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.
Freight locomotive ETCS design contract awarded
UK: Siemens Mobility has awarded DB ESG a contract to undertake design work for the first-in-class installation of Trainguard 200 ETCS equipment on Class 47, 57, 59 and 60 freight locomotioves.
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Wascosa has taken delivery of the last of 404 Type Tanpps fertiliser wagons ordered from Waggonbau Niesky for use by K+S.
SMART to acquire freight operations
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 private freight operator ...
Rail and road service to avoid border delays in Southeast Asia
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.
Freight innovation funding applications invited
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.
Short Line safety culture resources published
USA: The Short Line Safety Institute has released Strong Safety Culture Best Practices, a resource which draws on more than five years of safety culture assessments and the 10 core elements of a strong safety culture as defined by the Department of Transportation’s Safety Council.
Uzbekistan Railways orders electric locomotives
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RZD Logistics tests northern route for transit of sanctioned goods
Medical PPE supplies from China to Italy by train
Launch customer for Zagro’s powerful E-MAXI XXL battery shunting vehicle
Indian Railways’ freight ‘revolution’ as first Alstom electric locomotive enters service
Road trailers carried from Germany to Lithuania by rail
Joint call to facilitate cross-border rail freight
First domestic freight train transits the Marmaray tunnel
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Dakar freight line rebuild completed
Samsun – Sivas reopens after upgrading blockade
Australian industry group will prepare for Advanced Train Management System roll-out
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High power Indian electric loco certified
ZSSK Cargo introduces low-noise wagons
Stockholm Norvik Port connected to the rail network
Sulphuric acid wagons delivered to Siberia