Company:Mitsui Rail Capital
Mitsui Rail Capital (MRC) is a railways rolling stock leasing company and part of Mitsui & Co based in Japan. Its main activities are the purchase and rental (or leasing) of railway freight cars and locomotives. In 2023, North American Mitsui Rail Capital was sold and rebranded as Modern Rail Capital.[1]
Latin America
Mitsui Rail Capital Latin America (Mitsui Rail Capital Participacões Ltda.) (MRCLA) was established in São Paulo (Brazil ) in November 2004.[2]
MRCLAs main area of activity is the rental of freight cars, particularly for iron ore and agricultural products. The company also has the intention of acquiring logistics centers, in particular ports and related trans-shipment centers in Germany.[citation needed]
Its main customers are the Brazilian freight railway companies América Latina Logística (ALL), MRS Logística, and EFVM and EFC, both subsidiaries of Vale S.A. (the ex-Companhia Vale do Rio Doce Group Vale).[citation needed]
Europe
Mitsui Rail Capital Europe BV (MRCE) was launched in October 2004 with the headquarters in Amsterdam in the Netherlands as a joint subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd.(Japan) and Mitsui & Co. Europe plc. (United Kingdom).
MRCE main activity is the leasing of locomotives in Europe for the now liberalised rail transport system - particularly to new private railway companies.[2]
Currently in 2023 MRCE Europe leases locomotives in 18 countries in Europe including Scandinavia and also parts of Balkan.
Dispolok
The company expanded in September 2006 with the acquisition of Siemens Dispolok (Munich), the operations of the two companies were merged after the acquisition with dispolok being renamed MRCE dispolok in 2008[3]
Locomotives leased from the company carry a distinctive black gloss livery.
Rolling stock
In 2023 the locomotive pool consisted of ~340 machines from Bombardier Transportation, Siemens Mobility and Vossloh Locomotives.
The inventory of MRCE includes:
- Bombardier Traxx (BR 145, F140 AC, F140 AC2, F140 MS)
- Siemens EuroSprinter (ES 64 F4, ES 64 U2) plus inherited Dispolok stock
- Siemens Vectron
- Vossloh G1000 BB, G1206, G1700, G2000
- EMD JT42CWR (also known as "Class 66")
References
- ↑ "Supply Side: IntelliTrans, MRC" (in en-US). 2023-07-26. https://www.railwayage.com/news/supply-briefs-intellitrans-mrc/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rising to the Rail Challenge Mitsui & Co. Ltd.
- ↑ Mathias Rellstab: MRCE und Dispolok: Aus zwei wird eins. In: Schweizer Eisenbahn-Revue. Nr. 7/2007, Minirex AG, Luzern 2007, ISSN 1022-7113, S. 344.
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