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.
Export boost expected from Mongolia – China railway opening
MONGOLIA: Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene has officially opened the 226·9 km railway from Zuun-Bayan to Khangi on the Chinese border, saying it will form ‘Mongolia’s new gateway for transporting mining export products competitively to the global marketplace’.
World rail freight news round-up
News from the world rail freight market.
Transnet Freight Rail looks at alternative traction energy options
SOUTH AFRICA: Transnet Freight Rail is seeking industry feedback on how affordable renewable electricity could be integrated into its traction power supplies to improve energy security and efficiency and reduce the railway’s environmental impact
Asia: ESCAP rethinks trans-continental supply chains
Covid-19 and the Ukrainian crisis have impacted on Eurasian rail flows, but ESCAP believes railways still have a key role to play in an integrated multimodal transport system supporting global supply chains. Raghu Dayal reports.
Freight operator looks to grow after the third year of industry crisis
AUSTRIA: Rail Cargo Group has ambitious plans for expansion in 2023 despite the extraordinarily crisis-ridden year the rail freight sector has faced in 2022, according to ÖBB CEO Andreas Matthä.
Work to begin on £4·7m wagon maintenance depot
UK: Leeds-based design-and-build contractor Cairn Cross Engineering will begin work next month to construct a £4·7m wagon maintenance depot for GB Railfreight next to the East Coast Main Line in Peterborough.
Norwegian ERTMS programme delayed
Raleigh & Fayetteville to be RJ Corman’s 19th railway
Electric transport support approved
Nestlé Waters to use hydrogen last-mile freight trains
Minister launches construction of Vicente Emílio Vuolo Railroad in Mato Grosso
Russia – China railway bridges the River Amur
Coupler research paves way for longer freight trains
Norfolk Southern names next Chief Operating Officer
World rail freight news round-up
Drax orders UK-built biomass wagons
World rail freight news round-up
Three companies to manage Santos port network
DB IO signs Egyptian high speed operating contract
Class 66 freight loco to be fitted with ETCS under East Coast Digital Programme
Santa Catarina approves two lines
Mercitalia to order 400 locos as part of fleet renewal strategy
Lobito Corridor concession deal signed
First contract let covering Inland Rail civil works in Victoria