Tests of digital automatic couplers are now underway under some of Europe’s most demanding railway conditions as the steel shuttle is equipped with the latest technology. Green Cargo operates the Luleå–Borlänge route with the freight train, which is a central part of SSAB’s production chain.
Green Cargo is investing in a more robust and reliable network for 2025. Starting with the timetable shift in 2025, the new network will enable shorter lead times, more frequent departures, reduced susceptibility to disruptions, and improved punctuality, creating increased value for the company’s customers.
Green Cargo's new intermodal train solution will enhance the transportation of goods between Gothenburg Kombi and Norrköping Port. Starting in May, the new solution offers daily departures Monday through Friday for trailers, swap bodies, and containers, providing a fast, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly mode of transport.
Green Cargo has awarded Euromaint a renewed five-year maintenance contract to manage, in partnership, the Rc/Rd locos, which are the majority of the locos in the largest fleet of locomotives in Sweden owned by Green Cargo, as well as the strategic components.
Starting in 2024, Green Cargo will purchase guarantees of origin for fossil-free electricity production (wind, hydro- and nuclear power) instead of guarantees of origin for renewable electricity production (wind and hydropower) from the Swedish Transport Administration. This is a result of the dramatic price increase for guarantees of origin for renewable electricity noted during the end of 2022.
Max Knagge to be new Chief Marketing and Sales Officer at Green Cargo. Max has experience from several different industries, with the longest experience in the aviation industry. For several years, Max has held various roles within the SAS Group, most recently as CEO of SAS Cargo Group. Max will assume his position at Green Cargo in March 2024.
The first of ten new Vectron locomotives has been delivered to Green Cargo in Malmö. The locomotives will primarily be used to strengthen Green Cargo's international traffic in the corridor between Malmö and Maschen in Germany starting in 2024. The six current corridor locomotives will be integrated into Green Cargo's domestic network and increase the company's capacity on the Swedish market.
More freight trains and reduced truck traffic to and from Dalarna when the Malungsfors terminal becomes part of Green Cargo's network in December. Together with Fiskarhedens Trävaru AB, Green Cargo has entered into a new agreement in collaboration with the Gothenburg-based logistics company Träfraktkontoret AB for greatly expanded freight transport by rail.
Green Cargo's Board of Directors has appointed Peter Viinapuu as interim CEO of Green Cargo AB. Peter will take up his position on April 17 and will hold the role until Henrik Dahlin takes over as permanent CEO no later than September 16.
Henrik Dahlin will be the new CEO of Green Cargo AB. Henrik comes most recently from MTR Nordic Group where he is currently CEO. Henrik will take up his position at Green Cargo no later than 16 September.
Green Cargo’s Chief Commercial Officer, Richard Kirchner, has decided to leave the company to assume a position as production director at Keolis Sweden AB.
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