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GE Power Conversion Helps to Electrify Railway Connection between Poland and Germany with Decentralized Converter Station Lohsa for Deutsche Bahn – DB Energie Gmbh
5/22/2013 10:03:00 AM
-Project includes New Application for Converter Technology, Using Static Frequency Converters to Directly Feed the Catenary Lines -GE Technology Improves Reliability and Efficiency -GE...
Cargotec Has Opened a New Technology and Competence Centre in Tampere
5/22/2013 9:43:15 AM
Cargotec’s Technology and Competence Centre was inaugurated today in an official opening ceremony in Tampere. The guests included people influential in society, industry and science, as well as partne...
’Don’t miss out on overseas sales boom,’ urges Parcel2Go
5/22/2013 5:36:12 AM
A report by OC&C consultants and Google has suggested that overseas internet sales could be worth £28bn to Britain by 2020, up from £4bn today. Demand from European and Asian markets is expected to be strongest.   Parcel2Go has called on firms to b...
Parsons Wins Dulles Corridor Metrorail Contract
5/20/2013 6:01:43 PM
PASADENA, CA – Parsons is pleased to announce that the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) has selected the Capital Rail Constructors joint venture for the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Pro...
DHL Announces Partnership with the 2013 British & Irish Lions Tour to Australia
5/20/2013 1:51:50 PM
-DHL is the naming rights partner for the 2013 British & Irish Lions Tour to Australia - DHL further extends its global support of rugby Bonn / Sydney - -DHL, the world’s leading logistics co...
QinetiQ Wins Railtex 2013 Award
5/20/2013 1:48:16 PM
Company recognised for its innovative approach in the rail industry - QinetiQ won the ‘Newcomer to Railtex’ award at Railtex 2013 in London last week, being recognised for bringing new thinking to ...
New school rate on the Emirates Air Line means pupils can swap classrooms for high-flying cabins
5/20/2013 9:44:30 AM
Pupils from school years 1 to 11 can travel on the Emirates Air Line for just £1 when in a school group. History, science or design and technology can be learnt 90 metres above the River Thames on the...
Cargotec Wins EUR 22 Million Order for 900-Tonne MacGregor AHC Subsea Crane from South Korea
5/16/2013 11:53:50 AM
Cargotec’s MacGregor has received EUR 22 million order to deliver a 900-tonne active heave-compensated (AHC) MacGregor subsea crane to the South Korean shipyard, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd. The c...
AIRail Celebrates Ten Years Successful Service
5/16/2013 11:48:52 AM
More than two million passengers since start New: service now includes Düsseldorf-Frankfurt route This month is the tenth anniversary of the Lufthansa AIRail service operated in collaboration with ...
Atos and iCargo European Consortium to Present the Future of Logistics at Munich Transport Logistic Fair
5/16/2013 10:49:23 AM
iCargo goal is to reduce CO2 emissions by improving the efficiency of intermodal freight systems and to enhance intelligent systems for decision support Madrid, - - Atos, an international IT servi...
Assistance systems reach the compact class
5/15/2013 4:01:53 PM
* Emergency brake assist provides safety, and adaptive cruise control makes driving more comfortable * Sales of radar and video sensors are skyrocketing * Bosch supplies assistance technology for the new Volkswagen Golf As the dr...
Deutsche Post DHL Boosts Operating Profit in the First Quarter of 2013
5/14/2013 9:21:36 AM
-Consolidated revenues slightly up to EUR 13.4 billion -EBIT increased to EUR 711 million in the first quarter -Focus on cash generation paying off -Full year guidance for 2013 confirme...
FleetMind to Speak on “Green Fleet” Themes as part of Waste Expo 2013 Conference
5/14/2013 6:00:00 AM
MONTREAL, Canada – May 14, 2013 - FleetMind Solutions, Inc., the technology leader for fleet management systems, announced today that its vice president, Don Diego Padilla II, will be presenting as part of the Waste Expo 2013 Conference, May 2...
Bechtel Launches Center of Engineering Excellence
5/13/2013 6:51:45 PM
ABU DHABI — Bechtel announced today that the company will establish a global center of engineering excellence in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) initially focused on rail and marine engineering ...
Train Talk: VIA Rail Canada Featured in Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown on CNN
5/10/2013 12:08:44 PM
Montréal, - -While food remains the focus of Anthony Bourdain’s newest television venture with CNN, "Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown" VIA Rail Canada (viarail.ca) made a cameo appearance in the most re...
60th Anniversary of Queen’s Coronation Commemorated
5/9/2013 10:08:39 AM
2012 portrait painted by artist Phil Richards used for stamp design OTTAWA (ON) – Canada Post will mark the 60th anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II with a new commemorative stamp. ...
DHL with Fast Rail Connection between China’s Megacities and Europe
5/8/2013 10:43:07 AM
-Multimodal solution reduces CO2 emissions by up to 90 percent and cuts costs -Door-to-door lead times decreased by up to 21 days -Industry’s first ‘point in time transportation’ on the tran...
Advertising Groups Team Up With Top Safety Agency for Out-of-Home Anti-Texting Campaign
5/8/2013 1:07:15 AM
Public service announcements will be featured on billboards and bus shelters in time for Global Youth Traffic Safety Month. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is expanding i...
Ferrovial signs two construction contracts in Poland worth a total of 332 million euro
5/8/2013 1:00:42 AM
Ferrovial Agroman’s Polish subsidiary Budimex signed two major contracts today: one to design and build a railway line in Gdańsk, worth over 140 million euro, and another to build a section of th...
Singapore Changi Airport and SITA partner for innovation
5/8/2013 12:45:51 AM
Singapore ‘World’s best airport’ launches SITA’s next generation self-service and passenger processing technology Global IT and communications provider SITA today announced a major partnership...