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Bernd Decker retires, and Mathias Leiner is the new CEO of ERS Railways GmbH, a Hupac Group branch for maritime inland transportation.
Last year, ČD Cargo's market share reached 58.43 %.
This is another of a series of constructions which will result in a fast and ecological railway connection from the centre of Prague to Kladno with a branch line to Václav Havel Airport.
Geopolitical tensions, the energy crisis, and ongoing disruptions in supply chains put sustained pressure on the container segment. This affected the throughput of this port, which was down 0.7% year-on-year to 286.9 million tons of cargo.
The GUARDIA system will be used for the first time on a large scale in the maintenance sector at Deutsche Bahn.
The Estonian state-owned railway company Operail has signed the contract of sale of its subsidiary Operail Finland, which provides freight transport services in Finland. The sales price is 27.7 million euros as a result of the sales process competition.
Siemens Mobility to deliver 1,200 electric locomotives and provide 35 years of full-service maintenance.
With this change, CEVA Logistics announced the creation of a dedicated Finished Vehicle Logistics (FVL) organization as part of its integration of GEFCO. The move comes following the purchase of the French automotive logistics specialist in July 2022 by the CMA CGM Group.
The new certificate has a term of five years and is valid until the beginning of December 2027.
This subsidiary means faster TransFER connections to Greece and Turkey and connection of Serbian business to the international Rail Cargo Group network.
Modernizing infrastructure, introducing ETCS and Digital Automatic Coupling, and counteracting the shortage of skilled workers – Malte Lawrenz focused on these three fields of action at the opening of the 13th VPI Symposium.
RegioJet, Central Europe's largest private passenger rail operator, was awarded a single safety certificate for passenger rail operations in Germany in December 2022.
Beginning 16 January 2023, EUROGATE Intermodal GmbH (EGIM) will add Wilhelmshaven, Germany’s only deep-water port, to its portfolio of connections.
In addition to EUSPA, Betrian Group is also working with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop technologies - for hazard warning. Thus the company plans to contribute to the modernization of European ETCS security.
Deutsche Bahn (DB) continues to increase its staff. The bottom line is that around 9,000 additional jobs are expected to be created.
The contract to carry out mileage-based modernization on ScotRail’s Class 334 fleet of 40 trains that serve the Edinburgh to Glasgow line. The contract was placed by Eversholt Rail who lease the trains to ScotRail.
The amount was over 23 million tons and 15% more than in 2021.
The cargo will be transported in special containers from Klaipėda seaport to Trakiškės, then LTG Cargo Polska will provide transportation to Bialystok, and from there the partners will transport the coal to Braniewo in North-West Poland.
Xi'an, the capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, saw a surge in China-Europe freight-train trips in 2022, local authorities told a press conference last week.
Regarding passenger trains, last year, a total of 13.2 million domestic long-distance train trips were made, which is about 58% more than in 2021 and about 8% less than in 2019.
At the end of last year, Czech Railways (České dráhy) announced a tender for the supply and servicing of trains powered by overhead lines and high-capacity batteries.
Ligita Austrupe, a senior management executive, Head of the Responsible Authority of the administration of the EU funds in Latvia at the Ministry of Transport, and member of RB Rail AS Supervisory Board since 2019 has been elected as the Chairperson of RB Rail AS Supervisory Board and will be replacing the former Chairperson Romas Švedas.
Alstom acting as the Head of a Temporary Association of Enterprises (ATI), consisting of Consorzio Integra, Icop, and Euroferroviaria, with engineering assigned to companies including Systra Sotecni, SWS Engineering and Alstom, who will provide a new signalling system to the EAV Vesuvian lines.
The strike is underway from Tuesday to Saturday.
The Port of Duisburg’s Executive Board trio is once again complete: Lars Nennhaus has been a new member of the Executive Board of Duisburger Hafen AG since January 1, 2023, with responsibility for Technology and Operations. The industrial engineer succeeds Thomas Schlipköther, who left the Port Executive Board at the end of 2022 when he reached retirement age.
