American and Swiss compete in zl. 285 ml. coal car tender

American company Greenbrier and Swiss Ahaus Alstatter Eisenbahn (AAE) plan to compete with domestic producers of rolling stock in a tender worth zl.285 million for leasing cargo transport company DKPT Cargo PKP 1,000 coal cars. "We haven't decided yet, but almost for sure we'll place an offer," said Dariusz Czerniak from Greenbrier Polska. The American company is most fearful of competitor AAE, which already leased Cargo PKP 120 furniture transport cars last year. Polish companies Zastal Wagony, Fabryka Wagonow Gniewczyna and FW Ostrow Wielkopolski won a different tender for leasing 3,500 commodity cars in 1999, beating out Greenbrier. This is the second time the coal-car tender is being held; since in 1999 only Greenbrier placed an offer, which Cargo PKP considered insufficiently attractive. "This time we loosened the conditions of the contract. Now there may be several winners, as one company does not have to lease the entire amount," said Cargo PKP spokesman Janusz Mincewicz. (Puls Biznesu, p. 8) M.M.