Rail Freight

Written by Tim Casterton for RailStaff The Mayo freight yard is working flat out as Iarnród Éireann seeks to grow its rail freight operation, reports Tim Casterton. Ballina (or Béal an Átha in Irish), with a population of around 11,000, is...

Sustainable development 'isn’t just a vision for a green future; it can also drive out unnecessary cost and improve performance'. This is one of the key messages coming from the rail industry’s shared approach to sustainable development in dealing with...

GB Railfreight (GBRf) picked up the top prize for Freight and Logistics Achievement at the National Rail Awards 2011, held at the Grosvenor House Hotel Park Lane, London on 15 September 2011. GBRf was awarded the prize for its booming...

DB Schenker Rail UK won three major Rail Freight Group Awards presented in Oxford on the evening of Tuesday 13 September 2011. The Rail Freight Group Awards celebrate the best in innovation and achievement in the rail freight sector over...

OOCL and Freightliner Limited have announced the renewal of their ten year contract as part of their commitment to the 'strategic cooperative partnership in providing the best intermodal solutions to OOCL customers into the next decade'. The contract is a...

Two subsidiaries of Russian Railways, RZD Logistics and TransContainer, are working on a joint project to produce express container trains. They are currently being tested on the route between Yekaterinburg and St. Petersburg. The first container train, 01213, left Yekaterinburg at...

UGL Limited has announced that its rail business has secured two new orders to supply and maintain new rail freight locomotives for the Australian market valued at $88 million. The orders include the supply of seven C44ACi locomotives and a five-year maintenance support...

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported mixed results for August rail traffic compared with the same month last year, with U.S. railroads originating 1,482,570 carloads, down 0.3%, and 1,179,838 trailers and containers, up 0.4%. In August 2011, 12...

The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has supported the call on Government from the CBI to urgently improve UK infrastructure, but suggested that rather than develop toll roads, rail upgrades should be the priority on the A14 corridor. A recent survey...

Lord Berkeley, Chairman of the Rail Freight Group (RFG), will appear before the House of Lords EU Internal Market, Energy and Transport Committee on Monday 12 September. This will be the penultimate evidence session in the inquiry, which is investigating...