During an extraordinary board meeting of the European Bulls Freight Alliance (EB) in Vienna on 29th January 2008, it was decided that VFLI, a private French railway operator, will join the European Bulls with immediate effect.

The six partners of the European Bulls RailFreight Alliance restructured their leadership at the end of November with the aim of further intensifying cooperation in their successful partnership.

The European Bulls RailFreight Alliance partners rail4chem (D) and Viamont (Cz) recently started complete train services from the Czech Republic to the Port of Rotterdam after successfully carrying out some trial runs to and from various destinations in Germany.

The first locomotive of the Austrian rail freight transport company LTE (Graz) featuring the European Bulls design was delivered on April 5th. The BR 2016 diesel unit (EuroRunner 20) from Siemens has permits and safety packages for Germany, Austria and Slovakia. LTE now joins rail4chem (Essen) and Ferrovie Nord Cargo (Milan) in having rolling stock sporting the alliance colours.

The first locomotive sporting the European Bulls design was delivered on February 4th. The BR 185 multi-system unit from Bombardier with permits and safety packages for Germany, Austria and Switzerland is deployed for cross-border services of the alliance. It is registered with rail4chem.

The alliance of European rail freight companies “European Bulls” was officially inaugurated in Rotterdam today. Its members are Comsa Rail Transport (E-Barcelona), Ferrovie Nord Cargo Srl. (I-Milan), LTE Logistik- und Transport- GmbH (A-Graz), rail4chem Eisenbahnverkehrsgesellschaft mbH (D-Essen) and Viamont a.s. (CZ-Usti nad Labem).