Wagonload alliance to launch capacity booking
THE Xrail alliance of seven European wagonload railfreight operators has unveiled plans for the implementation of a "seamless" international capacity booking system for less-than-trainload consignments with the aim of improving the efficiency of cross-border wagonload operations.
FOLLOWING an international tender, the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) has issued a provisional notification of contract award to a consortium of Sojitz, Japan, and Larsen & Toubro, India, for Packages 1 and...
THE Xrail alliance of seven European wagonload railfreight operators has unveiled plans for the implementation of a "seamless" international capacity booking system for less-than-trainload consignments with the aim of improving the efficiency of cross-border wagonload...
JUNE 3 was a cause for celebration within most of the Argentinean railway community when the government announced its decision to revoke the two 30-year railfreight concessions held by Latin American Logistics (ALL) due to...
IN its latest study, "Freight Wagons – Global Market Developments," German consultancy SCI Verkehr projects that all market regions will experience constant growth in freight wagon sales in the next five years after sales reached...
THE Argentine government announced on June 3 that it will revoke the two 30-year concessions held by Latin American Logistics (ALL) to operate the former San Martin and Mesopotámico freight networks, which cover a total...
GERMANY's Eurogate Intermodal and ICE Holding, Hungary, acquired all remaining shares in railfreight operator Floyd, one of the first open-access operators to enter the Hungarian market, for an undisclosed sum.
Eurogate and ICE already owned a...
Noise emissions from hump yard retarders are often a source of friction between the railway and its neighbours. However, as Kevin Smith reports, new technologies from Sona, Germany, and Elpa, Slovenia, have successfully reduced noise...
This month the French government will publish its draft proposals to restructure French railways with the expectation that a fully-fledged infrastructure manager will emerge. Rather than waiting for legislation to come into force in 2015,...
A tri-national railway congress has recently been held in Basle for the first time, with the aim of redefining this Swiss border city's future role as a railway hub. Anitra Green examines the prospects for...
THE operation of cross-border rail services, whether freight or passenger, has always been rail's Achilles' heel. Trucks, buses and cars pass from one country to another either without stopping where borders are open or often...
