Raw deal for chemical company rail users

The International Tank Container Organisation (ITCO) has published its 11th Annual Tank Container Fleet Survey. As of 1 January 2023, the survey estimates that the global tank container fleet had reached 801,800 units worldwide, compared with the figure of 737,935 units on 1 January 2022 – a year-on-year growth of 8.65%.

The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bahn AG has mandated the Management Board to draw up and prepare the sale of up to 100% of DB Schenker AG

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), the largest independent bottler of Coca-Cola globally, is switching to intermodal from trunk road haul in the UK, in a contract with Maritime Transport, with GB Railfreight as rail haulier

This high frequency rail link delivers a strategic answer to persistent requests for more multimodal capacity between Germany, Sweden and Finland, says the multimodal shortsea shipping company

In a statement last week, Transnet said it was confident that the agreement would help facilitate a binding and definitive agreement to resolve pending legal disputes, and thus free the way for the urgent delivery of electric locomotives to Transnet Freight Rail

The tank container industry is going on the offensive in terms of defending its patch, with flexitanks and ocean carriers in its sights.