CRRC Dalian has unveiled the first four of 16 twin-section 14·4 MW heavy freight locomotives ordered by Uzbekistan Railways using a US$170m Asian Development Bank loan; eight passenger locomotives take the total value of the order to US$218m.
EP Logistics International group subsidiary RM Lines which operates in the Czech Republic and Slovakia has obtained a Certificate B permitting it to launch services in Austria.
A sixth daily train is now running to the iPort Rail terminal at Doncaster in northern England, bringing the terminal back up to pre-pandemic service levels. The overnight service operates six days a week, and takes the number of daily services from the port of Felixstowe to three. The terminal also has one daily service from Southampton and two from Teesport, including a flow for supermarket Tesco which launched over the summer. iPort Rail is in an advanced stage of applying for Authorised Economic Operator status, which will allow it to undertake customs processing on site after the Brexit transition period ends.
Roman Máslo has joined EP Cargo Invest as Fleet Manager. He was previously Executive Director of TSS Cargo.
The Norfolk Southern board has appointed John Hatfield as Vice-President Corporate Communications from December 1, and Kathleen Smith as Vice-President Business Development & Real Estate, succeeding Robert Martínez who is retiring.
Medway has launched an ‘idea centre’ where employees can submit suggestions to improve performance and operational effectiveness.
