THE prospect of a direct rail link from the coal mines of Mozambique's western Tete province and the Indian Ocean port of Nacala via Malawi has moved a step closer following the signing of a build-and-operate concession agreement between the Malawian government and mining giant Vale.
RAIL services between Thailand and Cambodia could finally be restored in 2013 after the governments of the two countries reached a new agreement to rebuild the missing 48km section between Poipet and Sisophon.
Having received 44 SD70ACe locomotives at the start of 2011, Ferromex, Mexico, ended the year with the delivery of a further batch of 38 units from EMD, taking its total SD70ACe fleet to almost 100.
ETHIOPIAN Railway Corporation has awarded a contract worth around $US 1.2bn to China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) to build the second phase of a 657km standard-gauge electrified line between the capital Addis Ababa and the Djibouti border to replace the existing metre-gauge railway.