GERMAN intermodal freight operator TX Logistik has begun operating a new Lübeck-Siems - Stockholm - Årsta intermodal service for German logistics firm Spedition Bode.
AUSTRALIAN railfreight operator Aurizon has increased net profit by 188% to $A 308m ($US 240m) for the first half of the 2014-15 financial year ending December 31 2014, compared with the first half of 2013-14, despite a decline in traffic.
THREE projects developed by Catalunya Railways (FGC) in cooperation with the Railgrup cluster and other Spanish organisations have been selected for funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and development initiative.
HUNGARY's Györ-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway (GySEV) is planning to form a joint venture company with German Rail (DB) to develop freight traffic from the Black Sea to Passau on the German/Austrian border.
GERMANY's railfreight operators failed to capitalise on growth in the overall freight transport market last year as strikes held back volumes, according to preliminary annual figures released on February 13 by the Federal Statistics Office (Destatis).
OMAN's Ministry of Transport and Communications has awarded a consortium led by Spain's Tecnicas Reunidas a $US 149m contract for project management consultancy on the 207km first phase of Oman's proposed 2135km railway network.
COSAN Logistics has been granted approval by Brazil's anti-trust regulator Cade to proceed with a takeover of the country's largest railway operator Latin American Logistics (ALL) through its Rumo Logistics subsidiary, which is expected to create a logistics company worth Reais 11bn ($US 3.85bn).
THE board of Union Pacific Railroad (UP) approved the company's $US 4.3bn capital budget on February 5 and also voted to appoint Mr Lance Fritz as its new CEO with immediate effect.
European railfreight is an industry undergoing rapid structural change as liberalisation opens the market to new players and larger operators expand their international activities. Keith Barrow looks at a new report from the Centre on Regulation in Europe, which considers how regulators might respond to changes in the railfreight business.
Transnet Freight Rail is investing unprecedented amounts in new assets. Paul Ash speaks to chief executive Siyabonga Gama about the state-owned railway's bold plan to win traffic back from South Africa's roads.
