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U.S. port imports forecast points to summer decline

12.05.2026

U.S. port imports forecast turns lower after June

UP and NS Revive $85 Billion Coast-to-Coast Merger Push With Sweeping STB Filing

12.05.2026

Railroads push back on UP-NS merger application

Texas railroad boxcar deaths under police probe

11.05.2026

Texas railroad boxcar deaths: six found in Laredo

Hapag-Lloyd launched container trains from Odessa

26.01.2021

Hapag-Lloyd launched container trains from Odessa

Hapag-Lloyd launched container trains from Odessa Hapag-Lloyd (Germany) has launched a service for sending regular container trains from Odesa to Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv, informs railway magazine Railway Supply with reference to REUA.
Samsun Logistics Center started providing customs clearance services

25.01.2021

Samsun Logistics Center started providing customs clearance services

Samsun Logistics Center started providing customs clearance services Samsun logistics center of the Samsun seaport in Turkey, has started customs clearance services.
cargo operator

21.01.2021

Belgian SNCB sold the remaining stake in the cargo operator Lineas

Belgian national rail operator SNCB has sold the remaining 10% in Lineas to SFPI-FPIM (The Federal Holding and Investment Company), reports railway magazine Railway Supply, referring to official information from Lineas.
container trains passed

19.01.2021

Over 7 thousand container trains passed through Kazakhstan in 2020

Last year, freight traffic between Kazakhstan and China amounted to over 19. 5 million tons, reports Railway Supply magazine with reference to the press service of JSC “NC“ KTZ ”.
leased Gama Marathon 111Ed-018 locomotive

13.01.2021

Captrain Polska leased Gama Marathon 111Ed-018 locomotive

Captrain Polska entered into cooperation with Rail Capital Partners and leased the Gama Marathon 111Ed-018 locomotive. It is a locomotive for intermodal transport, the first locomotive in Poland produced by PESA for RCP, as part of an intermodal project co-financed by CUPT, reports Railway Supply  magazine with reference to Captrain Polska.
Combined Railway Terminal

13.01.2021

Combined Railway Terminal East-West Gate (EWG)

Construction of the East-West Gate (EWG) intermodal combined rail terminal has begun in Feneshlitka, Hungary, reports Railway Supply magazine EWG is to become the first intermodal terrestrial combined terminal in Europe.
LTG Cargo

11.01.2021

Belarusian Oil Company (BNK) refused to renew long-term contract with LTG Cargo

Belarusian Oil Company (BNK) refused to renew long-term contract with LTG Cargo The Belarusian Oil Company (BOC), an exporter of Belarusian petroleum products, has decided not to renew its long-term agreement with LTG Cargo, a Lithuanian railway company that transports its products to the port of Klaipeda, reports the railway magazine Railway Supply, citing  Verslo žinios.
Rail freight

11.01.2021

Lithuania’s LTG Cargo established a subsidiary in Ukraine

Freight company LTG Cargo, owned by the largest railway group in the Baltic States Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (LTG), has established a subsidiary in Ukraine – LTG Cargo Ukraine.
the fleet of well cars

22.12.2020

JSC “KTZ Express” will increase the fleet of well cars by 2022 by 29%

JSC "KTZ Express" will increase the fleet of well cars by 2022 by 29% KTZ Express will increase the fleet of its own stack cars by 2000 units.
opened an intermodal corridor

17.12.2020

Poland-Ukraine opened an intermodal corridor “Black Sea – Baltic”

Poland-Ukraine opened an intermodal corridor "Black Sea - Baltic" The Port of Gdansk and the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority have agreed to cooperate in the creation of a new transport corridor connecting the Black and Baltic Seas.
Picture: Ukrainian locomotive-building company

17.12.2020

The first contract for the pilot project for the introduction of private traction at Ukrzaliznytsia

The first contract for the pilot project for the introduction of private traction at Ukrzaliznytsia Within the implementation of a pilot project on the admission of private locomotives on public railways, Ukrzaliznytsia signed the first contract with LLC Ukrainian Locomotive Building Company, reports the railway magazine Railway Supply referring to UZ.
return of wagons

14.12.2020

Kazakhstan – China: Where are the wagons?

Kazakhstan - China: Where are the wagons? The return of wagons from China increased to seven days, but usually it tooks two days, reports railway magazine « Railway Supply» citing information portal  Іnbusiness.