EUROPE: AAE has ordered 300 Sggnss 80 ft four-axle intermodal wagons from Tatravagonka Poprad. They are to be leased to the Metrans subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen & Logistik, for use on North Sea port hinterland traffic.
The single-unit wagons with two bogies offer more flexibility in the type of container which can be carried than equivalent twin-section wagons with three bogies, at the expense of a lower payload and greater route restrictions.
EUROPE: On April 27 Deutsche Bahn and port and logistics group Hamburger Hafen und Logistik announced an agreement to restructure their subsidiaries providing intermodal freight services from German ports. Subject to regulatory approval, DB Schenker Rail is to take over HHLA's 50% stake in TFG Transfracht, which moves containers from ...
SWITZERLAND: Chicago-based leasing company GATX Corp sold its 37·5% stake in European wagon owner AAE Ahaus Alstätter Eisenbahn Cargo to its partner AAE Ahaus Alstätter Eisenbahn Holding on September 26. The sale price of €84·5m comprised €17·0m in cash and a €67·5m secured loan to AAE Holding. As a result ...
EUROPE: Wagon leasing company AAE announced on June 6 that open access freight operator ERS Railways had become the first major customer for its Twin II intermodal wagon. AAE CEO Karsten Sachsenröder and ERS Railways Managing Director Frank Schuhholz sealed a long-term contract covering the lease of 50 twin-unit wagons ...
Source: USA Rail USA: Investors Alpenglow Rail and Connor, Clark Lunn Infrastructure have acquired USA Rail Terminals from Texas-based family investment companies High Roller Group and Jim Donnan Companies. USA Rail has two terminals in the Gulf Coast region which provide services ...
Rail Cargo Logistics Germany has leased Faccns wagons from GATX Rail Europe for transporting aggregates. Indian Railways aims to complete the roll-out of RFID tags across all its wagons by December 2022. So far it has fitted tags to ...
FRANCE: Track access charges for freight trains will be waived until the end of this year and halved in 2021, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on July 27 Speaking after touring the Valenton intermodal terminal at Bonneuil-sur-Marne in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Castex, who was ...
