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On September 20, Collicare Logistics and Hector Rail AB signed a three-year contract that begins on October 16. The two companies will work together to connect two remote locations with an efficient and fast new route: "The train runs directly from Italy to Norway and offers the fastest transit time on the market," says Ronny Nordmark, Development Manager at Collicare. This means a fast, inexpensive and predictable shipping of our customers' goods. "We have decided to invest now in rail transport in order to offer the cheapest transport from Italy to Norway. It is also the most environmentally friendly method of transporting goods. We want to continue to focus on the environment, and this move is definitely a step in that direction," says Nordmark, "We are very excited to be building this new partnership with Collicare Logistics and to be able to continue...

Hector Rail will be the traction service provider for Leo Express in passenger transport between Berlin and Stuttgart. Commercial traffic will start on 24 August. Trains will be initialised with four round trips per week from Thursday evening to Monday morning. Leo Express is responsible for the promotion of the trains and is supported by Flixbus. Flixbus is the best private service provider in Central Europe. Leo Express will provide the conductors and service personnel and Hector Rail the locomotives and drivers. Back to the overview

On 20 June, Hector Rail AB and LKAB signed a 5-year contract, starting in December 2017. LKAB is the largest iron ore producer in Europe and has its headquarters in Kiruna and Malmberget. Hector Rail is an independent freight logistics company for rail freight transport on the European market with operations in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Germany. Both parties focus on quality solutions tailored to the needs of customers, stability and reliability of results. The contract includes a seven day a week service from Lulea to Kiruna through Malmberget. Hector Rail will also provide shunting services in Lulea and Malmberget, and in order to support both parties in terms of reliability and environment, the new Vectron locomotives have been selected for the new contract. The Vectron maximizes the use of electric locomotives and reduces the...

We are very pleased to announce the appointment of David Knowles as Managing Director of Hector Rail Ab, Sweden, effective 10 April 2017. David is the current COO of GB Railfreight and has been a key member of the executive team for nearly 7 years. With over 25 years of experience in the rail freight industry, David has benevolent experience in operations and industry. He is instrumental in the significant growth and development of the industry's leading teams that have created GB Railfreight's exceptional reputation and success. David will play a key role in helping Hector Rail Ab to lead and enable the company's performance and efficiency as well as achieve its strategic goals. He will also play a key role in helping Hector Rail Ab to achieve its goals.

Hector Rail AB has reached an agreement with SCA Skog AB to transport logs to SCA mills and sawmills in northern Sweden, from Sundvall in the south to Pitea in the north, for ten years. As a consequence, Hector Rail will invest in new locomotives that can tow heavy trains, recover power during braking and generate power resistors in and from terminals without chain lines. The wagon fleet will also be replaced by a new generation of wagons with greater loading capacity. The contract is ten years long and will replace the current contract, which was extended until the end of 2017/2018, and will be valid until December 2027."We are very proud and happy to receive renewed confirmation from SCA Skog. We have worked innovatively and...

Hector Rail and ARS Altmann have agreed that Hector Rail will transport cars from southern Germany. In total, Hector Rail will drive about 600,000 km per year for ARS Altmann. This agreement is valid for three years. ARS Altmann is a provider of wagon transport solutions and was founded in 1975. The wagons are provided by ARS Altmann and we are proud that ARS Altmann has placed so much trust in us in this business. This is our first contract in wagon transport and an important step in our strategy to become an important part of German rail transport", says Mats Nyblom, Managing Director of Hector Rail AB, "Traffic will start on 9th January. The annual production will exceed 125,000 cars which also means that in the course of the three year contract about 400,000 cars will...

Hector Rail and Samskip agreed on partnership in and around Sweden. From the first of January, six transport journeys per week between Helsingborg in Sweden and Dusiburg, in the Ruhr area in Germany, through Copenhagen in Denmark will be added to the existing operations. Hector Rail and Samskip already have a cooperation between Duisburg and Malmö, Almhult, Nässjö, Katrineholm and Gothenburg. The old and new operations are based on the concept of continuous locomotives between Germany and Sweden through the contact point through Denmark. January 2008, the cooperation between the companies starts with the first ever operated direct trains between Scandinavia and Europe. Nowadays the Duisburg-Helsingborg train is a night train preceded by a fast door-to-door transition period. Collections can be carried out within a radius of 300 kilometers around Duisburg and in the delivery area around Helsingborg the nearest...

Hector Rail and Trätag AB have agreed that Hector Rail will begin to implement the so-called "Trätags concept" at short notice. This means that Hector Rail will transport around 2.5 million cubic meters of logs from various logging terminals to a number of grinding plants in central Sweden. The first trains are expected to arrive in a crowd before Christmas. Hector Rail will initially work with today's set-up, but will drive the line with completely new electric locomotives in the future. These locomotives allow a smoother running production with bigger and heavier trains and the locomotives can operate at the terminals without catenary line and can be controlled by remote control, among others large terminals like Lomsmyren in Mora, Vansbro and Ljusdal can be mentioned in this context. Among the larger sawmills you can find Kvarnsveden in Borlängem Skutskät and Gruvön in Grums..."Anders,...

Mats Nyblom will resign as Managing Director of Hector Rail AB, but will remain as a consultant with Hector Rail Group. Mats Nyblom was elected to resign his position as Managing Director of Hector Rail AB on 23 December 2016. After I founded Hector Rail 12 years ago and have been its Managing Director ever since, it is now time for me and Hector Rail to move on. It was a fantastic experience to build such a promising company together with our workers, customers and suppliers. It's the right time to step back and leave it to the next generation." Says Mats Nyblom. "Hector Rail wouldn't exist without Mats Nyblom. His work and devotion is looking for its equal. I am sincerely pleased that...

Hector Rail owner, EQT Infrastructure II, has submitted an irrevocable offer to acquire GB Railfreight, the UK's third largest rail freight operator. the proposed acquisition is part of EQT Infrastructure II's strategy to create a leading and independent rail freight operator and expand the Hector Rail Group. The intention is to integrate GB Railfreight into the Hector Rail Group if this offer is accepted.EQT Infrastructure II has submitted an irrevocable offer by the Hector Rail Group to acquire GB Ralfreight, which is solely through Groupe Eurotunnel SE. The acquisition is the subject of consultation with Groupe Eurotunnel's CEOs, after which EQT Infrastructure II and Groupe Eurotunnel are ready to proceed rapidly with the transaction and enter into binding agreements.GB Railfreight, founded in 1999 by current CEO John Smith, is the third largest rail freight operator in the UK...