Events
DB Schenker Rail UK wins three Rail Freight Group Awards
DB Schenker Rail UK won three major Rail Freight Group Awards presented in Oxford on the evening of Tuesday 13 September 2011.
The Rail Freight Group Awards celebrate the best in innovation and achievement in the rail freight sector over...
Rail Freight
OOCL and Freightliner renew contract for another ten years
OOCL and Freightliner Limited have announced the renewal of their ten year contract as part of their commitment to the 'strategic cooperative partnership in providing the best intermodal solutions to OOCL customers into the next decade'.
The contract is a...
Rail Freight
Russian Railways working to produce ‘express container trains’
Two subsidiaries of Russian Railways, RZD Logistics and TransContainer, are working on a joint project to produce express container trains.
They are currently being tested on the route between Yekaterinburg and St. Petersburg.
The first container train, 01213, left Yekaterinburg at...
Rail Freight
UGL Rail secures $88m in new locomotive supply and maintenance contracts
UGL Limited has announced that its rail business has secured two new orders to supply and maintain new rail freight locomotives for the Australian market valued at $88 million.
The orders include the supply of seven C44ACi locomotives and a five-year maintenance support...
Rail Freight
AAR reports ‘mixed results’ for August rail traffic
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported mixed results for August rail traffic compared with the same month last year, with U.S. railroads originating 1,482,570 carloads, down 0.3%, and 1,179,838 trailers and containers, up 0.4%.
In August 2011, 12...
Rail Freight
Rail upgrade could ‘relieve A14 congestion’
The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has supported the call on Government from the CBI to urgently improve UK infrastructure, but suggested that rather than develop toll roads, rail upgrades should be the priority on the A14 corridor.
A recent survey...
Rail Freight
Chair of Rail Freight Group to be questioned by Lords on the future of EU rail freight
Lord Berkeley, Chairman of the Rail Freight Group (RFG), will appear before the House of Lords EU Internal Market, Energy and Transport Committee on Monday 12 September.
This will be the penultimate evidence session in the inquiry, which is investigating...
Rail Freight
Spain develops new business model for Renfe Freight and Logistics
A new operating model has been approved for Renfe Freight & Logistics.
The decision is in line with the Ministry of Development’s strategic plan to boost rail freight by promoting intermodality and by achieving a more balanced modal split, with...
Rail Business
Auction date set for sale of shares in Freight One
Shares of JSC Freight One, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, will transpire on 28 October.
Bidders will be invited to purchase 64,239,325,613 ordinary shares of JSC Freight One, or 75% minus 2 shares of the company.
The form of the offering...
Rail Freight
QR National announces cash grant fund for community projects
QR National has announced the establishment of a community fund targeted at grassroots community projects in regional and rural Australia.
The ongoing program will encourage eligible charitable organisations to seek grant funding up to $20,000 for specific community-based projects.
The national...
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Freightliner names train after hero signaller Bill Taylor
Logistics operator Freightliner yesterday named a locomotive after Signaller Bill (Willie) Taylor, 40 years to the day after his...