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.
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.
Freight rail usage and performance levels in the latest quarter have been affected by the railway industry strikes in July and August 2022.
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).
20 companies participated in the competition and the best was the combination of two participants – companies Fortior Capital from Ukraine and Teslar Trans from Estonia.
In January a new train service will operate five departures a week between Stockholm Norvik Port and the Eskilstuna Intermodal Terminal. This railway link will connect Stockholm Norvik to a larger railway network.
Regular and scheduled service will shorten the delivery time from China, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan to Europe.
More freight shifting onto the rail and off the roads – especially in the European market, is currently the guiding principle. To achieve ambitious political goals, there is a need for adequate resources, rolling stock being one of the crucial ones.
The new line service will boost the resilience of customers' supply chains and enable them quickly and easily switch volumes between London Gateway and Southampton.
The Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport (BMDV) and Deutsche Bahn (DB) are jointly moving ahead with the planning for Digital Rail Germany. An existing financing agreement will be increased from around 1.7 billion to around 2.7 billion euros.
The new T3000e wagons will be used for intermodal transport between Germany and Sweden.
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.
The new depot is designed to improve the efficiency of rail freight maintenance in the East of England.
The aim of the demonstration was to show how trains can react autonomously to unpredictable obstacles.
EBRD investment in the Western Balkans rail sector to reach €1 billion in 2022.
The volume of transit between Russia and India via Iran is to increase to 12 million tonnes of cargo per year.
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.
The first shipment from Helsinki to Kazakhstan started last week.