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In an exclusive interview with RAILMARKET.com NEWS, Katerina Adams, Sales Director of Forwardis GmbH, explains her views on European railway logistics markets, its recent changes, trends and needs.
Tanzania Railway Corporation awarded Hyundai Rotem with an order of 17 electric locomotives and 10 electric multiple units in the summer of 2021. Two years later, the first pictures of the rolling stock emerged.
Since the Munich-Riem intermodal terminal reached its capacity and cannot be further expanded, DB Netze started building the second terminal in the Bavarian capital on the site of the existing marshalling yard.
The biggest locomotive rental company in Central and Eastern Europe, CARGOUNIT, has signed a new contract to deliver up to 30 Newag Dragon 2 locomotives.
A lot is happening in the passenger rail market at all times. We are bringing you a summary of important news in a nutshell.
Chiltern pioneered Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) in passenger rail service in the UK.
After DB Cargo announced another year in red figures, the DIE GÜTERBAHNEN association criticised the government for preferring subsidies to a single company instead of investments for the entire system.
The European rolling stock leasing company, Akiem, has ordered 15 additional Siemens Vectron locomotives, both for alternative current and the multisystem ones.
A new container service will connect the Polish port of Gdansk with Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro, and Vinnytsia.
FS Italiane Group has acquired German company Exploris through its subsidiary Mercitalia Logistics which owns 100% of TX Logistik AG. By this step, FS owns HSL and becomes the second-largest operator in Germany.
In line with the company strategy, ČD Cargo announced the purchase of 12 additional multisystem Traxx locomotives from Alstom. Unlike previous ones, these will already have the Atlas ETCS system installed.
Arkas Lojistik will become the second Turkish company to operate EuroDual locomotives made in Stadler Valencia. The company will buy five of these dual-mode locomotives.
MEDWAY keeps investing in new locomotives fleet. The latest acquisition is 15 new Siemens Vectron multisystem locomotives for its MEDWAY Belgium branch.
Estonian SaaS company Turnit will deliver a new customer reservation system for Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) in partnership with Spiketech.
The Pomezia Santa Palomba terminal, just southwest of Rome, will be developed by FS Group into a modern international cargo hub.
While containers, coal and other dry bulk decreased, agribulk, iron ore, scrap, and LNG increased in the first half of 2023 in the Port of Rotterdam. The port also signed agreements to expand the container terminals.
Electric locomotives leasing company Railpool signs a contract with Alstom to deliver 50 Traxx Universal multisystem locomotives.
A subsidiary of Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG), Nordic Rail Service, took the delivery of the first out of two Stadler EuroDual locomotives.
China Railway Express (CRE), a company that implements international container trains between China and the world, recorded a year-on-year increase in the number of trains and TEUs transported between January and June 2023.
The latest v3.2 version of the TransMontana locomotive includes an ETCS onboard system provided by Thales.
Hitachi Rail introduces four new N100 trains for the Tobu Railways. Branded as SPACIA X, they will decrease the environmental footprint, featuring some true Japanese art and spirit in their design.
The intermodal centre Interporto Bologna sign a contract with Künz to deliver two rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes to handle its operation better.
Rail Cargo Hungary will transport 10,000 more tonnes of CO2 gas for food and medical industry purposes on behalf of Linde Gas.
Hitachi Rail Nova 1 trains, owned by Angel Trains and operated by TransPennine Trains Limited (TPE) got a maintenance contract extension and Hitachi Rail will keep maintaining them by 2031.
The North-South Railroad (Ferrovia Norte-Sul) stretches 2,257 km from the port of Idaki in the north to the port of Santos near São Paulo in the south.
Wabtec Corporation signed an agreement with PT IMECO to support parts for the 150 Wabtec CM20EMP locomotives of PT KAI.
France-based rolling stock leasing company, Akiem, is leasing French Alstom Prima 2U locomotives to a French subsidiary of DB Cargo.
The first two out of 34 locomotives were presented to the customer, Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA).
Spanish rail infrastructure manager, Adif, awarded the 20-year concession of operating the La Llagosta terminal to Unión Temporal de Empresas, consisting of Hupac Ibérica and TPNova Rail & Logistic Services.
The new siding in Loebendorf will serve Lower Austria and Vienna area, with a special focus on special civil engineering.
Around 70 km north of Dresden, a new freight wagon maintenance workshop is under construction, with a scheduled opening in 2024. Its uniqueness is the CO2 neutrality of its operation.
The Austrian rail control commission, Schienen Control, issued a summary report for 2022. While passenger rail booked a record-breaking year, rail freight struggled to grow and mainly stagnated.
For two and a half weeks in August 2023, one of the main arteries on the north-south axis across Europe and the Alps will be completely closed.
Lithuanian rail freight operator Lietuvos Geležinkelių Group (LTG) Cargo will buy electric locomotives for domestic use for the first time in its history. Around 100 million EUR will be spent on the purchase.
The BBL LOGISTIK order of ten new Stage V DE 18 diesel locomotives with an HVO alternative has an additional option for five more machines.
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) signed a second fixed contract from a framework agreement with Stadler and ordered 35 new double-deck KISS trains.
EP Cargo has announced it offers a new transloading point between broad and standard gauge railways at the Slovakian-Ukrainian border. For this, the siding of the Vojany power plant will be used.
Overall 4.5 billion EUR for 436 new trains, 57 overhauled trains and 50 locomotives. This is one of Europe’s major fleet renewal plans by the Spanish state-owned Renfe.
Leading freight wagons leasing company, GATX, is implementing new telematics and sensor offerings that will be completely renewed on all of its wagons by the end of 2023.
The new addition will increase weekly departures and open the terminal for wagonload traffic and semitrailers on wagons.
The newly-formed Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) Class I railroad in North America has revealed the livery that will be applied to its locomotives. At the same time, a new link between Mexico, Texas and the US Southeast was created.
With over 400 Faccns wagons in the fleet of GATX, the wagons leasing company now offer an improved version of this wagon for construction materials, such as crushed stones, gravel or limestone.
Britain’s new high-speed rail network, High Speed 2, has teamed up with Altair, to develop an automated civil engineering design process driven by its software tool, that can reduce embedded carbon in HS2’s viaducts by up to 10%.
Based on a study of the Conseil d’Orientations des Infrastructures (COI), obsolete Corail trains used on the Transversale Sud line will be replaced by 20 new CAF Oxygène electric trains.
GB Railfreight (GBRf) signed a 7-year contract with Transport Scotlant to provide motive power for Caledonian Sleeper – an overnight service connecting London with Scotland.
Asset manager and lessor Northrail, on behalf of RIVE Private Investment, concluded a framework agreement with Alstom to deliver up to 50 Traxx Universal locomotives, with a fixed order for the first fifteen locomotives.
Making rail freight competitive with road transport is a challenge overall, but general cargo is the cherry on the cake. The discussion on what we can learn from other modes of transportation was held by Menlo79, during their regular RAILTALKS event in Berlin.
Helrom has closed a loan financing agreement with DAL Deutsche Anlagen-Leasing and Société Générale worth €34.5 million.
Wabtec Corporation will deliver 35 Dash 8 and 34 Dash 8 pre-owned locomotives to 6 Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) subsidiaries by the end of 2023.
A rebirth for rail freight wagons manufacturing in Italy: Titagarh Firema SpA, a company belonging to the Indian Titagarh group, launched a division dedicated to manufacturing wagons, and GCF is their launching customer.