EU: The goal is to commence equipping the entire European freight fleet of 500,000 cars with digital automatic coupling, DAC, in 2028, despite criticism.
EU: GATX Rail Europe has announced that all leasing contracts will include the Basic Telematics Package to track the location of railcars online at no additional cost from March.
Italy: Ironbox, a start-up company developing post-wheel technologies, tested a proprietary technology, Ironlev, on a two km section of the existing route between Adria and Mestre, Italy.
The most significant events and trends in the global rolling stock market in 2023 according to the ROLLINGSTOCK team.
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
Italy: The Italian manufacturer is now completing the homologation of the APLA100-e two-axle machine at its Monopoli facility.
Italy: The revelation came from Gianluigi Aponte, founder and owner of one of the world’s largest container operators, during a meeting with officials in Genoa.
Italy: It cost €1.8 mln for Lombardy’s regional passenger operators Trenord and FNM to refurbish a four-car train, increasing its service life to ten years.
EU: The companies have already signed a preliminary agreement for the sale of a part of Hitachi Rail STS.
