Rail freight industry news
The latest news from the worldwide rail freight and logistics industry, including heavy haul, intermodal and wagonload haulage operations, rail freight technology and investment, from Railway Gazette International.
World rail freight news round-up
Business news from the world rail freight market.
Freight: More tracks to Gdańsk’s thriving port
Port authority ZMPG and Polish infrastructure manager PKP PLK are working to enhance rail access to and from Gdańsk, with a focus both on investment near the docks and on key corridors serving the domestic and international hinterland. Benjámin Zelki investigates.
Araparica DMUs take shape at Marcopolo Rail
BRAZIL: Marcopolo Rail presents the Prosper City diesel multiple-units it is building for the Araparica suburban rail project at its at its Caxias do Sul plant.
Nordic Re-Finance buys 31 locomotives as SBB Cargo standardises fleet
EUROPE: Nordic Re-Finance has agreed to acquire 31 Traxx AC1 electric locomotives from SBB Cargo, as part of the leasing company’s ambition to expand its portfolio of modern and interoperable electric freight locos.
Moldova to separate national railway vertically
MOLDOVA: The government has approved the restructuring of CFM as an infrastructure manager, with train operations to be spun off into a new state-owned company.
World rail freight news round-up
Business news from the world rail freight market.
DB Cargo UK trials Class 93 as it explores locomotive options
Great British Railways: ‘The target is to increase use of the railway’
UN Model Rules for rolling stock updated to include digital platforms
Stadler to supply 35 Euro4001 diesel locomotives to Turkey’s TCDD Taşımacılık
President inaugurates Algeria’s heavy haul Western Mining Railway
Metrans picks Szeged as its next intermodal hub
World rail freight news round-up
Ireland: Next steps emerge in all-island rail vision
Union Pacific and Wabtec sign $1·2bn loco modernisation deal
‘New rules’ see capacity, cost and reliability drive intermodal rail freight growth
High speed and freight corridors announced in budget as Indian Railways capex hiked again
Angola to award 30-year Namibe Corridor railway concession
Digital automatic coupler demonstration train goes on a grand tour
World rail freight news round-up
High-volume rail terminal opens to support construction of Meta AI data centre
Nigerian Railway Corp is out of intensive care and ‘ready to fly’
Heavy Haul Rail launches as CMA CGM completes Freightliner acquisition
Bogie-mounted wagon condition monitoring technology partnership launched