DB has already approved around 1,000 vehicles for refueling with the climate-friendly biofuel HVO in 2022.
Egypt’s national railway company ENR has started the commercial operation of the Intercity trains built by Talgo in Spain. The first services connect the Egyptian capital, Cairo, and Alexandria city.
A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) announces the completion of its acquisition of Martin Bencher Group, a Danish Project Logistics expert within non-containerized project logistics and global operations.
Qube, the Australian provider of import and export logistics services, announced the acquisition of dozen new GT46 locomotives from Progress Rail - a Caterpillar Company.
During his recent visit to Poland, Lithuanian Minister of Transport and Communications Marius Skuodis discussed with the Polish Minister of Infrastructure Andrzej Adamczyk cooperation in creating new freight corridors between the ports of the Baltic Sea countries and Ukraine.
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has invested around 200 million euros in the expansion and extended the five-track hall by 200 meters. Now trains up to 400 meters long, such as the XXL-ICE 4, or two shorter trains in a row can be maintained here on one track.
RIA Scotland has welcomed both the Scottish Government’s commitment to sustaining rail funding in the Budget and the publication of the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2).
Tragedy has occurred in southeastern Serbia, near Pirot town.
On 1 January 2023, the new Waste Management Act (AWG) will come into force in Austria, which is important on the way to a modal shift.
The agreement also includes the development of a rail freight terminal in Al Ruways Industrial City.
The inauguration ceremony took place at the beginning of December and was attended by the mayor of Nymburk, representatives of shareholders, suppliers and customers.
The new bridge that will carry direct rail services between Oxford and Cambridge was lifted into position over the route of HS2, the high-speed rail line under construction between London, Birmingham and the North.
New workshop of Railpool Lokservice GmbH & Co. KG is being built at the Hamburg Billbrook site, mainly due to the growing volume of rolling stock.
CBH Group has agreed with Progress Rail to acquire seven EMD standard gauge locomotives, more than doubling the co-operative’s standard-gauge locomotive fleet.
From 1 January 2023, the terminal Cologne North (TKN) of HGK Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln AG will be operated by a new company, the Hupac Group. This is the result of the tender initiated by HGK in June 2022, in which Hupac SA was awarded the contract in November 2022.
The freight and logistics sector in the North is critical to the UK economy given that more than 33% of goods enter through the Northern ports, 25% of GB freight starts in the North, and the same proportion of journeys end in the North. By 2050 it could be worth more than £30bn to the North’s economy and employ more than 500,000 people.
CFO Arnold Schiefer moves to the private sector in Upper Austria. The position of CFO of ÖBB-Holding AG will be publicly advertised in December.
DB is launching before Christmas Click & Collect service "Box - Die Abholstation" at 150 stations. This service allows station visitors, residents, and public transport users to pick up or return ordered goods and services at the station, regardless of delivery and opening times.
Freight rail usage and performance levels in the latest quarter have been affected by the railway industry strikes in July and August 2022.
The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) has assigned DB's Management Board the task of examining and preparing the case for a potential sale of up to 100% of its shares in DB Schenker. Decisions as to the categorical initiation of a divestment process and the form any sale may take will be made separately at a later date.
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) broke the 1-million-tonne mark in grain transports from Ukraine in November.
One of the oldest businesses of FORWARDIS is the transport of hazardous products (especially yellow phosphor) in tank containers from Kazakhstan to Europe and the USA (via Rotterdam).
The DB initiative launched in the summer was alleged "a complete success".
Federal Railways of Kazakhstan (KTZ) and Stadler have signed three long-term contracts for the supply of 537 sleeper and couchette coaches, including a 20-year full-service contract.
The Board of Directors of A. P. Møller - Mærsk A/S announces planned CEO transition: Soren Skou retires as CEO, handing the baton to Vincent Clerc, who is appointed new CEO.