Freight news – Page 157
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NewsFreightliner eyes Middle Eastern rail market
INTERNATIONAL: UK-based freight operator Freightliner Group is looking for opportunities to expand its activities to include the Middle East, according to Corporate Development Director Dom McKenna. Speaking to Railway Gazette International at Terrapinn's Middle East Rail 2012 conference in Dubai, McKenna said Freightliner is seeking markets where it could work ...
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NewsAfghan railway starts commercial traffic
AFGHANISTAN: Celebrations were held at Naibabad freight terminal at 12.00 on February 3, when ‘a substantial reception party’ greeted the arrival of the first train carrying commercial traffic on the 75 km rail link between Hairatan and Mazar-i-Sharif. The inaugural load comprised nine wagons of flour from Kazakhstan and ...
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NewsCargoNet to launch Kristiansand - Stavanger intermodal shuttle
NORWAY: Freight operator CargoNet is to launch a shuttle service on April 17 to transport containers and semi-trailers between Kristiansand and the recently-opened Ganddal terminal near Stavanger. The train will initially operate on Tuesdays and Thursdays, leaving Stavanger at 05.30 and Kristiansand's Langmeyr yard at 12.30, with a journey time ...
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NewsCanadian Pacific Railway announces C$1·2bn investment plan
CANADA: Plans to invest between C$1·1bn and C$1·2bn in renewal, enhancement and expansion projects during 2012 were announced by Canadian Pacific Railway on January 17. CP's 2012 Capital Plan focuses on strategic and targeted investments to improve service and increase network capacity, as well as funding projects offering a rapid ...
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NewsChiang Mai line included in infrastructure package
THAILAND: Construction of a 750 km standard gauge line from Bangkok to Chiang Mai is the largest single project included in a 400bn baht programme of infrastructure investment announced by the government on January 10. Comprising 128 different work packages for completion by 2016, the programme includes a range of ...
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NewsBrazilian wagon plant announced
BRAZIL: Production is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2012 at new wagon plant which Usiminas Mecânica is building on a 102 000 m2 site at Congonhas in the state of Minas Gerais. This follows the signature of a memorandum of understanding with RCC Holding which is ...
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NewsCentral California Traction gets low-emissions locomotive
USA: Central California Traction Co has taken delivery of a Brookville Equipment Corp low-emissions locomotive under a government-backed programme to cut pollution in the San Joaquin Basin. The GP38 has three Cummins QSK-19 engines with TMV controls in a genset configuration, branded CoGeneration by Brookville. The dynamic braking recovers ...
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NewsTransnet orders more GE locomotives
SOUTH AFRICA: A contract for a further 43 GE Transportation C30ACi diesel-electric general freight locomotives was signed at Transnet Rail Engineering's facility in Koedoespoort on January 10, taking Transnet's total order to 143. 'The acquisition of these locomotives is part of our fleet renewal programme, a key element of our ...
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NewsDirect Rail Services orders 15 Vossloh EuroLight UK locomotives
UK: Open access freight and charter operator Direct Rail Services announced an order for Vossloh España to supply 15 EuroLight UK mixed traffic diesel-electric locomotives on January 5. The contract includes options for future orders, but commercial details are not being disclosed. DRS said the locomotives are scheduled to be ...
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NewsCN merges three US subsidiaries
USA: Canadian National completed the merger of three US operating subsidiaries on December 31, with the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway and the Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific Railway becoming part of Wisconsin Central Ltd. 'CN expects the merger will lead to operational efficiencies and service improvements through the integration ...
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NewsBoxing road loads for rail
CANADA: Raildecks has developed a 53 ft collapsible open-framed container which enables beams, pipes and other industrial products which would normally travel on lorries or flat wagons to be moved on double-stack intermodal trains. The containers can be collapsed and stacked four high in the same space as a ...
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NewsBASF orders 22 Vossloh diesel locomotives
GERMANY: Vossloh has won a contract to supply chemical company BASF with 22 centre-cab locomotives for mainline and shunting operations at its sites at Ludwigshafen and Schwarzheide in Germany and Antwerpen in Belgium. The deal announced on December 14 is worth €40m, including maintenance and spares. The order comprises ...
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NewsTasRail awards locomotive replacement contract
AUSTRALIA: A partnership of Downer Rail and Progress Rail is to supply 17 diesel locomotives to Tasmania's TasRail from mid-2013 under a A$60m contract which was signed on December 13. The PR22L locomotives will replace the current fleet that is 'well beyond' its useful operating life and which TasRail Chairman ...
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NewsChinese locomotives exported to Mongolia
MONGOLIA: CNR Dalian has completed five 1520 mm gauge diesel locomotives for export to Mongolia, its second delivery to the country. They have 16V240ZJD engines rated at 2940 kW, and feature air-conditioning and a toilet for crew comfort.
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NewsMore funding for Strategic Freight Network
UK: The government announced the allocation of an extra £55m 'to further expand the Strategic Rail Freight Network' in the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Autumn Statement on November 29. This will fund works including doubling of 7 km of single track between Soham and Ely, the most restrictive bottleneck on ...
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NewsTitanium line lease
SENEGAL: The TiZir Ltd joint venture of Eramet and Mineral Deposits Ltd is to upgrade an existing rail line in Senegal and build a 22 km spur to serve its US$516m Grande Côte Mineral Sands project on the coast north of Dakar. TiZir will build the spur from its future ...
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NewsHS1 open to Eurotunnel
UK: Eurotunnel announced on December 1 that its Europorte Channel subsidiary had been granted approval to operate its fleet of Class 92 locomotives on High Speed 1. Driver training is now in progress with the expectation that commercial freight services will be launched early in 2012. Europorte Channel currently operates ...
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NewsVTG doubles North American fleet
USA: Wagon leasing company VTG announced on December 1 that it has doubled the size of its North American fleet following the acquisition of SC Rail Leasing America Inc. Financial terms were not disclosed. Formerly a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corp of America, SCRL owns over 2 000 wagons, primarily used ...
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NewsNew wagons for Tibbett
ROMANIA: Contract logistics provider Tibbett Logistics has taken delivery of its first 32 intermodal wagons from leasing company Touax, to be deployed on block trains operating from the port of Constanta. Tibbett is looking to acquire more vehicles early in 2012, in order to provide a daily service and introduce ...
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NewsModalohr piggyback wagons approved for Channel Tunnel
EUROPE: The Inter-Governmental Commission which regulates safety in the Channel Tunnel has approved the use of Modalohr piggyback wagons, Eurotunnel announced on November 21. The decision would enable planned Autoroute Ferroviaire Atlantique piggyback services to be extended to the UK, 'potentially bringing significant new traffic'. Autoroute Ferroviaire Atlantique ...