Freight news – Page 167
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NewsPortuguese high speed concession signed
PORTUGAL: Minister of Public Works, Transport & Communications António Mendoça participated in ceremonies on May 8 to mark the formal signing of the 40-year PPP concession contract covering construction of the country’s first high speed line. He was joined by Assistant Secretary of State Paulo Campas, Transport Secretary Correia da ...
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NewsSteel railway partnership
GERMANY: SNCF’s international rail freight subsidiary Captrain Deutschland has formed a joint venture with ArcelorMittal to take over the maintenance and operation of the industrial railway network serving the steel group’s 7 km2 steelworks complex in Bremen, which dates from 1957. Launched on May 10, Hansebahn Bremen GmbH is 51% ...
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NewsJR Freight launches battery hybrid locomotive
JAPAN: Toshiba delivered a prototype diesel-battery hybrid shunting locomotive to JR Freight on March 25. The HD300 uses lithium ion batteries which are charged by the engine and used to store energy regenerated during braking. The design has been under joint development since 2008 with backing from the Ministry of ...
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NewsCSX seeks a shorter route to Montréal
USA: Proposals seeking regulatory approval of a shared use agreement that would improve freight operations in the corridor linking New York City and Montréal have been filed with the Surface Transportation Board by CSX Transportation and Canadian Pacific subsidiary Delaware & Hudson. Under the proposed agreement, CSX would move its ...
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NewsChina Northern signs European locomotive order
BELARUS: CNR Datong Electric Locomotive has announced a 700m yuan agreement to supply national railway BC with 12 two-section electric freight locomotives following a visit to Belarus by Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping. There is significant international transit freight through Belarus, and the state railway wishes to improve efficiency by increasing ...
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NewsNS locomotives to run on biodiesel
USA: Norfolk Southern Railway and Electro-Motive Diesel are to test 10% to 20% blend biodiesel fuel using eight SD70M-2 locomotives and two MP15 shunters in regular traffic. The tests will last nine to 11 months, enabling the evaluation of emissions, fuel consumption, performance and durability over a wide range ...
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NewsRites to run North-South line
SAUDI ARABIA: India's state owned-railway consultancy RITES has signed an agreement to operate the 1 500 km North-South Railway on behalf of project promoter Saudi Railway Company. The contract runs to the end of 2013, when passenger services are due to be launched. The total value is linked to the ...
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NewsVPS orders 18 Vossloh shunting locomotives
GERMANY: The Verkehrsbetriebe Peine -Salzgitter transport and logistics subsidiary of steel and technology group Salzgitter AG has awarded Vossloh Locomotives a €25m contract to supply 18 G6 diesel shunting locomotives from early 2011. VPS provides haulage and shunting services at Salzgitter AG's plants in Salzgitter, Peine and Ilsenburg as well ...
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NewsOTIF expands to meet modern needs
INTERNATIONAL: The recent accession of Russia is a major development for the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail, according to Secretary General Stefan Schimming, even through only a limited number of RZD routes are initially covered by the convention establishing a uniform system of regulations for cross-border traffic. Montenegro ...
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NewsAlstom begins delivering updated Prima
FRANCE: The first Prima BB 475000 diesel locomotive with an MTU 4000 R43 engine has been delivered to SNCF, Alstom announced on April 12. The locomotives are being supplied by a consortium of Alstom and Siemens within a 2004 agreement for at least 400 Prima locomotives. The latest locomotive is ...
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NewsChina to Turkey train to launch this year
ASIA: Demonstration trains will link Turkey with China and Iran with central Asia this year, Mohammad Mirzaei Kahagh, Director of Transport & Communications at the Economic Co-operation Organisation told Terrapinn's EurasiaRail 2010 conference. These will build on the Pakistan - Turkey train which ran last August (RG 9.09 p3). The ...
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NewsWien broad gauge agreement signed
EUROPE: A further agreement for the construction of a 1 520 mm gauge railway from Kosice in Slovakia to an international logistics terminal at Wien was signed by the Russian, Ukrainian, Slovak and Austrian railway authorities during Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Bratislava on April 6. The four-country joint ...
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NewsRZD and Tatravagonka sign co-operation agreements
SLOVAKIA: Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin and Tatravagonka CEO Alexey Belyayev signed two agreements on April 7 covering scientific and technical co-operation in the production of and testing of rolling stock. The first agreement covers the exchange of technological documentation, training of specialists at Russian companies which are involved in ...
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NewsBox it up
EUROPE: Testing will begin this month of two boxes developed to carry automotive components between Volkswagen’s car plants at Wolfsburg in Germany and Kaluga, 150 km southwest of Moscow. The box was designed by Schenker Automotive Railnet in partnership with Volkswagen Logistics. The inside loading height of 3 m can ...
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NewsRailway to south Sudan reopens
SUDAN: Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir and First Vice-President and President of the Government of Southern Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit reopened the railway to Wau on March 11, a month before elections are due to be held. A train had run on the Babanousa - Aweil section on September 25. The ...
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NewsChina plans heavy haul coal line
CHINA: The Ministry of Railways has started planning for a third heavy haul railway corridor to carry coal from mines in Inner Mongolia to a new port on the Bohai Sea. Work has already started on a coal export terminal at the port of Huludao in Laioning province, around 150 ...
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NewsKorail orders electric freight locomotives
SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai Rotem is to supply national railway Korail with 56 six-axle electric freight locomotives with Toshiba electrical equipment. The Japanese sub-supplier will provide traction and auxiliary power systems worth ¥10bn for the 6·6 MW 8300 series locomotives, which are due to be delivered between May 2011 and ...
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NewsYakunin sets out investment plan
RUSSIA: Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin set out details of RZD’s 555bn rouble 2010-11 investment budget at a meeting on implementation and financing sources which was chaired by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on February 27. RZD’s projects total 435·5bn roubles, and 120bn will be used for road and rail links ...
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NewsCarrying car parts to Kaluga by rail
EUROPE: French logistics group Gefco announced on March 24 that it has launched a dedicated container train to carry automotive components between France and Russia. Running five days per week, the service is being operated on behalf of PSA Peugeot Citroën, which has opened a new assembly plant at Kaluga, ...
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NewsLocomotive delivered for north Norway reopening
NORWAY: Vossloh Locomotives has delivered a G1000BB diesel-hydraulic to Sydvaranger Gruve, which is restarting iron ore production at a mothballed mine at Kirkenes in the far north of Norway. The locomotive will make up to 20 trips a day along an 8 km isolated standard gauge railway which links the ...