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Freightliner signs multi-million pound contract with Maersk Line
28 April 2011 | By Freightliner
Freightliner Limited has signed a new multi-million pound contract with Maersk Line, the world’s largest shipping line...
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Freight
Rail freight is incredibly important. Whether it is helping to remove lorries off the roads and drastically reducing congestion, or transporting goods that we consume every day, all countries rely on rail freight to provide a faster, greener, safer and more efficient way of transporting goods than via road or air.
Our rail freight content focuses on the biggest trends and developments in helping advance cargo movement by rail and create a modal shift.
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Partial productivity measurement in rail freight transport
6 April 2011 | By Ulrich Weidmann, Professor for Transport Systems and Stephan Moll, PhD Student, Institute of Transport Planning and Systems, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Rail freight transportation in Europe is a challenging business, characterised by low margins and high fixed costs. In this context, an efficient and effective use of production resources, such as locomotives, freight wagons or engine drivers, is a fundamental requirement for the financial success of freight railways.
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CFL: the railway network in the centre of Europe
15 February 2011 | By Alex Kremer, CEO, CFL
Strategically placed in the centre of Europe, Luxembourg’s railway network attracts, through the combined efforts of CFL and its freight subsidiaries CFL cargo and CFL Multimodal, important quantities of both passenger and freight traffic. Concerning freight transport, Luxembourg was no stranger to the effects the financial crisis had on the…
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SNCB Logistics: Operational start as independent company and rail operator
1 February 2011 | By SNCB Logistics S.A.
SNCB Logistics has become operational as an autonomous company and rail operator to run freight trains in Belgium and in neighbouring countries...
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The value of rail freight
10 December 2010 | By Paul Plummer, Planning and Development Director, Network Rail
An effective way of transporting goods across the country is by rail freight, and this is vital to Britain’s economy. Not only does it provide a faster, greener, safer and more efficient way of transporting heavy loads than roads, it is responsible for moving over 100 million tonnes of goods…
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Shipshape and Bristol fashion
10 December 2010 | By Dave Curtis, General Manager, Freightliner Maintenance Ltd
Freightliner Maintenance Ltd (FML) faced significant challenges to turn an abandoned freight terminal into a fully-functioning railport for a customer running liquid products. In an interview for Global Railway Review, Dave Curtis, General Manager of FML, explains the work involved with this important project and also the success so far…
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Groupe Eurotunnel acquires GBRf (Great Britain Rail Freight)
1 June 2010 | By Eurotunnel
Groupe Eurotunnel has acquired the third largest British rail freight operator, GBRf, from international transporter FirstGroup plc.
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Estonian Railways quickly adapts to changing economic circumstances
31 May 2010 | By Kaido Simmermann, Managing Director, Estonian Railways
With its 140-year history, Estonian Railways has been a bright example in illustrating how to adapt to circumstances and successfully cope with them in the rapidly changing economic environment of recent years. 2009 represented an important year for Estonian Railways, when it carried out several significant changes concerning its tariff…
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Development progress and a cautiously optimistic outlook
31 May 2010 | By Uģis Magonis, Chairman of the Board, Latvian Railways (LDz – Latvijas dzelzceļš)
It might be a daring statement in the light of current events, but the last two years have been a great success for Latvian Railways (LDz) – in 2008 it transported a record amount of cargo and in 2009 was spared a significant reduction of volumes and continued with extensive…
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Russia’s role in increasing international rail transportation
31 May 2010 | By Vladimir Yakunin, President, Russian Railways
The issue of increasing the role of international rail transportation between Europe and Asia has recently been growing in significance. Countries of the Asia-Pacific region, primarily China, are maintaining positive economic growth trends despite the global recession, and potential for boosting their foreign trade, including with European Union countries. Russia,…
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The VDV and its important work as a railway partner
5 April 2010 | By Martin Henke
The Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen (Association of German Transport Companies (VDV)) with approximately 550 ordinary members and more than 50 extraordinary members is the established address for many institutions in politics and administration, trade and industry, research and training for questions of public transport and rail freight traffic in Germany. Thus,…
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Re-engineering Greek railways
5 April 2010 | By Erifyli Gallis, General Director, TRAINOSE S.A
TRAINOSE S.A. was founded in 2005, initially as a subsidiary of OSE S.A., but became independent of the OSE Group in 2009. Its operational and organisational split from the Hellenic Railways Holding Organisation was part of its initiated restructuring programme to fortify Greece’s railway business and consumer offering in the…
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FTA issues note of caution on HS2
12 March 2010 | By Freight Transport Association (FTA)
Leading trade body the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has asked that the needs of freight are not forgotten in the buzz surrounding High Speed Rail 2 (HS2).
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Harnessing ICT for better coordination in global supply chains
8 March 2010 | By International Transport Forum
Experts in information and communications technologies are gathering in Genoa to discuss how to better coordinate global freight transport systems.
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Network Rail awards key contract to Jacobs Engineering
5 February 2010 | By Network Rail
Plans for a £53m investment in the rail infrastructure in Anglia have moved a step closer as Network Rail announces Jacobs Engineering as its design partner.
