Swiss logistics operator Hupac is launching a new rail service between Antwerp Combinant and Zeebrugge CLdN terminals, providing links with the UK via the CLdN connection. Starting February 27, the company will arrange five weekly trains in both directions.
On March 2, LDZ ritošā sastāva serviss (a subsidiary of Latvian Railways) is going to hold an auction for the sale of 10 mainline diesel locomotives of the 2TE10U (with a service life till 2021) and 2TE10M series (with a service life within2020-2029), with a run between 3.2 and 3.7 million km.
The queue of freight wagons waiting to be transferred through western border crossings has decreased by 6,300 units to 14,900 units since the beginning of the year 2023 and up to February 8.
Vossloh Rolling Stock (a company located in the German city of Kiel and part of the Chinese CRRC) and the European leasing company Nexrail have signed an agreement for the supply of 50 more shunting and haulage locomotives.
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On February 13, Swiss railway company Hupac will resume the rail service between the multimodal terminals Rotterdam RSC and Mannheim Contargo.
The Slovak operator ZSSK Cargo (Železničná spoločnosť Cargo Slovakia, a.s.) has received the first two 742-series shunting locomotives, which were modernized by the Czech CZ LOKO.
Following the sale of its subsidiary Operail Finland to the Finnish Nurminen Logistics, Estonian state-owned operator Operail has continued to sell its assets.
Ukraine exported a total of 27.5 million t of grain and leguminous crops during the period started July 1, 2022 and ended February 3, 2023 (down 30% compared to the same period of the marketing year 2021-22).
The Iraqi government has approved the project of the country’s first electrified railway with a length of 1,200 kilometers, which will link the railways of Turkey and European countries to the deep-water port of Southern Faw (under construction since 2020 at the mouth of the Shatt El-Arab River, which flows into the Persian Gulf).