RZD Logistics doubles Europe-China container shipping volumes
In the first six months of 2017, RZD Logistics in cooperation with its subsidiary company Far East Land Bridge (FELB) […]
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New rail cargo processing facility at US-Mexico border-crossing point
Kansas City Southern (KCS), the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Mexican Customs (SAT) opened a new, joint Unified […]
US: Knoxville Locomotive Works receives Tier 4 certifications for SE Series locomotives
Knoxville Locomotive Works (KLW) was recently awarded EPA Tier 4 emissions certifications for its SE Series four and six axle […]
Renfe Mercancías seeks multimodal transport partner and launches new 2017-2019 strategy
Renfe Mercancías, the rail freight transport subsidiary of Spanish National Railway Company, Renfe, had reported significant improvements of financial results […]
Aurizon to exit container freight terminal business
Aurizon announced its intention to exit the container freight terminal business to increase its focus on its growing coal division, […]
Latvia: locomotive repair group DLRR records jump in turnover in H1
Locomotive repair group Daugavpils Lokomotivju Remonta Rupnica (DLRR) reported EUR 11.06 million in turnover in January-June 2017, which is 79.3% […]
Latvia obtains financing to modernise its locomotives
The Nordic Investment Bank and the Latvian state-owned railway infrastructure manager VAS Latvijas Dzelzceļš have signed a new 12-year loan […]
EVR Cargo receives approval to expand freight car plans in Russia
The supervisory board of the Estonian rail cargo operator EVR Cargo approved the plan of expanding its freight car rental […]
TikhvinSpetsMash certified to manufacture 40-foot container flat cars
TikhvinSpetsMash, a subsidiary of United Wagon Company, has obtained a certificate from FBO “Register of Certification on the Federal Railway […]
Eurasian rail cargo transport to cross Latvia more often
Latvian–Russian intergovernmental commission meeting (IGM) agreed on the promotion of Eurasian cargo transport, including container transports from China, using Latvian […]