Maritime opens Tilbury rail terminal
Maritime Transport has relocated its Tilbury operation to a new rail connected distribution terminal near London Container Terminal.
Maritime Transport has relocated its Tilbury operation to a new rail connected distribution terminal near London Container Terminal.
GB Railfreight is reopening some disused sidings at March on the route between Felixstowe and Nuneaton.
GB Railfreight is to lease three Class 66 locomotives are to be leased from Beacon Rail Leasing and introduced to the UK rail network from Sweden.
Network Rail has awarded contracts worth £800m for the haulage and operations of its engineering trains and seasonal treatment services in Control Period 6 (2019-2024).
Truck traffic through the Channel Tunnel fell 12 per cent in April as companies destocked in the wake of the delay to Brexit.
Drivers who hold category B licences will be able to operate alternatively fuelled vans up to 4.25 tonnes gross, but they will need to complete a minimum of five hours of extra training, under plans from the Department for Transport.
Gateshead-based OSE European has joined the Fortec Distribution Network covering the majority of the NE postcodes.
The Transport Salaried Staff’s Association is to ballot members for industrial action at DB Cargo over plans to transfer staff to Maritime Transport.
Davies Turner says it is now achieving record transit times for its weekly rail import service for LCL cargoes from China.
Scottish freight operators and users have launched a joint strategy to boost the amount of freight on the rails, to meet a target of 7.5 per cent growth set by the Scottish Government last year.