Southampton port funding and UK Brexit ferry contracts
The UK government has handed a funding package to the South of England, around the Port of Southampton, for improvements to the local rail freight…
UK Network Rail chairman to review ‘union connectivity’
Sir Peter Hendy, the chairman of the infrastructure management agency Network Rail, has been appointed by the government in London to examine transport links between…
Changes to Channel Tunnel after Brexit: will it affect rail?
The Channel Tunnel between France and England will not close when the UK leaves the EU, but there will be changes to the administration. How…
Find alternative Brexit ports UK business and freight operators told
The UK government has issued a veiled warning that it expects disruption at the busy English Channel ports in the immediate aftermath of the Brexit…
Fluctuating oil price and rail freight
Something has been turning the world economy on its head lately. It is not what you think. Set aside all the headlines about pandemics and…
Amid crisis UK rail freight rallies to beat corona
Deserted concourses and empty platforms. The passenger network is becoming like Christmas Day, every day. With the British government placing stringent restrictions on movement and…
New terminal in Cherbourg should shift Channel traffic to rail
Ports of Normandy wants to establish a combined transport terminal in the port of Cherbourg, in order to increase its importance as a cross-Channel port.…
UK election landslide makes Brexit inevitable
The right-wing Conservative Party has won a huge majority in the UK General Election, on the back of a clear manifest pledge to ‘Get Brexit…
Will freight win the UK General Election?
With just a few days to go until what has been called the UK’s Brexit Election, political parties have been called upon to set out…
Brexit means record business for Eurotunnel
Channel Tunnel has seen an all-time record in freight traffic across the North Sea last month. While the English and the French have, on occasion,…
UK rail network faces post-Brexit shake up
The UK rail franchise model is to have an overhaul as radical as the change from steam to diesel traction. The news from the Palace…
P&O Ferrymasters prepares for Brexit with customs tool
Another Brexit measure was announced in the run-up to the UK split with the EU on 31 October. P&O Ferrymasters has partnered up with SGS…