FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) in cooperation with French Rail Network (RFF) and intermodal operator Kombiverkehr operated a 1500m-long freight train on January 18 between Sibelin yard near Lyon and Nîmes as part of Europe's Marathon project to operate longer freight trains.
BRAZIL's largest railfreight operator Latin American Logistics (ALL) and Rumo Logistics, a subsidiary of Cosan Group which specialises in the transport of ethanol and sugar, have announced plans to merge.
BRITISH mining company Beacon Hill Resources announced on January 16 that two South African suppliers have completed production of locomotives and wagons for its coal operations on Mozambique's Sena Line.
SLOVENIAN Railways (SŽ) witnessed a strong recovery in freight traffic last year according to the company's annual figures, which show volumes increased by 9% to 17.6 million tonnes.
ANOTHER European-loading-gauge freight service began running between mainland Europe and Britain on January 13, when DB Schenker Rail UK launched a new regular intermodal working from the Silla terminal near Valencia in Spain, to Barking in East London.
LATVIAN Railways (LDZ) president Mr Ugis Magonis and the CEO of Lithuanian Railways (LG) Mr Stasis Dailidka signed a series of agreements in the Latvian capital Riga last month aimed at improving and expanding cross-border operations between the two countries.
CANADIAN Pacific Railway (CP) has agreed to sell the western section of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railway (DM&E), which it acquired in 2008, to Genesee & Wyoming (GWI).
DUTCH logistics company Husa Transportation has announced it plans to withdraw its open-access railfreight operations, claiming its financial results are not good enough to justify the continued operation of its own freight trains.
CONSTRUCTION is expected to begin this month of a 220km railway in southern Laos from Savannakhet on the Thai border to Lao Bao on the border with Vietnam following a groundbreaking ceremony on December 18.
HUNGARY's Györ-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway (GySEV) has issued a call for tenders for the supply of nine electric locomotives and subsequent maintenance for 20 years with an option for a 10-year extension.