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New UK parcels rail freight service

News23 Jan 2023

Network Rail and Varamis Rail, the UK’s newest train operator, have worked together to launch an innovative, all-electric freight service ...

Highland Spring opens dedicated intermodal terminal

News28 Sep 2022

The new terminal in Blackford, Perth and Kinross, is the first such dedicated shipper facility in Scotland in 10 years...

Freightliner Class 66 loco converted to run on hydrogen

News11 May 2022

Clean Air power, a specialist sustainability business in the UK, has delivered a key government-backed project to help cut rail freight dies...

Lumber on Welsh rails

News25 Feb 2022

A sawmill in Abergavenny in Wales has received its first load of rail-transported timber since 2004, thanks to a partnership between Network...

Network Rail looks to Ely enhancement

News6 Oct 2021

The British rail infrastructure manager is looking to enhance a key junction at North Ely. This will improve passenger services and enable m...

Key Network Rail upgrade complete at Trafford Park

News1 Sep 2021

775m long (120 TEU) container trains can now operate in an out of the main North West England intermodal railhead...

Orion and Network Rail in fast rail freight demonstration

News10 Jul 2021

Orion chose London Euston station for its latest demonstration of how the concept works...

UK – Network Rail repeats warnings on bridge strikes

News11 Nov 2020

The number of rail bridge strikes by trucks and other tall vehicles remains a major concern for the UK’s rail track and infrastructure aut...

Southampton rail boost

News14 Oct 2020

A £17M investment in freight services announced by Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris will increase allowable train length to/from the port�...

Getlink figures reveal impact of coronavirus

News2 Apr 2020

Getlink (Eurotunnel) passenger and freight shuttles were well down in March, year-on-year. Meanwhile, the importance of rail freight in toda...

Network Rail warns over bridge strikes by trucks

News12 Jun 2019

Network Rail has warned lorry drivers to know the height of their vehicles after repeated bridge strikes forced a road in Birmingham, UK, to...

UK Rail Freight Group calls for certainty on digital railway funding

News11 May 2018

The Rail Freight Group has welcomed the launch of Network Rail’s Digital Railway Strategy, which aims to ensure that all new trains and si...

Network Rail awards ETCS contract

News18 Dec 2017

A less congested and better performing railway is promised with the signing of a major, multi-million pound contract that will ultimately se...

Felixstowe rail improvements get go-ahead

News16 Oct 2017

The £60.4m scheme, jointly funded by Network Rail and Hutchison Ports, will allow up to 47 freight train pairs to be run daily in and out o...

UK rail freight shake-up

News3 Apr 2017

Network Rail and the rail freight industry will cooperate to overhaul timetables and free up almost 5000 weekly slots for passenger and frei...

Freight needs voice in UK rail reforms

News6 Dec 2016

The British Rail Freight Group says that the government's planned reforms to the rail industry must benefit freight shippers as well as pass...

New UK parcels rail freight service

Highland Spring opens dedicated intermodal terminal

Freightliner Class 66 loco converted to run on hydrogen

Lumber on Welsh rails

Network Rail looks to Ely enhancement

Key Network Rail upgrade complete at Trafford Park

Orion and Network Rail in fast rail freight demonstration

UK – Network Rail repeats warnings on bridge strikes

Southampton rail boost

Getlink figures reveal impact of coronavirus

Network Rail warns over bridge strikes by trucks

UK Rail Freight Group calls for certainty on digital railway funding

Network Rail awards ETCS contract

Felixstowe rail improvements get go-ahead

UK rail freight shake-up

Freight needs voice in UK rail reforms

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Navis Octopi for rail

Foundation stone layed for Vadhavan port project

COSCO Shipping doubles down on methanol with new order

Maersk container ship causes damage, injuries while entering Fremantle port

DP World wins SBTI validation for its carbon reduction goals

New UK parcels rail freight service

Highland Spring opens dedicated intermodal terminal

Freightliner Class 66 loco converted to run on hydrogen

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Navis Octopi for rail

Foundation stone layed for Vadhavan port project

COSCO Shipping doubles down on methanol with new order

Maersk container ship causes damage, injuries while entering Fremantle port

DP World wins SBTI validation for its carbon reduction goals

Maersk container ship causes damage, injuries while entering Fremantle port

IPA offers new proposal to avoid nationwide strike

Another new name in STS cranes

Crane drives in EU need to comply with CRA

Wharf revamp for Port of NY/NJ