Malungsfors returns to business after more than 20 years 
In Sweden, rail carrier Hector Rail and members of the country’s government celebrated the re-opening of the Västerdalsbanan timber line and the new transhipment terminal in Malungsfors. Freight traffic to and from the city came to a halt over 20 years ago and has now been... more
Canadian and US railroads join forces
Canadian National Railways (CN) and US class I railroad CSX will introduce a new intermodal service offering between CN’s greater Montreal and Southern Ontario areas in Canada, and the CSX-served US-ports of Philadelphia, New York, New Jersey and the New York City metropolitan... more
Swiss locomotives to be delivered to Polish carrier
The Polish railway company PKP Intercity has awarded Switzerland-based Stadler the contract for the delivery of twelve electric multiple unit Flirt trains including the maintenance for 15 years. The value of the contract, which includes the delivery of the vehicles and the... more
Better railway connection for Rijeka
Ten companies have submitted their offers in response to the public tender issued by the infrastructure department of the Croatian railways Hrvatske zeljeznice (HZ) concerning an upgrade of the Krizevci - Koprivnica rail link in the north of the country. 85% of the costs of EUR... more
Deutsche Bahn to test Russian flat cars
The Tikhvin freight car building plant, a member of the UWC Group, has sent a batch of Sggrs80 articulated flat cars produced for Deutsche Bahn for testing. The cars, which are designed to transport heavyweight containers, were produced under a contract for the supply of 160... more
RTB leases three locomotives from Northrail
Northrail, which leases and manages the rolling stock of the Hamburg (Germany)-based Paribus group, is leasing three Siemens Smartron locomotives to RTB Cargo. The railfreight division of the R.A.T.H. holding with branches in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Austria is... more
3 Dees Transport opts for Krone container carriers
Tilbury (UK)-based 3 Dees Transport has added six Krone Box Liner container carriers to its fleet. The company says that the carriers combine weight advantage with fast loading to bring long-term commercial benefits. Strategically located near Tilbury docks, 3 Dees operates... more
Opening up Canada's Arctic territories
The development of the Slave Geological Province (SGP) corridor has received new Canadian federal funding. The project will receive a total of CAD 40 million (EUR 27 million) to support environmental regulatory reviews and planning studies. The long-term vision of this... more
Six seconds on the Dutch railway in 2020
The Dutch infrastructure manager Prorail has finalised the planning for its timetable for the year 2020, effective from 15 December 2019. One innovation is a new method for distributing capacity with a system that enables to arrange transports every six seconds. Previously... more
Logwin participates in Marco Polo finance network
LBBW and Commerzbank have carried out another trade transaction between Voith and KSB SE via the Marco Polo trade finance network built on R3’s distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform Corda. This time, besides the two companies involved, logistics provider Logwin AG was... more