Freight features in new line connecting Oxford and Cambridge
Freight has assumed a new and much higher priority in a bold new vision for the line currently under construction to connect the university cities…
Felixstowe’s new record, new opportunities for rail freight
International tensions, supply chain issues and pandemics have done little to stem the flow of container traffic. Just this week, Felixstowe has berth its biggest…
Supply chain disruption has silver lining for shippers
The lingering disruption to the global supply chain has proved a severe strain on business and industry around the world. However, not everyone has been…
Felixstowe gets 38th daily service, this time to Birmingham
Maritime Transport, the familiar provider of integrated road and rail logistics, has launched a new intermodal service this week, connecting its Birmingham Intermodal Freight Terminal…
Network Rail: Land needed for Ely upgrade
Local communities have been advised that improving rail services in and around Ely, including facilitating better intermodal freight services from Felixstowe, will require land purchases.…
Farm tractor and freight train collide in Cambridgeshire
The UK infrastructure management agency, Network Rail, says extensive repair works will be required after an agricultural vehicle strayed into the path of a freight…
Ever Given reaches Felixstowe, UK
The port of Felixstowe has finally received at the quayside the much delayed Ever Given. Τhe vast container ship which ran aground in the Suez…
Tinsley scores English hat trick
Never mind the football. The trophy winner this week is Tinsley, the marshalling yard shared between the neighbouring English cities of Sheffield and Rotherham. Derelict…
Suez Crisis, what does it mean for UK rail freight?
With a Rotterdam-bound super carrier aground for almost a week in the Suez Canal, and world shipping in turmoil, where did that leave global logistics,…
Felixstowe’s rush to rail continues
The UK’s busiest intermodal port, Felixstowe, has signed a deal for another express intermodal service – the second new agreement in seven days. Hutchison Ports,…
GB Railfreight connects Felixstowe with Yorkshire
Answering further demand for rail-served freight operations, a new daily rail service has been introduced, connecting the UK’s busiest container port, Felixstowe, with the heavily…
Containers pile up at UK’s ports due to Brexit and pandemic
Post-Brexit trade disruption and ongoing congestion are causing critical build-ups of containers at UK ports, according to the latest data from Container xChange. The UK’s…