Freight news – Page 41

  • FESCO container train
    News

    Refrigerated goods from Japan to Europe by rail and sea

    2022-02-04T10:00:00Z

    INTERNATIONAL: Russian Railways, Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport & Tourism and FESCO have organised an initial delivery of refrigerated containers of Japanese cargo to Europe via the Trans-Siberian Railway. The containers containing food, beverages and pharmaceutical products requiring special transport conditions were shipped from Toyama ...

  • Geert Pauwels has announced his resignation as Chief Executive Officer of independent rail freight operator Lineas ‘with immediate effect’ from February 3.
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    Pauwels steps down after Lineas losses

    2022-02-03T16:02:00Z

    BELGIUM: Geert Pauwels has announced his resignation as Chief Executive Officer of independent rail freight operator Lineas ‘with immediate effect’ from February 3. Pauwels had led the former SNCB Logistics business since it was established in 2008, steering the company through the ...

  • DB Cargo Vectron (Photo: Deutsche Bahn/Marcus Henschel)
    News

    European Commission investigates German support for DB Cargo

    2022-02-03T14:56:00Z

    EUROPE: The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into whether German government support for state-owned DB Cargo is in line with state aid rules. The commission said DB Cargo has been persistently loss-making, with its losses fully and continuously covered by parent company DB AG. ...

  • VR Stadler Dr19 locomotive
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    Finnish diesel locomotive delivered

    2022-02-03T14:05:00Z

    FINLAND: The first of 60 Class Dr19 diesel locomotives ordered by national railway VR for shunting, freight and local passenger operations has arrived in Tampere for testing.

  • BHP loco
    In depth

    Comment: Rail freight’s big battery booster

    2022-02-01T11:30:00Z

    A string of recent orders for battery-electric locomotives from railways in North America and Australia offers hope of decarbonising the heavy haul freight sector, as well as the promise of innovations which railways elsewhere could adopt in the future.

  • Freight concessionaire Rumo is planning to spend around R$1∙9bn on the acquisition of up to 45 locomotives and a fleet of 2 142 wagons
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    New fleet to serve Olacyr de Moraes Railroad

    2022-01-31T13:00:00Z

    BRAZIL: Freight concessionaire Rumo is planning to spend around R$1∙9bn on the acquisition of up to 45 locomotives and a fleet of 2 142 wagons, according to local media reports. The fleet would operate on new lines to be known as the Olacyr de Moraes Authorised ...

  • kg KTJ Altaivagon wagons
    News

    World rail freight news round-up

    2022-01-31T09:30:00Z

    News from the world rail freight market.

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    Metro Report International

    Study to assess moving freight on trams and buses

    2022-01-31T04:00:00Z

    GERMANY: The Federal Ministry of Transport & Digital Infrastructure has awarded a €2·7m grant for the CargoSurfer project, which aims to explore use of spare capacity on buses and trams to carry freight such as parcels and fresh produce. The initiative will use artificial intelligence to ...

  • Operail containers
    News

    Operail sees intermodal traffic shift to rail

    2022-01-30T05:00:00Z

    ESTONIA: National freight operator Operail reports that it shifted a record volume of container traffic from road to rail in 2021 despite facing some challenging market conditions. Operail services replaced 16 000 lorry journeys with rail transport, and the company grew its intermodal freight traffic by ...

  • UWC tank car Type 15-9993-03
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    Custom-designed chemical tank wagon certified

    2022-01-29T05:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: United Wagon Co has obtained federal certification for a custom-designed liquid chemical and hydrocarbon tank wagon, with the first batch being produced for the RN-Trans logistics subsidiary of oil company Rosneft. ‘In response to a request from our customer, we have custom designed a new ...

  • CRRC Delivers Four Additional Second-Generation SDA1 Locomotives to SCT Logistics in Australia.
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    Second-generation ‘Pandaroo’ locomotives delivered

    2022-01-28T11:00:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: China’s CRRC Ziyang has shipped a batch of second-generation SDA1 diesel locomotives ordered by SCT Logistics. SCT ordered an initial six first-generation SDA1 ‘Pandaroo’ locomotives in September 2010 for delivery in 2011, and a further four in March 2011. It ordered 12 of the second-generation ...

