Freight news – Page 165
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NewsA record half
MEXICO: According to results announced by its parent Grupo México, Ferromex achieved a new record by hauling 22365 million tonne-km in the first half of 2010, an 18·6% increase on the year before and up 12·1% on the previous record set in 2008. Between January and June 2010, turnover was ...
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NewsShunter targets industrial market
UK: A 'robust' three-axle diesel locomotive for shunting and trip freight work in ports, refineries, cement works and steel plants has been launched by Hunslet Engine Company, part of the LH Group. The DH60C has been developed as a flexible design available with a range of options to suit individual ...
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NewsTikhvin signs first major wagon order
RUSSIA: Private sector freight forwarder Transgarant has signed the first major agreement to purchase wagons from Tikhvin Railway Car Building Plant, a state-of-the-art factory being developed by ICT Group on a site 200 km east of St Petersburg in Leningrad oblast. Transgarant has agreed to order 15 000 wagons from ...
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NewsWagon builder sees revival in rail market
USA: 'Recent orders for double-stack equipment represent the early signs of a restoration in demand for this car type', President & CEO of The Greenbrier Companies William A Furman said on August 25, when the company announced contracts to built more than 1 000 double-stack container wagons and 700 hoppers ...
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NewsHupac takes Crossrail stake
SWITZERLAND: Intermodal specialist Hupac has acquired a 25% stake in Crossrail, the Swiss -based rail freight operator which is active in Switzerland Germany, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands. As part of the deal, Hupac CEO Bernhard Kunz has joined the Crossrail board. Announcing the acquisition on August 24, Crossrail ...
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NewsDesert locomotives delivered to Saudi Arabia
SAUDI ARABIA: The first six of 25 Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACS freight locomotives ordered in April 2009 were handed over to Saudi Railway Co in Dammam on August 22. Deliveries are scheduled to be completed by the end of the year, bringing the number of EMD locomotives in the country to ...
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NewsBNSF genset locomotives launched
USA: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger visited BNSF's Commerce maintenance depot in Los Angeles on August 16 for a ceremony to mark the entry into service of two rebuilt genset locos for in the city's port area. He was joined at the event by Pennyslvania's Governor Ed Rendell, who co-chairs the ...
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NewsTrans-Asian ECO train returns to Islamabad
INTERNATIONAL: The first eastbound ECO freight train is due to arrive in Islamabad on August 13, having left Istanbul on August 2 with cargo for Tehran and Islamabad. Six container flats each carried a 40 ft container destined for Pakistan, while five vans had consignments for the Iranian capital. Operations ...
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News'All in one' wagon
SWEDEN: Load securing specialist ExTe and leasing firm AAE are jointly marketing a wagon which they say is a technically simple but economically attractive way of maximising vehicle usage in the forest products industry. The wagon offers the flexibility to carry the most common loads for the forest industry. The ...
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NewsChina South signs Saudi locomotive contract
SAUDI ARABIA: CSR Qishuyan has won a 74·2m riyal order to supply Saudi Railways Organization with 10 diesel freight locomotives. CSR said the contract signed on July 20 is a 'breakthough' as its first order to export main line locomotives to the region. Acting President of SRO Hamada Bin Abdul ...
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NewsJoint management of Corridor X agreed
EUROPE: The transport ministers of Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia signed a declaration on July 30 agreeing to form a joint company by October to manage freight traffic on Pan-European Corridor X. Their aim is to provide more competitive freight services between central Europe and Turkey, cutting Istanbul - Ljubljana transit ...
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NewsWagon component joint venture agreed
USA: Amsted Rail and Faiveley Transport's US subsidiary Ellcon National have announced plans to form a joint venture in which Faiveley Transport will have a majority stake. Launching on October 1, the venture will integrate Ellcon National's braking portfolio with Amsted Rail's range of bogie and coupler components. 'This strategic ...
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NewsNorwegian licence to support north-south growth
EUROPE: TX Logistik has been certified to provide rail services in Norway, removing the need to work with a local operating partner. 'We can now link Norway directly to our own network', said board member Raimund Stüer. 'We will be able to offer end-to-end transport from Norway through to ...
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NewsQR split goes ahead
AUSTRALIA: July 1 saw the formal split of Queensland’s state-owned railway QR Ltd into two business units as part of the state’s privatisation strategy which will see coal and freight operator QR National listed on the Australian Securities Exchange later this year. QR National takes over QR Ltd’s heavy haul ...
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NewsJapanese loan for second phase of Dedicated Freight Corridor
INDIA: Japan International Co-operation Agency signed a further loan agreement for the 1 483 km Western Dedicated Freight Corridor on July 26, making the planned route between Delhi and Mumbai Japan's largest official development assistance project. The latest loan provides the Indian government with ¥1·6bn repayable over 40 years to ...
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NewsTourist railway becomes local freight operator
FRANCE: TPCF Fret became the first local freight operator (opérateur ferroviaire de proximité) to commence operations on July 27, hauling a 64 tonne consignment of dolomite rock over the 7 km from Cases-de-Pène to Rivesaltes. At Rivesaltes on the main line between Perpignan and Narbonne, trainloads are marshalled by ...
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NewsRZD approves formation of Second Freight Company
RUSSIA: Russian Railways gave its approval for the creation of the Second Freight Company as a new standalone subsidiary on July 26. The necessary documentation will now be passed to the RZD board for approval. Second Freight Company will be a national freight operator using its own rolling stock to ...
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NewsLocomotive workshop opens
NETHERLANDS: NedTrain Chief Executive Michiel van Roozendaal opened the company's newly-built freight locomotive maintenance, servicing and refurbishment workshop at Rotterdam Waalhaven on June 24. The company said the new facilities would enable it to provide faster turn-round times and a higher quality of service than was possible at its ...
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NewsDB Schenker moving to Frankfurt
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn is to concentrate the management of its freight and logistics division DB Schenker at a new site near Frankfurt Airport over the next one to two years, it announced on July 14. Teams currently based in Berlin, Mainz and Essen will move to the Frankfurt site, which ...
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NewsElectro-diesel shunter order
SWITZERLAND: SBB Cargo has awarded Stadler Winterthur a SFr88m contract to supply 30 electro-diesel locomotives in 2012-13 for shunting and light freight duties. They are intended to replace Type Bm4/4 locomotives and various outdated three-axle designs, and the contract includes options for further locomotives to be ordered as required. ...