Maritime at Hams Hall

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), the largest independent bottler of Coca-Cola globally, is switching to intermodal from trunk road haul in the UK, in a contract with Maritime Transport, with GB Railfreight as rail haulier

Associated British Ports (ABP) has awarded a long-term lease to Maritime Transport to operate Hams Hall in the West Midlands, one of the UK’s busiest rail freight terminals, with effect from 3 July; Maritime will then control the three English Midlands intermodal railheads

The 38th daily rail service has been introduced at Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe. The new service is operated by GB Railfreight for Maritime Transport and connects the port with Birch Coppice in the Midlands

Maritime Transport’s West Midlands terminal in Tamworth is now connected to London Gateway: second phase of Newell & Wright’s Tinsley terminal in South Yorkshire should be ready in August; steel on the rails from Port of Sunderland

GB Railfreight is connecting the port with Maritime’s Wakefield terminal, and Maritime Transport/DB Cargo connects with Maritime’s East Midland Gateway hub; on top of this, Maritime announces contract win from Maersk Line

GB Railfreight has launched a Southampton service and Freightliner has restarted its Felixstowe service