Reducing tyre-related breakdowns 
Over the last two years, TIP Trailer Services Nordic has been testing Ultra-Seal on a representative number of assets to explore the options to reduce the number of tyre-related breakdowns and the costs. The overall test results show a significant reduction in tyre-related... more
Chinese coal hopper wagons for Australia
Aurizon, Australia’s largest railfreight operator, has ordered 264 narrow gauge coal hopper wagons from the Chinese manufacturer CRRC Yangtze. The first batch of 132 wagons will be delivered in Queensland by the end of 2019. The second batch of 132 wagons is due for delivery in... more
Albatros Express extends network
With effect from 10 May, TFG Transfracht is introducing a new set-up for the port of Koper (Slovenia) and providing it with direct connections to the Albatros Express network. The move means that, for the first time, containers can be transported according to a regular... more
UK: Maritime Intermodal officially launched
Following a recent long-term agreement between DB Cargo UK and Maritime Transport to increase railfreight capacity, “Maritime Intermodal” was launched at a celebration event in West Yorkshire (UK). Over 120 rail, logistics and retail professionals gathered at Wakefield... more
Field trial for digital freight documents
As part of Living Lab 12 (digitalisation of freight documents), the German association of freight transport, logistics and waste management (BGL) is participating in an EU-wide Aeolix field trial for the deployment of electronic freight documents in roadfreight transport.... more
Australia: award of big iron ore rail haulage contract
Macarthur Minerals has partnered with the Australian freight haulage company Aurizon to finalise a rail haulage contract for its Lake Giles moonshine magnetite project in the Yilgarn region of Western Australia. Macarthur has entered into a negotiation agreement with Aurizon... more
New north-south axis over the Brenner Pass
Kombiverkehr, which is based in Frankfurt (Germany), will add a new north-south axis to its European network. As from the beginning of May 2019, the terminal in Kreuztal in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district (North Rhine Westphalia), which was inaugurated only recently, will... more
Three more locomotives for European network
AWT, which is based in Czechia, has signed a contract to lease three Siemens Vectron A17 multisystem locomotives. The locomotives will be handed over to AWT in the middle of 2019. AWT currently runs a total of seven multisystem locomotives, which are used mainly for... more
Award for US short-line railroads
In the USA, OmniTRAX recently honoured some of its short-line railroads for safety, culture and performance in the framework of its annual national leadership meeting in Denver (CO). The OmniTRAX “railroad of the year” award went to Brownsville & Rio Grande... more
Russia: first new dumpcars to be delivered this year
Russian manufacturer United Wagon Company (UWC) introduces dumpcars to the market, intended for the transportation and automated discharge of bulk and lump construction aggregates and ore mining products. Dumpcar prototypes are currently subjected to a variety of preliminary and... more