On February 24, 2022, the 2021 annual financial statements for the cargo company of the French state railway Fret SNCF are to be presented. The template states: progress is being made, albeit slowly.
As early as 2018, the then German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer wanted to make so-called turning assistants mandatory for trucks. Brigade Electronics BV offers technical solutions against fatal accidents.
"The partnership with Beacon Rail and the Ermewa Group concerns a sale-and-lease-back agreement for part of the Lineas fleet. The transaction will allow Lineas to fully repay its senior credit lines and further expand its financial reserves. The agreement reached by the parties includes the phased sale and leaseback of 109 T77 diesel locomotives over the period 2021-2023 and around 4,000 freight cars in 2021. "
Under this question we present answers from various personalities in the international cargo and rail sector. Malte Lawrenz, Chairman of the Association of Freight Wagon Owners VPI in Hamburg, answers today.