Archive 2010

RWG to present at the Leaders in Rail Conference in Abu Dhabi 17th November 2010 RWG Chairman Howard Rosen will be moderating panels and speaking at the Leaders in Rail Conference taking place on 28th November 2010 in Abu Dhabi. “Full details of the event”

Zolfo Cooper joins the RWG 27th August 2010 Zolfo Cooper has joined the RWG. Zolfo Cooper is the world’s pre-eminent advisory and interim management firm, providing restructuring leadership to companies and their stakeholders. Zolfo Cooper has operations in the United States, Europe and the Caribbean. As a partner of Zolfo Cooper’s Corporate Recovery group, based […]

Unidroit/OTIF publishes RFP for the Luxembourg Registry 7th July 2010 Unidroit and OTIF, as the joint sponsoring organizations for the Luxembourg Rail Protocol, have now issued the definitive request for proposals for the operation of the registry required under the Luxembourg Protocol. For further information see joint press-release and the request for proposals.

Why Luxembourg makes sense for state owned Operators 18th June 2010 The RWG has today published a note on “Why state owned Operators should also welcome the adoption of the Luxembourg Rail Protocol”. To read the complete article click here.

RWG participates in Africa Rail 2010 18th June 2010 RWG Chairman Howard Rosen and Secretary Martin Fleetwood were both at the Africa Rail 2010 conference which took place in Johannesburg at the beginning of June. Howard Rosen took part in a panel discussion on “Financial Rolling Stock, Asset Management and Leasing for Funds” while Martin […]

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin joins the RWG 4th March 2010 Fasken Martineau DuMoulin has become a new member of the RWG. Fasken Martineau is one of Canada’s largest law firms with full service in all of Canada’s primary commercial marketplaces. Fasken Martineau is also a leader in the Canadian transportation sector serving major Canadian transportation enterprises. […]

RWG Publishes two new Briefing Papers 4th March 2010 The RWG has now published two new papers on How the Rail Registry will work and the Industry Perspective on the Luxembourg Protocol summarising the presentations made by its chairman Howard Rosen at the Information Session for Prospective Bidders to run the International Registry, which took […]

RWG publishes paper on the unique identification of Rolling Stock 24th February 2010 The RWG has today published its working paper entitled Allocation and Marking of Permanent Numbers on Rolling Stock. The paper specifically proposes a Unique Rail Vehicle Identification System (URVIS) which would be utilised worldwide as an essential way of identifying, under a […]

Information Session for Potential Bidders to be the Registrar of the International Rail Registry 19th January 2010 A one-day Information session will be held at the Unidroit headquarters in Rome on 25th February 2010 for all interested potential bidders. This will be a unique business opportunity for IT specialist companies who may wish to be […]