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 lower North Island by using older stock which is becoming available as new flat wagons and CNR Dalian locomotives enter service. Discussions are also under way regarding the establishment of an inland log hub at Waingawa near Masterton.
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 ...
After a long period of neglect, railways in Georgia are undergoing reform at a time when they stand to benefit from east-west trade moving via the Transcaucasian route between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea.
UK: GB Railfreight has put three Zephir LOK 16.300 depot shunters into service moving steel billets from an electric arc furnace to rolling mills at Celsa Steel’s Cardiff site. They are leased from Porterbrook, which said shunters with EU Stage V compliant diesel engines and able ...
