The Austrian logistics company Innofreight has manufactured a Sgwrs (Smart GigaWood Round & Sawn) wagon for the transportation of roundwood and lumber. The first batch of 23 units was delivered to the German plant Schwaiger Holzindustrie this year, and the rolling stock is already actively used in the company’s operations.
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LDZ CARGO (a subsidiary of the Latvian railway concern Latvijas dzelzceļš) offers 46 grain carriers of its private fleet (models 19-7016, 19-7052-02) for rent in Ukraine.
The Rail Cargo Group, a part of Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), and the Swiss company MFD Rail have signed a framework agreement to provide the operator with 600 additional container wagons. In particular, the first 100 container cars are already ready for use. The next batch of 100 cars is expected to be delivered…… Read more »
TX Logistik AG (part of the Mercitalia Group, a subsidiary of Ferrovie delle Stato Italiane, the Italian state railroad) has completed the acquisition of Exploris Deutschland Holding GmbH Hamburg, a European company specializing in rail freight transportation (and, accordingly, the companies HSL Logistik, Delta Rail and Via Cargo Logistics that are part of it).
Rolling stock manufacturer TransANT (Austria) has received the first two 48-foot open bodies (MultiBOX modular units) manufactured by the Ukrainian plant Dniprovagonmash after the necessary tests for compliance with European standards.
NIBULON plans to invest about $12 million in the modernization of its elevator business. The main funding will be used to build a new elevator at the Khmilnyk branch, reconstruct Vradiyivskyi and Kolosivskyi elevators.
Kryukov Railway Car Building Works has fulfilled the requirements of the Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI) in force in the EU and received a certificate of compliance for the production of freight cars of the European gauge (1435 mm). In particular, the company’s specialists have created an intermodal platform of the Sggrss 80′ type…… Read more »
The Ministry of Reconstruction of Ukraine, representatives of Romania, the United States, Moldova, and the European Commission are working to increase the capacity of Ukrainian rail and road checkpoints, including the possibility of opening a “green corridor” between Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania through Reni, Giurgiulesti, and Galati.
The Polish operator PKP Cargo finished the third quarter of 2023 with the actual transportation of a total of 62 million t of goods throughout the period from January 1 to September 31, showing a 18% decrease compared with the same period of the previous year