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Key news and contracts in the rolling stock market.
UK: The leasing company VTG Rail UK delivered a batch of 34 F07C hoppers to Mendip Rail. Under the contract dated March 2023, a total of 203 such hoppers are to be supplied by May 2025.
India: The company has announced the commencement of construction work on the Kolkata plant this month.
Russia: The TR EAEU 001/2011 certificate permits the production of 12-6774 gondola cars with unloading hatches at the company’s Biysk Car-building Plant until August 2029.
USA: The car builder has secured a contract with an unnamed company to upgrade over 1,000 DOT-111 tank cars to DOT-117R standard.
Italy: The recently established joint venture Innoway Trieste signed up an agreement to reindustrialise Wärtsilä’s former marine diesel engine plant.
Overview of events and news of the global freight market.
UK: The British division of Heidelberg Materials has announced its intention to equip 32 of its cement tank cars with the iWagon solution from Knorr-Bremse. A further 32 railcars will also be acquired with the same equipment.
Slovakia: The six-axle articulated basket car, designated Sdggmrss, has been developed for the transportation of containers and semi-trailers. Its key features is integrated removable baskets that are similar to those used by CargoBeamer technology.