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]

Vossloh G1206 locomotive in glossy black Mitsui (MRCE) livery

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.

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).

Europe
MRCE "Class 66" at Innotrans

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]

Dispolok
See also: 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 2007 the locomotive pool consisted of ~150 machines from Bombardier Transportation, Siemens Mobility and Vossloh Locomotives.

The inventory of MRCE includes:

References
  1. "Supply Side: IntelliTrans, MRC". Railway Age. 2023-07-26. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  2. Rising to the Rail Challenge Mitsui & Co. Ltd. Archived 2008-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 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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