled by Indian Railways. The Brake Van Z-frame Improved vehicle was modified by Indian Railways Organisation for Alternate Fuels with the assistance of Northern Railway’s Amritsar workshop. The four roof-mounted solar panels charge ...
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NewsKiruna Wagon signs Australian licensing agreement
AUSTRALIA: Perth-based engineering and infrastructure company RCR Tomlinson has signed a 10-year agreement to manufacture and distribute Swedish company Kiruna Wagon’s Helix Dumper wagon and unloading terminal design in Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia. The Helix Dumper system uses a spiral-like structure to tip 100 tonne capacity wagons ...
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NewsMorgan Stanley Infrastructure to buy leasing company stake
GERMANY: Morgan Stanley Infrastructure is to become the largest shareholder in VTG, the Hamburg-based wagon leasing and logistics company announced on October 13. Subject to regulatory approval, Morgan Stanley Infrastructure would pay €29/share to acquire the entire 29% stake in the company which is currently held by Andreas Goer, the ...
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NewsThree countries agree 1 500 km corridor plan
AFRICA: The governments of Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe have agreed to develop a 1 500 km mixed-traffic rail corridor to serve an expanded port at Techobanine, 70 km south of Maputo.Starting at Francistown in northern Botswana, the route would cross northwards into Zimbabwe, serving Bulawayo, before running ...