Topic: Hector-rail

Danish ban on pocketwagons lifted for some companies

The Danish Transport Authority has granted railway companies Hector Rail and CFL Cargo permission to resume the use of semi-trailers loaded on pocketwagons. It received the necessary documentation ensuring that the locking mechanism is secured,...Read more

11-01-2019|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

Hector Rail’s new Germany MD follows contract wins

Swedish transport Hector Rail has moved to strengthen its position in the German and continental European marketplace with a key new management appointment. Stig Kyster Hansen has become the firm’s Managing Director for its Germany...Read more

13-11-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

LKAB signs haulage contract with Hector Rail

The Swedish mining company LKAB has signed a new haulage contract with freight logistics supplier Hector Rail for the period of five years. The contract will be effective from December 2017. Hector Rail is an important...Read more

11-08-2017|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

VTG and Innofreight team up to provide log-carrying wagons

Austria-based Innofreight has joined forces with German leasing specialists VTG to develop the custom-made ‘Innowagon’ for transporting logs in Sweden. It marks a new era in the two firms’ 12-year partnership, and is a significant...Read more

19-05-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Electricity-generating brakes for cargo locomotives

Swedish transporter Hector Rail is expanding the use of its innovative electricity-generating locomotives through a new deal with SCA Skog to transport wood to sawmills in northern Sweden. This latest innovation is more good news...Read more

16-01-2017|1 comment|author: Simon Weedy