According to unofficial information obtained by Railway Market – CEE Review, Pol-Miedz Trans, the Polish transportation company, will acquire two Traxx electric locomotives produced by Bombardier. Contract regarding the purchase was signed on the 20th of November this year. Currently the rail operator owns 53 locomotives, class: M62, SM42, M62 Ko, ...
The CEO of MAN SE, Hakan Samuelsson (Dipl.-Ing.), resigned his position as Chairman of the Executive Board. Samuelsson will leave MAN SE at his own request with immediate effect. Samuelsson hopes that his decision will help the MAN Group to quickly devote all of its attention to its core business and its further development. He is convinced that there sho...
On November 23, Solaris Bus&Coach signed a contract with the public transportation company from the city of Poznań for delivery of 40 low-floor trams, Railway Market - CEE Review reports. Even though another manufacturer, PESA Bydgoszcz, protested the result of the tender, in order to meet the deadline, Poznań could no longer wait with signing the con...
The Dutch airline KLM has made important step towards the global aviation industry target of carbon neutral growth from 2020. In the latest in a series of sustainable biofuel flights that have taken place around the world, KLM today conducted a flight partly powered by a biofuel produced from the plant camelina. The flight took off from Amsterdam Schiphol A...
Works Council Chairman Willi Rorig: "No night flights is a threat to the Company's existence". The Prime Minister of Hesse Roland Koch has received 4,000 signatures expressing support for the retention of night flights at Frankfurt Airport. "Those 4,000 signatures represent thousands of jobs in the Rhine-Main region," emphasised Lufthansa Cargo Works Cou...
Indonesian carrier Batavia Air commences operations at Singapore Changi Airport tomorrow, 25 November 2009. Batavia will operate daily flights between Singapore and the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Semarang. The eighth new airline to commence operations at Changi Airport this year, Batavia’s commencement of operations signals its confidence in the...
A direct less than container load service between Gothenburg, Sweden and Shenzhen, China has been launched by DHL. The new direct service will reduce the freight transit period of the route by up to eight days. The above was revealed by the logistics and express delivery company on 19 November 2009, Logistics Finland reports. Source: Transportweekly
Deutsche Bahn is to be the exclusive partner of Qatar Railways Company (RAIL) for the establishment of a rail-bound transport system in the Emirate of Qatar, one of the richest countries in the world. Dr. Rüdiger Grube, CEO and Chairman of the DB Management Board, signed the relevant agreement for the formation of the Qatar Railways Development Company...
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