Author: AWT

Dear Business Partners, We are pleased to invite you to international exhibition Transport Logistic 2017. Our presentation you will find in Hall No. 6 in stand No. 113/214. Representatives of top management and our commercial team will be available to introduce to you AWT and the wide range of services which our company provides. We […] continue reading »

The Moravian-Silesian Railway Museum and railway enthusiasts from the Silesian Railway Association have prepared something special for all train lovers. On Saturday, 18 February 2017, they can travel by train along the railway sidings of the Ostrava-Karviná coalfield. Public interest in this special journey is huge and both trains were sold out immediately. The partner […] continue reading »

Signing the grant agreement with the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) of the European commission was the culmination of efforts by AWT, a member of the PKP CARGO group, to acquire the biggest grant ever in the history of the company. AWT is paying great attention to the development of the terminal, which in […] continue reading »

The AWT group, a member of the PKP CARGO group, has increased its annual volume of shipments from central Europe to Slovenia and Italy with 10 trains weekly. The company has recently been supplying shipping to southern Europe for the whole passage and mostly as Just in time. AWT is therefore continuing to expand the […] continue reading »

Arkadiusz Olewnik, Member of the Board of Directors of PKP CARGO for Finance, was appointed new Chairman of the Board of Directors of Advanced World Transport a.s. (AWT), which is a member of the PKP CARGO Group. As the Chairman of the Board of Directors of AWT he replaced Zbigniew Klepacki. Arkadiusz Olewnik has long-standing […] continue reading »

The international transport group AWT, a member of the PKP CARGO group, is continuing to modernize its intermodal transport terminal in Paskov. Since May, the transshipment station has been operating the modern intermodal reach stacker Hyster RS 46-33 IH, which speeds up and improves transhipment operations for containers at the terminal. As part of its […] continue reading »

On 1 April 2016, Žaneta Sigmundová will assume the role of Human Resources Director at AWT Group. She has been part of the personnel at AWT since 2014. Her main priority will be to lead the AWT Group HR department and coordinate HR processes with the main shareholder, Europe’s second largest rail freight transport operator, […] continue reading »

On 1 January 2016, Tomáš Král (36) will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer at international transport and logistics operator AWT Group. Tomáš Král has served in financial management positions at AWT Group since 2010. His main priority will be the strategic financial management of AWT Group and the establishing and linking of all […] continue reading »

On 1 September 2015, Viktor Bystrian (37) will assume the role of Commercial Director at international transport and logistics operator AWT Group. Viktor Bystrian has served in business management positions at AWT since 2008 and has participated in many key projects. His participation has extended, for example, to projects including the development of the group’s […] continue reading »

Dear Business Partners, We would like to inform you that on Thursday, 28 May 2015, PKP Cargo acquired control over the AWT Group. The transfer of sharesagreement between BMM group, previously the majority shareholder in AWT, and the rail freight transport provider group PKP Cargo, was signed subsequent to the preceding agreement on the sale […] continue reading »

AWT Rail HU Zrt., which is a member of the AWT group, became the first railway carrier in Hungary to receive the GMP + FSA B4 certificate for the safe transport of agricultural and food products. Advanced World Transport a.s., which received the certificate as the first railway freight carrier in the Czech Republic, has […] continue reading »

BMM Group, which manages the assets of Zdeněk and Michaela Bakala in the Czech Republic, has announced that shareholders in AWT have reached an agreement for the sale of a majority stake in Advanced World Transport (AWT) group to Polish group PKP CARGO. The finalisation of the transaction, subject to the approval of regulators that […] continue reading »

Dear business partners, We would like to inform you that the administration building of customs office and private companies in the terminal Ostrava-Paskov is not damaged and is fully functionall after the explosion on 18 November 2014. Now we are intensively working on opening customs clearing and declaration of goods. Administration offices were replaced to […] continue reading »

Dear bussiness partners, we would like to inform you that AWT Čechofracht a.s. has changed the office address from 1st August 2014. The new address is Pernerova 676/51 186 00 Praha 8 – Karlín We would like to kindly ask you to edit the address in your database, not only for communication purposes but also for […] continue reading »

On 22 November 2013, Advanced World Transport (AWT), the largest private rail freight carrier in the Czech Republic, and a member of the AWT Group, took delivery of the first of three modern electric multisystem locomotives ES64 U4 – also known under the name “Taurus” – from Siemens. The delivery represented another step in the […] continue reading »

The rolling stock fleet of the railway undertaking AWT is going to be enlarged by supplies of three high-power locomotives produced by the company Siemens at the end of this year. A contract upon which the supplies of respective interoperable locomotives of ES64U4 type known as Taurus are to be realized was concluded in August […] continue reading »

“Acquiring this safety certificate for Polish railways entails a rather complicated procedure. Our company Advanced World Transport a. s. succeeded in meeting all the requirements of the relevant Polish authorities as the first ever carrier based outside Poland to do so,” said Edin Sose, AWT’s Chief Commercial Officer. AWT already operates in Poland as a […] continue reading »

Repeating last year’s success, the AWT Group has made it on to the list of the 100 most admired businesses operating in the Czech Republic. In the category Transportation, auxiliary services in transportation, and travel agencies, the Group defended its second position behind Student Agency. The prestigious rankings have been published for the fifteenth time […] continue reading »

International rail transporter AWT has been declared the winner of a tender for the transportation of iron ore from Bosnia to industrial giant ArcelorMittal’s Central European plants in the Czech Republic and Poland. Shipments amounting to more than half a million tonnes of iron ore will commence in March. “The fact that we have won this […] continue reading »

Transport Logistic, one of the world’s pre-eminent trade fairs in its specialised field, will take place during 4 – 7 June 2013 in Munich. The event stages an international exhibition of transport, logistics, mobility, IT and supply chain management. During the 30 years of its existence, Transport Logistic has developed into the biggest such trade […] continue reading »