Ukraine launches tender on freight wagon acquisition
Ukrainian Railways launched a tender for the purchase of gondola wagons, financed by loan from European Bank for Reconstruction and […]
Freight
Automatic train test to be carried on Betuweroute in the Netherlands
Alstom, the Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail and Rotterdam Rail Feeding (RRF) signed an agreement to perform Automatic Train Operation (ATO) […]
Port of Marseille and Haropa to initiate new rail service
Starting from mid-March 2018, the Port of Marseille Fos, Haropa – Port of Le Havre, in association with the French […]
French company interested in TransContainer
French container transport and shipping company CMA CGM Group has expressed an interest in the controlling stake in Russian intermodal […]
Ukrzaliznytsia liberalizes rates for railcar rent
Ukrzaliznytsia approved on 17 January a new pricing methodology for freight railcar use. Earlier, prices for railcar use were regulated […]
Iran to purchase freight locomotives from India
The managing director of India’s IRCON, Mohan Tiwari, and the Deputy Minister for Railways of Iran, Pourseyed Aghaei, signed a […]
Contargo initiates Rotterdam-Basel direct rail service
Contargo AG has launched a new rail shuttle service to the German town of Weil am Rhein on the Swiss […]
Nippon Express to add Europe-China rail transport service
Japanese company Nippon Express seeks to capitalize on China’s Belt and Road Initiative to offer speedy, low-cost transport of auto […]
KTZ and GE sign USD 900 million contracts
General Electric Transportation signed two contracts, valued at over USD 900 million, with Kazakhstan’s state-run railways Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ)—the […]
GazpromTrans buys 112 tank cars from UWC
United Wagon Company has won the tender on the supply of 112 tank cars to GazpromTrans valuated at RUB 952.48 […]