MerMec and Impulse signed a strategic partnership agreement for the development of railway safety systems during the Ukraine Recovery conference held in Roma on July 10-11. ‘The project is essential to promote technological co-operation on the Ukrainian railway network with a system that will align it with the European one’, said MerMec President & CEO Vito Pertosa.
Swiss independent rolling stock maintenance and engineering services business Wyss&Lila has joined the Association of European Rail Rolling Stock Lessors as its first associate member, widening partcipation beyond traditional leasing companies.
The Association of American Railroads has approved Austrian company PJM to perform wheel strength calculations according to the S-660 and S-690 standards. ‘We are very pleased that we can now also offer our customers this consultancy service for the use of rail vehicles in North America’, said PJM managing shreholder Martin Joch.
Anura Partners has joined the Rail Working Group which supports the implementation of the Luxembourg Rail Protocol to the Cape Town Convention. The international strategy consultancy said this reflects its growing involvement in infrastructure, transport and asset-backed innovation in Africa, where ‘the rail sector presents a powerful opportunity for sustainable growth and regional connectivity’.
On July 10 ADIF and China Railway renewed a 2018 collaboration protocol enabling bilateral communications, study tours and consultation on technical issues. The 2018 protocol resulted in numerous Chinese visits to Spain to discuss station management, optimisation of infrastructure maintenance costs and gauge changing technologies.
ACES Oman has been awarded a pile testing contract for the UAE to Oman railway project. The scope includes load testing, ultrasonic crosshole testing and integrity testing.