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Upgrading to include 100 points and 74 kilometres of track by 2024
The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and Siemens Mobility GmbH announced at the UITP Congress in Barcelona that they will further intensify their cooperation to promote sustainability in rail transport.
Including Serbia, the ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) now operates its own traction in 13 countries.
The acquisition of Optrail S.r.l. by Siemens Mobility has been completed. Optrail S.r.l. is an Italian technology company that develops novel algorithms for traffic management systems (TMS) using operations research and mathematical optimisation techniques.
The Bahanaga train disaster site in Odisha was visited by Indian Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to assess rehabilitation efforts.
On Friday 2 June, a tragic incident occurred in the eastern Indian state of Orissa. Two passenger trains collided. According to the latest information, 288 people have died and around 900 have been injured, but there may still be many people trapped underneath the carriages. A rescue operation is under way.
In an exclusive interview for RAILMARKET.com NEWS, Petr Vlcek, CEO of Europe's third-largest wagon manufacturer, explains how to avoid the risks associated with rapid growth and other topics.
All matters relating to the maintenance, repair and operation of the fleet in Northern Europe will be handled from Ermewa's newly opened office in Hamburg.
This hub will be based on a railway siding. The project is funded by the European Executive Agency for Climate, Infrastructure and Environment.
In the second part of the interview for RAILMARKET.com, Cyrille Guyon, Deputy Managing Director, explains how Ermewa aims to improve the performance of rail freight and double its potential through innovative solutions such as Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC), which is key to achieving the ambitious targets set out in the EU Green Deal.
With more than 200 participants from over 15 European countries and a number of prominent speakers from the shipping industry, logistics service providers, intermodal operators, terminal operators, rail operators, politicians and institutions, Hupac held its annual Intermodal Forum in Lugano on Friday.
The last of a total of 13,000 track support plates have been installed in the Koralm Tunnel.
The Czech Republic hosted the 6th Conference of the Czech Association of Railway Carriers (ŽESNAD), where managers and politicians discussed the biggest problems facing rail freight transport.
Pro-Rail Alliance calls for faster electrification of rail network due to wide disparities between federal states.
A joint venture agreement has been signed by Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) and PSA International (PSA), one of the biggest operators of container port facilities in the world.
In an exclusive interview for RAILMARKET.com, Cyrille Guyon, Deputy Managing Director, reveals Ermewa's response to the impact of the energy crisis and the war in Ukraine on rail freight.
In the context of the new investment of the Chinese company COSCO in the Port of Hamburg, RAILMARKET.com NEWS interviewed Petr Rožek, Managing Director of the Association of Forwarding & Logistics of the Czech Republic. At the recently concluded Transport & Logistic trade fair in Munich, we've been interested in his views on future logistics relations between Europe and China.
Six autonomous drones make daily flights in the Antwerp port area, providing a 'live feed' of port activities.
Kazakhstan's KTZ network has reported an increase in cargo turnover for the first four months of 2023, with operational cargo turnover increasing by 9.6% year-on-year to 89.4 billion net tonne-kilometres.
Losses for individual companies range from tens to hundreds of thousands of euros.
The investment is the second-largest ICE procurement package in DB's history. It will reduce the average age of the fleet to 12 years by 2030.
105 diesel generators worth $2.7 million have been delivered to Ukrzaliznytsia by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Rohlig SUUS Logistics, Poland's largest logistics operator, has appointed Artur Malarski as a new member of the board, responsible for the development of foreign companies in Central and Eastern European markets.
Within the framework of the international exhibition Transport logistic 2023 in Munich, the delegation of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia signed a MoU with the German logistics company VTG.
The German government has approved the purchase of share in operations of a container terminal in the port of Hamburg, amid a political controversy over Chinese investment.
Order includes 40 Vectron locomotives and 15-year full service contract.
Sigrid Nikkuta succeeds Clemens Först as chair of European rail freight companies' Rail Freight Forward initiative.
The long-term contract, covering full-service locomotive maintenance in several European countries, started with 50 locomotives in 2021 and grew to 100 in less than two years.
Revenue from contracts with customers was estimated at PLN 1,564 million. Consolidated EBITDA in the first three months of 2023 increased by 135.8% year-on-year and reached PLN 359.4 million.
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG), in cooperation with Ukrainian Railways, is connecting Ukraine to its intermodal network with the new TransFER Vienna - Kiev route. RAILMARKET.com brings fresh news from Munich Transport Logistics fair trade.
CIECH Cargo, a logistics company within the CIECH Group, has started a one-month test of a 20D locomotive manufactured by Tabor Dębica.
It will probably take several days to restore the railway line between Hajdúhadház and Újfehértó after the derailment of the freight train, said the head of the Debrecen Regional Railway Directorate of MÁV Zrt.
Two out of six new Chinese bimodal CRRC units, ordered by EFE have already been delivered, and dynamic tests have started.
The Rail Innovators Group (RIG) has expanded its cooperation with Reichmuth Infrastructure (Reichmuth) by acquiring a 49% stake in RIG's wagon leasing subsidiary Railrelease.
The money will be used to adapt the Trans-European Transport network for dual civil and military use.
Using Nexxiot's sensor and data technology, Ermewa will expand its telematics portfolio to better control maintenance and improve wagon availability, cargo quality and safety standards, supporting decarbonisation and modal shift to rail.
The company is concentrating on developing its passenger services.
According to local authorities, it was caused by an explosion on the tracks. No one was reportedly injured.
The consolidated economic result of the ČD Group before tax in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) amounted to CZK 396 million last year. The return of passengers to the trains had a positive effect on this, as did freight.
The rail freight digital transformation market is valued at $63.69 billion in 2022 and is expected to reach $142.68 billion by 2030, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +8%. This is the result of an analysis by Global Market Vision.
New multimodal rail-sea route connects Taiwan, Wuhan and Duisburg
In the first quarter of 2023, the port of Rotterdam handled 1.5% less goods than in the same period last year. A total of 111.7 million tonnes were handled, compared with 113.4 million tonnes in the same period in 2022.
NC KTZ JSC, in co-operation with Wabtec Corporation, is carrying out a pilot project to introduce the Trip Optimizer programme for the operation of freight trains, which will reduce the consumption of fuel and energy resources and the wear and tear of equipment.
At 88 million net tonnes, freight transport slightly decreased, but revenue increased by 3%.
Innofreight and the world's largest shipping company MSC have started their first cooperation.
Klaus Wessing takes over as Head of Sales and Operations.
With the conclusion of a contract with BorsodChem, which has now taken over the four-axle EffiShunter 1000 shunting locomotive from CZ LOKO, the number of units produced in this series has reached the second 50.
In an exclusive interview with RAILMARKET.com, Štefan Eštók, Deputy General Manager of CER Cargo Holding, reveals the company's plans for Europe.
The Vectron has received official approval for operating along the Scandinavian Corridor (AT-DE-DK-SE-NO).
Green Cargo's Board of Directors has appointed Peter Viinapuu as interim CEO of Green Cargo AB. He will take up his position on 17 April and will serve until Henrik Dahlin takes over as permanent CEO on 16 September at the latest.