Archive 2014

Future Rail and Metro Summit to take place in Cairo 22nd December 2014 The Future Rail and Metro Summit will be taking place in Cairo on 13th and 14th April.

Management Committee expands 17th December 2014 We are delighted to announce that Giulia Mauri, a partner of the firm of Verhaegen Walravens has been co-opted onto the RWG Management Committee with responsibility for liaison with the EU institutions. She will also be our coordinator for linking in with Brussels based rail organisations.

ERFA joins the RWG 13th December 2014 ERFA the European Rail Freight Association has now joined the RWG. ERFA represents new entrants, i.e. all those operators who want open access and fair market conditions, and sustains their role of pushing forward the development of the railway market. The Association is very much a spin-off of […]

EU agrees to ratify the Protocol 11th December 2014 Over the past few weeks the Protocol has been adopted by the European Parliament, referred back to the Council of Ministers which has then formally adopted the Protocol. The detailed decision published in the official journal this week may be accessed here.

Can Rail help deliver a brighter future for Europe? 1st December 2014 The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) and the Italian Presidency of the EU are jointly organising a political debate on the role of rail in underpinning Europe’s future mobility and growth on 4 December. The event will be a good […]

Grindrod Rail joins The Rail Working Group 1st December 2014 Grindrod Rail is part of Grindrod Freight Services, a division within Grindrod Group Limited, a holding company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Grindrod specialises in moving dry bulk, bulk liquid commodities, containerised cargo and vehicles by road, rail, sea and air while providing […]

EU Parliament votes for the Luxembourg Protocol 27th November 2014 The European Parliament’s Plenary on Tuesday adopted the Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the approval, on behalf of the European Union, of the ‘Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Railway Rolling Stock’ Members of the […]

Cape Town transport conference addresses the enormous infrastructure deficit in Africa 21st November 2014 The Connecting Africa: Transport Infrastructure conference took place in Cape Town South Africa between 20th-22nd October 2014. Speakers from around the world addressed the urgent need for investment in transport infrastructure as the catalyst for development in Africa. At the same […]

RAND MERCHANT BANK FUNDS PAN-AFRICAN PULLING POWER 17th November 2014 Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) provides US$ 50-million of traction to the African rail leasing industry. RMB has acted as mandated lead arranger and funder to a new rail leasing company- GPR Leasing Africa – a joint venture between Grindrod and the Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund […]

CER publishes study on the economic footprint of railways in the EU. 17th November 2014 The Community of European Railways (CER) has just published a study on the ‘economic footprint’ of railway transport in the European Union. The study assesses the economic impact of railway transport in terms of gross value added, employment, exports and […]