UTLC poised to triple rail freight between China, EU by 2020
The potential of the United Transport and Logistics Company (UTLC) allows tripling the volume of freight transport between China and […]
Freight
China presented diesel locomotives for Kenya’s SGR
The three types of standard gauge diesel locomotives for Kenya Railways were presented at in Qishuyan, Jiangsu, China. The locomotives […]
Icahn Enterprises announces definitive agreement to sell American Railcar Leasing
US company Icahn Enterprises announced entrance into a definitive agreement to sell its indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary American Railcar Leasing to […]
Moldovan Railways launched freight locomotives tender
Moldovan Railways announced the tender for the acquisition of 12-15 freight locomotives and the upgrade of Basarabeasca depot facilities. This […]
Wabtec acquires Workhorse Rail
Wabtec Corporation has acquired Workhorse Rail LLC, a supplier of engineered freight car components. The company has annual sales of […]
Gothenburg Port Line is expanded to a double-track line
The Gothenburg Port Line was, until recently, a single-track line. To handle the demand for increased capacity, it needed to […]
American Railcar Leasing to be sold to SMBC Rail
Icahn Enterprises L.P. announced the entrance into a definitive agreement to sell its indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary American Railcar Leasing LLC […]
Italy granted approval for public funding of rail freight transport project
The European Commission has found that an Italian public support scheme to encourage a shift of freight transport from road […]
Union Pacific marks two decades of safely transporting hazardous materials
Union Pacific recently earned its 20th American Chemistry Council’s Responsible Care® Management System (RCMS) certification, recognizing its safe and secure […]
New freight rail service on Romania – Sweden route to be launched
Samskip and the Austrian Rail Cargo Group have announced plans to link their multimodal transport networks by launching a rail […]