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Similar to grain, alternative ways are being sought to transport this mineral commodity from Ukraine to Europe and North Africa.
The amount was over 23 million tons and 15% more than in 2021.
The investment will enable the purchase of platforms and wagons for freight transport and the buying of modern electric locomotives.
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.
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.
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.
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.
After completion of the transaction, PGE will become the owner of the company with exclusive rights to supply energy to the railway sector and to provide traction network maintenance services.
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).
The agreement also includes the development of a rail freight terminal in Al Ruways Industrial City.
Deutsche Bahn to donate Ukrainian State Railway Ukrzaliznytsia emergency power generators.
Acquisition will help GEODIS expand its integrated freight network in Germany.
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.
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.
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.
Freight rail usage and performance levels in the latest quarter have been affected by the railway industry strikes in July and August 2022.
The last weekend before Christmas was marked by protests by railway workers in several European countries.
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.