  • Watco cattle train Queensland
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    Cattle train contract awarded

    2022-01-28T10:00:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: Following a competitive tender, the government of Queensland has awarded Watco East West the North West contract to operate trains transporting herds of cattle from regional hubs to processing facilities on the east coast. This follows from the Central West contract awarded to Watco last ...

  • Pakistan Railways container service launch
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    Pakistan Railways launches Karachi container service

    2022-01-27T06:00:00Z

    PAKISTAN: Pakistan Railways has inaugurated a service transporting containers from Hutchison Ports’ South Asia Pakistan Terminal in Karachi to inland destinations including Lahore. Speaking at the launch ceremony on January 24, Minister for Railways Azam Khan Swati said the port is expected to handle 3·1 million containers/year, ...

  • The development of a southern rail corridor between China and Europe via Central Asia, Iran and Turkey as an alternative to the established routes through Russia is facing substantial difficulties, a breakout session of the European Silk Road Summit heard
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    Politics and geography impede Central Asian rail freight corridors

    2022-01-27T05:00:00Z

    INTERNATIONAL: The development of a southern rail corridor between China and Europe via Central Asia, Iran and Turkey as an alternative to the established routes through Russia is facing substantial difficulties, a breakout session of the European Silk Road Summit heard. Andreas Schwilling, Senior Advisor at ...

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    Space engineers rethink rail freight with autonomous battery-electric vehicles

    2022-01-26T12:01:00Z

    Prototype autonomous battery-powered container wagons are being developed by engineers at California start up Parallel Systems. Co-founder, CEO and former SpaceX engineer Matt Soule explains how the company aims to bring new thinking to rail freight.

  • Year-round ice-free access to north Russian ports and investments in the trans-Siberian rail corridor offer opportunities for the further development of rail freight, Yulia Kosolapova, Managing Director of RZD Logistics in Europe, told the European Silk R
    News

    Ice-free shipping route could open opportunities for rail

    2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

    INTERNATIONAL: Year-round ice-free access to north Russian ports and investments in the trans-Siberian rail corridor offer opportunities for the further development of rail freight, Yulia Kosolapova, Managing Director of RZD Logistics in Europe, told the European Silk Road Summit. She said the volume of inter-continental rail ...

  • Fortescue Metals Group’s green technology division Fortescue Future Industries is developing what it says is a ‘world leading’ battery electric train concept.
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    Formula 1 technology company to support development of battery train

    2022-01-25T12:00:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: Fortescue Metals Group’s green technology division Fortescue Future Industries is developing what it says is a ‘world leading’ battery electric train concept. The project was disclosed on January 24 when Fortescue announced it had agreed to acquire UK-based motorsports technology company Williams Advanced Engineering, saying ...

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    In depth

    Moldova: Looking to a better future

    2022-01-25T10:30:00Z

    With European investment being channelled into infrastructure and rolling stock renewals, plans are in place for structural reform of Moldova’s state-owned railway. Toma Bačić investigates.

  • BHP loco
    News

    BHP to trial battery locos on Pilbara iron ore network

    2022-01-25T08:49:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: Mining company BHP has awarded Progress Rail and Wabtec contracts to supply four battery locomotives for trials on its Western Australia Iron Ore network from late 2023. Progress Rail is to supply two EMD Joule eight-axle locomotives with a battery capacity of 14·5 MWh, while ...

  • cn China-Europe (Chengdu) Railway Express freight train departs Chengdu International Railway Port for Europe
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    Europe and China should co-ordinate to develop the New Silk Road

    2022-01-25T05:00:00Z

    INTERNATIONAL: The European freight sector needs to take a stronger role in the development of rail links with China in order to ensure that Eurasian rail connections can achieve their full potential, the European Silk Road Summit heard. David Aloia, Head of Shuttle Net North-East Europe ...