Rail Freight

Japan Freight Railway Company has announced that the volume of freight containers conveyed by rail rose by 11.9 per cent to 1.568 million tonnes last month. This latest figure marks the third consecutive month in which freight traffic carried by...

A moving international rail freight motorway comes a step nearer this summer. Europorte ran a trial lorry trailer service from Antwerp to Barking via the Channel Tunnel and High Speed One on May 21-22. The piggyback train consisted of a pair of Ewals Cargo Care megatrailers, conveying Vauxhall car parts, mounted on a Sdggmiss two-section [...]

On 8th June a regular rail ferry was launched across the Baltic between Sassnitz, Germany and Ust-Luga, Russia. The importance of this route is shown by the attendance of German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, Deutsche Bahn Chairman, Dr Rudiger Grube...

Mines and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore officially opened Fortescue Metals Group’s (FMG) new iron ore berth in Port Hedland last week. Berth AP3 is the first of two new berths to be constructed at the town’s Herb Elliott Port, which plans to achieve a 120 million tonne capacity by early 2013. “It’s projects like this [...]

Russian private freight operator Brunswick Rail has reached an agreement to supply more railcars to SIBUR-Trans, a subsidiary of petrochemicals holding SIBUR. Under the agreement, Brunswick Rail will supply 150 gas tank cars to SIBUR-Trans for seven years on a...

Europorte and Alstom have signed a partnership agreement covering the maintenance of 17 Alstom manufactured Prima locomotives now operated by Europorte. Within this framework, the two partners will improve the management and availability of the Europorte locomotive fleet. To do this,...

Canadian Pacific Railway workers went on strike today after the parties were ‘unable to reach an agreement despite last minute negotiations right to the strike deadline’, the Teamsters union said. “We have made every reasonable effort to get a settlement, said Doug Finnson, vice-president of Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC). “Every union member knows how [...]

QR National has been awarded a haulage contract by Polaris Metals, a subsidiary of Mineral Resources. Under the five-year haulage contract to 2016/ 2017, QR National will deliver 100% of the iron ore produced from the Carina mine in the Yilgarn to the Port of Kwinana near Fremantle. The contract signing follows the recent announcement [...]

Canadian Pacific Railway workers went on strike today after the parties were ‘unable to reach an agreement despite last minute negotiations right to the strike deadline’, the Teamsters union said. “We have made every reasonable effort to get a settlement, said Doug Finnson, vice-president of Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC). “Every union member knows how [...]

Arshiya Rail Infrastructure Ltd, a supply chain and logistics infrastructure firm, has become the first private container train operator in India to commence domestic container train operations from Cochin Port. Cochin Port Trust and Port Customs have allowed Arshiya to use the siding within the port. The company will be operating with one rake and will [...]