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Manchester United’s rail freight dilemma
The Euro 2024 tournament is moving to the knock-out stage. At the same time a freight and football knockout contest is kicking off in North…
UK Freight Innovation Fund encourages rail development
The UK Government has launched the latest tranche of its seed funding initiative, the Freight Innovation Fund. The initiative could encourage rail freight innovation across…
Maritime goes shopping for Tesco trains
They have been collaborating for thirteen years, but they have finally come out and made it public. In a move they have both called ‘strategic’,…
UK deal to double rail capacity at East Midlands
Maritime Transport has struck a deal with management company SEGRO to double the rail capacity at SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway in the first…
DB Cargo UK leases Mossend EuroTerminal to Maritime Intermodal
DB Cargo UK has announced plans to lease its Mossend EuroTerminal rail freight facility near Glasgow to logistics specialists Maritime Intermodal. The transfer takes place…
DB Cargo UK on the cooking oil again
Hot on the buffers of their last foray into sustainable fuels, DB Cargo UK has announced another new trial. This time the Doncaster-based operator has…
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…
Optimism as UK rail freight stages recovery
More than 90 per cent of pre-pandemic rail freight traffic volume is back in operation. That seems like good news for the future says Network…
Maritime launches new daily London and Midlands intermodal
UK specialist freight handlers Maritime Transport today launches a new sea to shore intermodal flow between London Gateway, the terminal owned by DP World on…
UK Maritime acquires Wincanton containers
The familiar blue livery of Maritime Group, the rail and road logistics operator, will take over from the also familiar blue livery of Wincanton. The…
Containers mounting up in Britain due to closure factors
With Maritime Intermodal moving boxes to storage across the length of England, the UK could be heading for a container crunch, as too many ships…