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Dr. Martin Neese will assume the role of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) effective November 18, 2024. As CCO, he will oversee all commercial operations…
Read press releaseAfter more than 30 years in senior leadership positions at the AAE and VTG groups, Mark Stevenson will step down from his position as Chief Financial…
Read press releaseVTG GmbH announces the imminent arrival of the first T4000 pocket wagons designed for the Iberian gauge. The phased deployment of 200 wagons in Spain…
Read press releaseThe Advisory Board of VTG GmbH has been strengthened in the form of a new Chairman.
Read press releaseWith effect from January 1, 2024, Kerstin Kamphaus will fill the newly created role of Chief People & Culture Officer (CPCO) at VTG GmbH. People and…
Read press releaseAfter more than 20 years of successful service at VTG, Sven Wellbrock (Chief Operating Officer Europe & Chief Safety Officer) has decided to leave the…
Read press releaseTobias Behncke, Managing Director of Retrack Germany GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hamburg-based VTG GmbH, has added two new managerial staff…
Read press releaseVTG, Europe's leading private operator of freight wagons, will offer the automatic brake testing system from PJ Monitoring GmbH (PJM) as a…
Read press releaseIn his position as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO), Thomas Jäger will take charge of the VTG Group’s operating business with effect from January…
Read press releaseAlberto Nobis will take over as the new Chief Executive Officer of VTG GmbH on October 1, 2023. In this new role, he will oversee the management and…
Read press releaseVTG GmbH this week published its second Sustainability Report. The document combines hard numbers with selected examples of implemented measures to…
Read press releaseIn the rural town of Grossräschen in the German state of Brandenburg, VTG is investing tens of millions of euros to build a sustainable workshop for…
Read press releaseWith effect from July 1, 2023, VTG is reorganizing the management of its subsidiaries VTG Rail Europe GmbH and VTG Rail Logistics, appointing new…
Read press releaseVTG is expanding its popular FastTrack service. As of June, the company will also be offering wagons for last-minute and short-term capacity…
Read press releaseEffective May 1, 2023, Dr. Holger Schmidt will take over as Head of Technical Innovations at VTG. In this role, he will oversee the continuation and…
Read press releaseHow can rail-based freight transport become more efficient and more attractive? How can this mode of transport slot seamlessly into modern supply…
Read press releaseEffective July 1, 2023, Klaus Wessing will take over as the new Head of Sales and Operations at VTG GmbH. He will report directly to Sven Wellbrock,…
Read press releaseTobias Behncke took charge of Retrack Germany GmbH on April 1, 2023. His new role at VTG gives him responsibility for Retrack Germany’s pan-European…
Read press releaseOksana Janssen, Chief Operating Officer Eurasia & Far East, has stepped down from office and is leaving VTG GmbH of her own accord on May 31, 2023.
Read press releaseVTG is terminating its tank container transport and logistics business and will discontinue the relevant activities by the end of the second quarter…
Read press releaseVTG Rail Logistics has stepped up its presence in the Baltics. With effect from January 01, 2023, what used to be VTG Project Logistics has shifted…
Read press releaseVTG, the leading asset and logistics company in Europe’s rail freight space, is continuing its business activities as a limited liability company…
Read press releaseA new digitalization project in the combined transport space aims to speed up the allocation of intermodal transport units to rail freight wagons.…
Read press releaseAd-hoc rail freight transport orders can now also make use of flat wagons. Starting now, VTG’s FastTrack service – already established at other…
Read press releaseIn the context of the war of aggression against Ukraine and the sanctions imposed on Russia in response, VTG AG has decided to discontinue its Russian…
Read press releaseIn just its second year participating in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), VTG has earned 99 out of 100 possible points (2021:…
Read press releaseAlready well established at ports such as Rotterdam and Gothenburg, FastTrack is now also going off the blocks at another key European freight node.…
Read press releaseGroßräschen/Hamburg, June 29, 2026. VTG will discontinue operations at the workshop for intermodal rail freight wagons in Großräschen as of December…
Read press releaseMorgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP) and Joachim Herz Stiftung (JHS) announce that Deodoro Holding B.V., which is part of MSIP, and JHS have…
Read press releaseToday, VTG AG celebrated 150 years of private-sector wagon leasing in Europe in the Vienna City Hall. At the ceremony under the joint patronage of the…
Read press releaseVTG Aktiengesellschaft has published its first sustainability report this week. In it, the company sets out its medium- and long-term vision,…
Read press releaseBuilding the future of rail freight: The Pro Rail Alliance has presented its “German Transport Transition Prize” to VTG. The prize comes as part of…
Read press releaseThe Supervisory Board of VTG Aktiengesellschaft, a leading wagon hire and rail logistics company in Europe, has elected Dr. Alexander Granderath as…
Read press releaseVTG Rail Russia (OOO “VTG”), provider of rental services of own freight wagons on the Russian market and subsidiary of VTG AG, a leader in the…
Read press releaseEven though it was its very first time participating in the GRESB, VTG has earned top marks in the global sustainability ranking. With 96 out of a…
Read press releaseJust how digital is wagon leasing and rail logistics company VTG? The answer? More digital than you would think! A closer look at the digital customer…
Read press releaseVTG Rail Russia (OOO “VTG”), a Russian subsidiary of the leading wagon hire and rail logistics company VTG Aktiengesellschaft, has signed a new…
Read press releaseVTG Rail Logistics has stepped up its presence in the Balkans: With effect from November 1, 2021, the new company’s operating business was entrusted…
Read press releaseSuttons International Limited and VTG Tanktainer GmbH, a subsidiary of VTG Aktiengesellschaft (VTG), announce today that they have signed an Asset
Read press releasePractical work, insights into the factory routine, familiarization with operating processes: Since October 13, all this and more has been accessible…
Read press releaseOn September 22, 2021, the extraordinary general meeting of VTG Aktiengesellschaft resolved with 99.75 % of the votes cast on the motion of the…
Read press releaseOn behalf of LIQVIS GmbH, a subsidiary of Uniper SE, VTG AG has successfully completed initial tests involving the transportation by rail of…
Read press releaseVTG’s new wagon architecture makes rail freight more flexible than ever. The separation of superstructures from underframes and the use of the…
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Luca Giebeler
Head of Corporate Communications & Public Affairs