DP World launches Southampton-London Gateway train

The newly arrived quay cranes at London Gateway are expected to operate for at least 25 years, and are sized to accommodate world’s largest container ships.

As demand in Europe for cross-border transportation fell in 2023, due to the recessionary effects of high energy prices and the Ukraine war, rail-road combined transport also fell, and the situation was aggravated by rail network problems, states Hupac

From mid-February, the established Kaldenkirchen-Domodossola link will be available with onward steel wheel connectivity to Bari; Domossola-Bari will also be offered as a single route. Thanks to a partnership with Grimaldi, customers can make a single booking between Kaldenkirchen and Patras

GB Railfreight has started a new intermodal service, connecting London Gateway with iPort Doncaster

DP World Southampton hopes an increase in financial incentives will encourage more of its customers to use rail to move their cargo to/from the port.

Träfraktkontoret (Wood Freight Office) in Gothenburg and its subsidiary, TFK Logistics, have established a railway shuttle between Piteå on Sweden’s Gulf of Bothnia coast and the Port of Gothenburg