CTL Logistics has received the Entity in Charge of Maintenance (ECM) certificate for railway vehicles. According to the decision of the Office of Rail Transport (UTK), for the next three years, the company will be able to offer its clients a broader package of services regarding the maintenance of, among others, tank wagons used for the transport of dangerous goods and other special wagons.
Alongside CTL Logistics Sp. z o.o., the ECM certificate is also held by the company CTL Chemkol from Kędzierzyn-Koźle, which belongs to the CTL Logistics Group.
– Thanks to the certificate issued by the Office of Rail Transport, we can meet the needs of our clients who own wagons and include them in our own management system as part of our cooperation. Thanks to this solution, in addition to the standard services provided by the company, clients will receive the additional opportunity to use the services of a certified ECM and the company’s experience in maintaining wagon rolling stock. This is another new service in the CTL Logistics portfolio – says Mariusz Mik, Member of the Management Board of CTL Logistics.
The wagon maintenance management system meeting the requirements of the EU Commission Regulation was developed by a team of CTL Logistics specialists in the form of a manual with procedures describing exactly what actions must be taken so that wagons are maintained in accordance with established standards. Thanks to this approach, every participant in the system knows exactly what to do – including the documentation they need in the wagon maintenance process.
The ECM certificate is a confirmation of meeting the highest technical and organizational standards at CTL Logistics in the scope of railway rolling stock maintenance. It will allow for an increase in the portfolio of clients requiring service in this area by 50 percent.
The obligation of ECM certification was introduced into European legislation by EC Directive No. 110 of 2008, and into Polish law by the Act of September 16, 2011. The main task assigned to the ECM is the obligation to maintain wagons in a condition that enables their safe operation. The entity is to fulfill this obligation by building, implementing, and applying a procedural Maintenance Management System.