RUSSIA: Petrochemical company Sibur has signed a seven-year agreement to lease 550 Type 15-1780 propane and butane gas tank wagons from Brunswick Rail.
The first 20 wagons were delivered in April, with the rest to follow by October. ‘Long-term co-operation with such clients is a key element of Brunswick Rail’s strong market position’, said Vladimir Khoroshilov, the leasing firm’s Deputy CEO.
RUSSIA: Private freight operator Globaltrans is poised to take advantage of a partial liberalisation of the traction market which the government is expected to announce later this year, CEO Sergey Maltsev said on April 4.
USA: The board of California’s North Bay area commuter rail operator Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit has approved plans to acquire 33 km of railway between Healdsburg and the Mendocino-Sonoma County line from the North Coast Rail Authority, which the state is to dissolve, and the purchase of ...
ASIA: CEVA Logistics has launched a ‘truck-rail-truck’ service to keep freight moving between China and Southeast Asia, where the Covid-19 crisis has led to fewer flights, capacity limits, operational restrictions and waits of up to four days for road traffic crossing the border between China and Vietnam. ...
GERMANY: The Federal Ministry for Transport Digital Infrastructure has invited applications for funding of projects designed to improve the economics and efficiency of rail freight. Proposals should relate to digitalisation, automation and vehicle technology, and applications should be made via the Federal Railway Office ...
Estonia’s Operail has taken delivery of 75 open-topped bulk containers as part of a plan to double multimodal freight volumes to more than 200 000 tonnes this year. ‘Multimodal transport increased from 20 000 tonnes to 32 000 tonnes in the first four months’, said Urmas ...
INTERNATIONAL: RZD Logistics has operated a trial service carrying EU goods subject to Russian sanctions in transit from Germany and Estonia to China via the northern route through the Zabaikalsk border crossing. This follows a trial during March on the southern route via Kazakhstan, which carried ...
