A trial India – Russia freight service is being planned for late August, with a sea link from Mumbai to Banda Abbas in Iran, then by rail to Rasht, by road to Astara in Azerbaijan and thence by rail to Moscow.
A memorandum of co-operation signed by Russian Railways, Gefco and PAO Severstal at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 17 covers proposals for RZD to move metal products and raw materials for Severstal, with Gefco to optimise logistics processes.
The JSC Lokomotiv manufacturing business of Kazakhstan’s national railway KTZ has been renamed KTZ-Freight Transportation, and is take over freight operations from the parent company.
The government of Canada has published proposed changes to locomotive emissions regulations which are being developed under the Railway Safety Act. These would be aligned with those of the USA and provide regulatory certainty for the rail industry, according to Minister of Transport Marc Garneau.