{"id":140307,"date":"2024-10-15T18:17:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T08:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldcargonews.com\/?p=51147"},"modified":"2024-10-15T18:17:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T08:17:33","slug":"db-cargo-polska-and-db-cargo-uk-collaborate-on-rolling-stock-repurposing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=140307","title":{"rendered":"DB Cargo Polska and DB Cargo UK collaborate on rolling stock repurposing"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>DB Cargo UK and DB Cargo Polska are set to collaborate on a wagon refurbishment programme on behalf of Tata Steel. The sister companies are to combine their collective experience in the field of reengineering rolling stock. The project will breathe new life into 60 \u201cBCA\u201d designated wagons for one of the group’s biggest customers, Tata Steel.<\/p>\n

An agreement has been reached, which will see DB Cargo Polska manufacture new wagon frames at its state-of-the-art engineering facility in Rybnik, in the south of Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic \/ Czechia. The frames will then be sent to the UK for final fitting and assembly at DB Cargo UK’s wagon maintenance facility at Stoke-on-Trent in the English East Midlands.<\/p>\n

Important project<\/h2>\n

The 60 refurbished wagons, which will be capable of carrying both steel slab and steel coil, are essential to support Tata Steel’s transition in the UK from traditional blast furnace steel production to the use of cleaner and greener electric arc furnaces. The conversion of the steel works at Port Talbot in South Wales has been controversial. The conventional blast furnaces closed last month, but the new arc furnaces will not be ready for at least two years. That means a radical change for rail freight operations, and a radical change in cargo overall, as reported in our sister publication, Bulk Materials International<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Margam Yard in South Wales, with the Port Talbot steel works in the background. The redesigned wagons will spend much of their time in this yard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From their Doncaster headquarters in England, DB Cargo UK’s Chief Sales Officer Roger Neary said the collaboration with DB Cargo Polska would play a pivotal role in meeting Tata Steel’s changing demands of rail freight. “This agreement underlines the positive benefits of being part of DB’s large international network of companies, and we are delighted to be working with DB Cargo Polska on such an important project.\u201d<\/p>\n

Strict control process<\/h2>\n

Tata Steel is one of DB Cargo UK’s biggest customers. The steel maker is going through major changes to improve its long-term environmental and economic performance. That has major implications for rail freight operations, for which DB Cargo UK has contracts in place. \u201cWe are an integral and important part of Tata’s supply chain,\u201d said Roger Neary. \u201cThe delivery of these new wagons will play a pivotal role in its smooth transition to green steel production.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roger Neary led a delegation from DB Cargo UK to the Rybnik facility. He said they were impressed with their Polish counterpart’s impressive new facility for manufacturing and assembling wagons. This will not be the first contract for the works. Rybnik is already building brand-new wagons for DB Cargo Germany. Neary said strict control processes were in place to ensure a high-quality end product.<\/p>\n

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BCA Wagon frame on the jig at Rybnik<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

First units on the jig<\/h2>\n

“I am looking forward to the railway industry making a radical technological leap in every area of its activity to grow and be competitive in the transport market,\u201d said DB Cargo Polska’s CEO, Dr Marek Staszek. \u201cOur experienced and highly qualified team answered the challenge and will support our UK colleagues in their strategic project,” he said.<\/p>\n

The first new wagon frame off the Polish production line was delivered to Stoke in September, with a further 35 due to be delivered by the end of the year. The remaining wagon frames will be delivered in the first quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DB Cargo businesses in the UK and Poland are joining expertise to rework a rake of special steel-carrying wagons to serve their customer Tata Steel in South Wales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":51149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13920,12380,72,13510,13921,5878,13919,13922,471,1433,13923,13924,4984,13925],"tags":[12159],"class_list":["post-140307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bca-wagon","category-bulk","category-business","category-cargo-handling-equipment","category-db-cargo-polska","category-db-cargo-uk","category-equipment","category-marek-staszek","category-news","category-rail","category-roger-neary","category-rybnik","category-stoke-on-trent","category-tata-steel","tag-world-cargo-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t