Freight news – Page 158
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NewsUGL and GE announce narrow-gauge PowerHaul
AUSTRALIA: GE Transportation and Australian manufacturing partner UGL Ltd officially announced plans for a 1 067 mm gauge version of the PowerHaul Series locomotive at AusRail Plus in Brisbane on November 22. The 3 700 hp PH37ACmai is intended for heavy haul and fast freight operations on the narrow-gauge networks ...
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NewsGlobaltrans plans for a liberalised traction market
RUSSIA: Private rail freight group Globaltrans Investment acquired an additional 10% stake in oil transport company BaltTransServis from a minority shareholder on November 10, paying US$74·5m to take its controlling interest in BTS to 60%. Globaltrans said BTS will be the 'key platform' for increasing its presence in ...
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NewsInvestment spurs Kazakh rolling stock industry
KAZAKHSTAN: Freight operator Kaztemirtrans has taken delivery of the first 119 of 615 open wagons funded by ATF Bank and manufactured by Kazakhstan Rail Car Building Co with 40% domestic content. State Development Bank of Kazakhstan is providing Kazakhstan Rail Car with US$56m to fund production facilities including robots ...
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NewsEBRD funds wagons to boost Russia - Finland trade
RUSSIA: European Bank for Reconstruction & Development has agreed a €22·5m loan to enable St Petersburg-registered Huolintakeskus to acquire more than 700 new wagons, increasing its fleet by 70%. Huolintakeskus is a subsidiary of Finland's Nurminen Logistics. It operates across the CIS and Baltic region, but has a particular focus ...
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NewsDiesel-battery hybrid shunter on show at Shcherbinka
RUSSIA: A twin-axle diesel-battery shunter was on display at Expo 1520 in Shcherbinka. Produced by Kaluga-based Polyet, the shunter has a 60 kW diesel generator supporting a 630 A lead-acid battery supplied by Slovenian firm TAB. The loco is rated at 206 kW to 240 kW depending on operating ...
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NewsGrowth & the Capacity Challenge: now available to watch on demand
RAILWAY GAZETTE TV: With demand for passenger and freight movement by rail projected to rise significantly over the coming 20 years, infrastructure managers and train operators across Europe are facing the challenge of squeezing extra capacity from busy networks and building new lines despite financial constraints. Railway Gazette International held ...
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NewsIndependent Transport Co wins Freight One auction
RUSSIA: Independent Transport Co was the winning bidder for the 75% minus two shares stake in Russian Railways' First Freight Company subsidiary which was sold by auction on October 28. ITC is owned by Vladimir Lisin, Chairman of Novolipetsk Steel and reported by Forbes to be Russia's richest ...
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NewsGrowth & the Capacity Challenge: join the debate
EUROPE: With demand for passenger and freight movement by rail projected to rise significantly over the coming 20 years, infrastructure managers and train operators across Europe are facing the challenge of squeezing extra capacity from busy networks and building new lines despite financial constraints. Railway Gazette International will be holding ...
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NewsLocomotive rebuilds target emissions and power
LATVIA: On show at Riga's Central station in conjunction with the 1520 Strategic Partnership meeting are two prototype locomotives rebuilt by the national railway's rolling stock services subsidiary LDZ Ritosa Sastava Serviss to comply with European Stage IIIA emissions standards. The more powerful of the two is a CME3-M Co-Co ...
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NewsSBB Cargo electro-diesel shunter unveiled
SWITZERLAND: The first of 30 Eem923 electro-diesel shunting locomotives ordered by SBB Cargo was unveiled at Stadler's Winterthur plant on October 14. SBB placed a SFr88m order for the two-axle locomotives in July 2010, with the aim of replacing the Type Bm4/4 and various outdated three-axle designs. The ...
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NewsEBRD supports private sector wagon owner
UKRAINE: European Bank for Reconstruction & Development is supporting private rolling stock owner Interleaseinvest's acquisition of around 2 500 open and hot pellet wagons, through the provision of a US$45m loan and a similar amount syndicated to Raiffeisen Bank International, Erste Group Bank and UniCredit Bank Austria. Announcing the loan ...
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NewsSaudi Landbridge to go ahead as state project
SAUDI ARABIA: On October 10 the Council of Ministers decided to proceed with the Saudi Landbridge east-west freight line as a state-funded project. The line linking Dammam on the Gulf with Jeddah Islamic Port on the Red Sea will be state owned and financed by the ...
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NewsLog cradle bases increase capacity
NEW ZEALAND: KiwiRail expects to increase the payload of its log wagons by 20% to 50% though the use of a new cradle base which will enable three bunks to be carried per wagon, or a total of 36 tonnes. KiwiRail is aiming to grow its forestry traffic in the ...
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NewsRZD to increase 2011 investment spending
RUSSIA: Presenting the Russian Railways results for the first nine months of 2011 in Moscow on October 5, RZD President Vladimir Yakunin confirmed that the railway was planning to increase its capital spending for the current year by 18%. The railway had initially approved an investment programme totalling 349bn roubles, ...
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NewsBrunswick Rail’s new-generation wagons arrive
RUSSIA: private wagon leasing group Brunswick Rail announced on October 5 that it had taken delivery of the first of a new design of gondola wagons being supplied by CJSC Promtraktor-Vagon. Under a contract signed in July, Brunswick Rail is buying 70 Type 12-1304 four-axle wagons from Promtraktor-Vagon; these are ...
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NewsGPS tracking
EUROPE: During September freight operator Europorte began fitting its locomotives with GPS beacons linked to a movement monitoring system developed by Belgian firm Railnova in partnership with Kerlink. The Railster system will provide real-time location reporting for Europorte’s fleet. Automatic collection of temperature, average speed and distance covered data will ...
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NewsDB Schenker to launch daily freight train to China
INTERNATIONAL: DB Schenker Rail Automotive is to launch a daily container train service between Germany and China in late November, carrying BMW automotive components from Leipzig to Shenyang. 'With a transit time of 23 days, the direct trains are more than twice as fast as maritime transport followed by transport ...
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NewsTier 3 emissions standards drive locomotive evolution
USA: The introduction of EPA Tier 3 emissions standards for main line locomotives in January 2012 was clearly reflected in the variety of motive power on show at the Railway Interchange 2011 outdoor exhibition at CP's Humbolt Yard in Minneapolis on September 18-20. Progress Rail Services was showing a purpose-built ...
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NewsSofia joins the European container network
BULGARIA: Sofia joined the list of locations served by block intermodal trains with the arrival of a pilot service from Ljubljana on September 17. Block container trains have previously only transited Bulgaria, as the country lacked terminals with sufficient capacity to handle them. The arrival of the train carrying 24 ...
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NewsDB Schenker opens covered transhipment facility
ITALY: DB Schenker has opened a logistics centre and covered road-rail transhipment facility adjacent to Schenker Italiana's existing site at Dinazzano near Bologna and Modena in northern Italy. The new facility includes hard standing and a 600 m siding serving a 250 m shed where valuable or sensitive goods can ...