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Lidl enters rail freight transport with shuttle service between Graz and Koper A “premiere”, as Tailwind Intermodal calls it in its own press release. The subsidiary of supermarket chain Lidl has started as a rail operator. The… https://lnkd.in/ePJFN_mT #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargonews

Russian state bank purchases Freight One after earlier management takeover Russian state-owned bank VTB has purchased Freight One. Earlier, the bank took over the rail freight operator’s management. In February, Freight One pledged nearly 70… https://lnkd.in/emSEsWmv #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargonews

Turkish state rolling stock manufacturer TÜRASAŞ is developing a wagon that can carry military vehicles as well as containers. The design of the wagon focuses primarily on military transport, but its compatibility with containers allows for non-military use. #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargonews

Nearly three quarters of all rail freight transportation is being carried out below the cost price in #Kazakhstan. As a result, the country awaits more but much-expected tariff hikes over the next three years. #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargonews

It’s the less glamorous aspect of the business, but proper maintenance is the route to proper business. That’s probably why GB Railfreight has invested in a head-turning new #maintenance facility in pretty-as-a-picture #Tonbridge, in Kent, Southeast England. #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargonews

Danish logistics and forwarding giant DSV - Global Transport and Logistics and a consortium led by private equity fund CVC Capital Partners have submitted their final offers to acquire DB Schenker with the outcome likely to be decided on the provision made in the bids to safeguard jobs. #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargonews

Lineas, one of the largest private rail operators in Europe, has launched a new rail freight route. In cooperation with ECS, it will be carrying containers from Belgian #Zeebrugge to #Crailsheim in Germany three times per week. #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargonews

The #Nordic region’s largest freight #terminal will get various technical improvements, in both capacity and infrastructure and is now inviting stakeholders to contribute to the implementation of the upgrade. #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargonews

The German rail associations DIE GÜTERBAHNEN, mofair e. V., VPI - Verband der Güterwagenhalter in Deutschland e. V. and Fahrgastverband PRO BAHN want to remove #infrastructure management from the Deutsche Bahn Group’s tasks. The parties are not satisfied with DB InfraGO’s performance and say that the launch of the infrastructure manager eight months ago has not brought any positive results. #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargonews

#Uzbekistan is selling a 35 per cent share of its national container freight operator #Uztemiryolkonteyner. The process incurred a delay of almost a year, but now there are five interested parties for the #takeover. #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargonews