UK annual summer safety season
“Don’t Play on the Railway!” This is DB Cargo Uk’s strapline for a new campaign to promote rail safety during the summer school holidays. Children across the country are being reminded of the dangers and...Read more
GATX Rail equips pocket wagon fleet with new kingpin safety solution
GATX Rail Europe has introduced a new kingpin sensor, which assures the correct closing of a container. “This is a response to the European Railway Agency’s (ERA) most recent call on wagon keepers for greater...Read more
DB Cargo UK launches empowering new safety campaign
Rail freight operator DB Cargo UK has launched what the company calls “a major new campaign in its ongoing drive to deliver safety excellence across all its operations.” The campaign explicitly empowers the company’s 2,200...Read more
Nexxiot’s kingpin monitor passes the test
Nexxiot tested its new kingpin monitor system during a trial session at the DUSS terminal in Hamburg-Billwerder. The trial was organised for representatives of the AGORA Intermodal Terminals working group, who were left impressed by...Read more
UK rail safety report says the industry can do better
There is always room for improvement. That is the note on a sheaf of end-of-term report card on the UK rail network. Both the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) and the Rail Safety and...Read more
Record fine after child dies at UK freight terminal
WH Malcolm Limited has been fined 6,5 million pounds (7,7 million euros) after being found guilty of negligence over the death of an eleven-year-old boy in 2017. The case comes to light just as the...Read more