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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.
Russia: As stated in the press release, the transaction resulted in Concern Tractor Plants becoming the main shareholder of the plant. In June, the concern assumed control of another TMH’s asset, the steel works in Bezhitsa.
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
Slovakia: The Poprad factory has delivered the first two type Samms flatcars to the Slovak Ministry of Defence.