The Greenbrier Companies
announced today that is has received $125 million in new orders for 1,300 new railcars and two marine vessels.
The railcar orders, valued at $100 million, include 900 centre-partition railcars for the North American market and 400 sliding wall railcars for the European market.
The two marine orders are valued at $25 million. The first order is for an 87,000-barrel double-hull oceangoing oil tank barge for Sause Bros. It is the sixth vessel ordered by Sause from Oregon-based Greenbrier.
The second order is for a 380’ deck cargo barge for Northland Transportation Company and is the third such vessel ordered by Northland or its affiliates from Greenbrier.
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