LDZ Cargo (a subsidiary of Latvijas dzelzceļš) plans to put up two TEP70 series locomotives for an open-cry auction on March 12. The starting price of the lot (and the locomotives will be sold as one lot) is €214,000.
On February 23, the fleet of the German company HSL Logistik was replenished with a new Euro9000 locomotive manufactured by Stadler (No. 2019 314-4). This is the company’s third locomotive of this series, with two more in production.
T.A.S. Overseas Investments Limited (registered in Cyprus), a member of the TAS Group, will become the majority owner of the Austrian railcar manufacturer TransAnt GmbH. The relevant decision on the permit to acquire shares in the authorized capital of the Austrian company, which provides more than 50% in its supreme management body, was published…… Read more »
The Polish leasing company Cargounit and the German manufacturer Siemens Mobility have signed agreements for the supply of 90 Vectron MS locomotives (the first batch of 30 units is ordered immediately and 60 units are under option), as well as 10 Smartron electric locomotives.
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Ukrainian wagon building enterprises delivered as many as 222 freight wagons to their customers in January 2024, including 128 hoppers, 68 flat cars, and 26 tank cars.
Kremenchuk Steel Works produced about 700 t of large railway steel castings in January 2024.
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Metrans, the rail subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), is investing in the expansion of its European network, particularly in the southeast. It has acquired 49% of Adria Rail Group, so it now owns 100% of the operator working in Serbia and Croatia (51% has been owned by Metrans since March 2023).
On February 20, RAILPOOL and Siemens Mobility signed a framework contract for the supply of up to 250 Vectron locomotives according to the press services of the companies. The order for the first batch of 70 traction units (24 MS multisystem locomotives for use in AC and DC networks, and 46 AC locomotives) was…… Read more »