Zimbabwean railways at crisis point

New toll gate causes widespread disruption at South Africa/Zimbabwe border

On 27 March, history was made when the first container freight train was moved between India and Bangladesh. The train from the north-eastern Indian city of Kolkata to Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka carried 60 TEU, mainly containing animal feed and fast moving consumer goods. The return trip mainly transported containerised textiles and apparel.

A consortium of the South African state-controlled transport group Transnet SOC, and Zimbabwe-incorporated Diaspora Infrastructure Development
Group (DIDG) has started to supply the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) with new equipment.

The Latvian government has given the go-ahead to the first phase of a major electrification project

VTG Rail Logistics Austria has started to operate heavy haul trains from Hungary for the first time

Berlin is again considering offering the DB Schenker arm of DB AG, Europe’s biggest rail company, for sale