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Rail Cargo International Freight Forwarding in Shanghai will start from the beginning of 2023.
Hupac strengthens its network with a new connection between Antwerp and Duisburg.
It results from the UIRR study 'Roadmap to Zero-Carbon Combined Transport 2050' which was published at the European Intermodal Summit 2022 (EIS 2022).
duisport and VITRONIC implemented automatic detection of containers at Rivergate
Beacon, Stadler, and GB Railfreight have signed an agreement for the supply of 30 Class 99 bi-mode coco locomotives.
EBRD investment in the Western Balkans rail sector to reach €1 billion in 2022.
The electronic consignment note has been available in Germany since April this year - and the majority of logistics companies (77 percent) already use it. However, only one in twenty companies (5 percent) rely exclusively on the digital version of the delivery document and have abandoned the paper form altogether.
The value of the agreement agreed between PKP Cargo and PKP PLK amounts to PLN 683.6 million gross (PLN 555.8 million net). The freight carrier's management has undertaken to pay this amount to the railway infrastructure operator for, among other things, access to the tracks for journeys under the 2022/2023 timetable.
Hitachi Rail has signed two new contracts to equip digital cab signaling technology onboard trains operated by SNCF and Eurostar on French national and cross-border rail networks. The equipment to contribute for enabling passengers to more easily travel by train across European borders.
After the final failure of the collective bargaining negotiations on Sunday and the 24-hour warning strike by the vida trade union, train services on the ÖBB network will resume on Tuesday at the start of operations.
The first 25 newly built grain wagons were handed over to Rail Cargo Logistics GmbH one month ago, with a further 175 wagons to follow by the end of 2023.
It concerns design services for the construction of the new line through Kaunas Urban Node. All interested suppliers can submit their applications by 16 January 2023.
The social partners could not reach an agreement after more than 12 hours of intensive talks today.
The trade union vida has announced a warning strike for next Monday, from 00:00 to 24:00. In the event of a strike, all train services throughout Austria will have to be suspended.
A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has added Khazaen Dry port (KDP), part of Asyad Group, to its ‘Port of Call’ network offering business transportation, container terminal, and reefer container services.
The hydrogen fuel cell solution was developed by Alstom and ENGIE and would be used from 2025. The train consists of a hydrogen generator wagon system.
Concurrently, the company promises more rail transports through the duty-free corridor Port of Trieste - Dry Port Villach, investments in increasing waste transport by rail and new branches in China and Serbia.
Regarding the renewal of the sleepers originally identified as defective, DB has now remedied two-thirds of the resulting restrictions.
Wabtec Corporation announced a definitive agreement to acquire Super Metal, a supplier of automated vehicles and equipment solutions that support rail operations.
Together with the new Container Terminal Osnabrück (CTOS), TFG Transfracht is moving more goods from road to rail. The DB Cargo AG subsidiary is thus expanding its range of short-haul transports, so-called shortland feeders.
Unimot Group invests in rail transport logistics and announces terms and conditions of the purchase of shares of the company Olavion.
ČD Cargo confirms earlier information from RAILMARKET.com and announces new prices from the beginning of the next year.
These are the Hamburg-Berlin and Emmerich-Oberhausen corridors and are scheduled for reconstruction in 2025.
Sustainable electricity could run for 1,400 journeys from Vienna to Salzburg.
After a serious accident of two freight trains in Lower Saxony, the ICE line between Berlin and Hannover is closed in both directions.
TX Logistik AG, which is part of Mercitalia Logistics (FS Italiane Group), intends to further expand its intermodal rail freight transport services between Istanbul and Cologne.
The Czech Republic and European Investment Bank have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on financial and technical support for railway projects between 2023 and 2027.
Tonight there was a train accident in Škrljevo, about 10 km from Rijeka.
The China-Europe Railway Express line is 9.908 km long and trains have started to run on it according to a fixed timetable.
According to the railway leasing Porterbrook company, the wagons, which are fitted with track-friendly bogies, have been designed to optimize the tare weight, volume capacity, and payload with the shortest wagon length over buffers for the bulk material it will transport. The box structure is fabricated from high-strength steel.
The test was successfully performed on 8-10 November 2022.
This is the result of unofficial information that was presented during the 18th annual ČD Cargo business conference.
The company’s first intermodal test train has been put into operation to leave for the Port of Trieste.
The Egyptian government has awarded the contract to operate the country's first high-speed rail network to Deutsche Bahn and the Egyptian company Elsewedy Electric (EE). The three parties signed the agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh. The contract, which has an initial term of 15 years, is worth over a billion euros.
After several years of design and planning, DB Cargo UK’s Class 66 locomotive (66039) has now been delivered to Electro-Motive Diesel’s engineering workshop in Doncaster where the technological transformation will take place.
The Swiss Federal Council wants to further develop freight transport in view of energy and climate policy objectives and the importance of rail transport for Switzerland's security of supply. It has therefore decided to submit two options for consultation.
České dráhy (ČD) plans to purchase comfortable barrier-free electric units for fast train connections. Their maximum speed will be 200 km/h. Passengers will be offered Wi-Fi, an onboard infotainment portal, or refreshments.
Because of the war of aggression against Ukraine and the sanctions imposed on Russia, VTG AG has decided to discontinue its business activities in Russia and divest its business units.
Sustainability in supply chains and the impact on carbon footprint. This was the issue of a panel discussion at WOF Expo 2022 Prague with representatives of DB Cargo, Metrans, Supply Chain Institute, and Railvis.com.
The entire modernization project will cost EUR 53 million. It was launched in March this year and is scheduled for completion in 2026.
The plan is to start in seaport hinterland traffic from mid-January 2023 with a new connection between Wilhelmshaven and southern Germany.
ČD – Telematika retrofitted the onboard unit of the European Train Control System ETCS to the last of a total of 78 locomotives of series 163 and 363 of the carrier ČD Cargo and thus completed the contract.
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has started building an innovative infrastructure in Schleswig-Holstein for the future energy supply of battery trains. Instead of continuous electrification of every track kilometer, the new technology only requires the electrification of short sections of track or individual stations.
A total of 60 tank wagons will be delivered to ČD Cargo.
Space-age technology using lasers and plasma jets is being trialed as a more sustainable way to vaporize autumn leaves from railway lines and minimize passenger delays in the future.
Rail freight falls only in seven Member States but increases in the remaining ones. This information comes from data on railway transport which have been published by Eurostat.
Cargounit and PESA have signed a contract for the delivery of 10 electric locomotives with a commuter engine, along with an option to supply a further 20 locomotives. The first 20 Gama Marathon locomotives are expected to be delivered to the CEE locomotive rental market company by the end of December next year.
Besides prolongation, the European Commission has approved also the modification of a German scheme to shift freight transport from road to inland waterways and rail. The measure originally approved by the Commission in October 2002 and prolonged on six occasions, most recently in April 2022, was set to expire in September 2022.
Alberta Midland Railway Terminal (AMRT), which is situated in Lamont country, Alberta, provides critical first and last-mile transportation and logistics solutions to an established local customer base. This is the latest investment through a partnership established by CC&L Infrastructure and Alpenglow in 2019 that has since grown to include six rail terminals across Canada and the United States.
Rhaetian Railway (RhB) took the world's longest narrow gauge passenger train on the UNESCO World Heritage route from the Albula Tunnel in Preda to the world-famous Landwasser Viaduct just outside Filisur.