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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...

UK government "backs rail freight"

News13 Sep 2016

The UK Rail Freight Group has welcomed the Department for Transport’s new rail freight strategy report...

Eurotunnel Le Shuttle Freight record

News27 Dec 2015

Just before Christmas Eurotunnel announced that its Le Shuttle Fret service had carried its 23Mth truck since commercial services started in...

Fresh seafood by train

News1 Dec 2015

The first scheduled delivery by rail of fresh seafood from Cornwall to London has been completed, with the launch of the new InterCity RailF...

GB rail freight concerns

News26 Nov 2015

The Hendy Review for Network Rail could lead to freight upgrade projects being put on the backburner...

New Scottish rail terminal

News4 Aug 2015

Proposals for a new International rail freight terminal at Mossend in Bellshill have been given the seal of approval by Scottish Ministers...

DB Schenker Rail UK launches Eco Neutral

News21 Apr 2015

The new product, says the company, allows customers to offset 100% of their CO2 emissions...

Modal shift in Scotland

News22 Jan 2015

The "playing field needs to be levelled" if more freight is to be transferred from road to rail, argues the Rail Freight Group...

DB Schenker Rail goes Barking mad

News9 Dec 2014

DB Schenker Rail UK has announced the development of a multimodal hub for the import and export of finished vehicles, connected to HS1...

Sheerness-Liverpool rail link?

News3 Nov 2014

Peel Ports wants to create a rail freight link between its Northwest and Southeast England ports...

Award for DB Schenker Rail UK

News22 Sep 2014

DB Schenker Rail UK won the Freight & Logistics Achievement of the Year Award at the National RAIL Awards, held in London...

London Gateway wins rail freight award

News10 Sep 2014

The UK Rail Freight Group has named DP World London Gateway as the winner of its Business of the Year award...

ERFA sets out its stall

News1 Sep 2014

The European Rail Freight Assocation has published its latest policy wish list with regard to the 4th Railway Package...

Eurotunnel to cut rail freight tolls

News28 Apr 2014

Cuts of up to 50% in access charges for through rail freight trains could be on the cards...

Ipswich rails chord opens

News25 Mar 2014

The completion of the Ipswich rail freight chord by Network Rail will inccrease the opportunities for intermodal...

New locos for DRS

News16 Dec 2013

British rail freight company Direct Rail Services will introduce 15 new Class 68 locomotives for mixed traffic operations...

Freight needs voice in UK rail reforms

UK government "backs rail freight"

Eurotunnel Le Shuttle Freight record

Fresh seafood by train

GB rail freight concerns

New Scottish rail terminal

DB Schenker Rail UK launches Eco Neutral

Modal shift in Scotland

DB Schenker Rail goes Barking mad

Sheerness-Liverpool rail link?

Award for DB Schenker Rail UK

London Gateway wins rail freight award

ERFA sets out its stall

Eurotunnel to cut rail freight tolls

Ipswich rails chord opens

New locos for DRS

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Automated crane supports Spain’s Rolling Motorway at Valencia

Interest in UECC’s bio-LNG initiative beats expectations

Verdi, ZDS reach agreement after five rounds of negotiations

E-bunker vessel concept unveiled

HMM, ONE, and Yang Ming form Premier Alliance

Freight needs voice in UK rail reforms

UK government "backs rail freight"

Eurotunnel Le Shuttle Freight record

Newsletter signup

Automated crane supports Spain’s Rolling Motorway at Valencia

Interest in UECC’s bio-LNG initiative beats expectations

Verdi, ZDS reach agreement after five rounds of negotiations

E-bunker vessel concept unveiled

HMM, ONE, and Yang Ming form Premier Alliance

Crane collapse in Gijón Port leaves two dead and four injured

MSC ship loses 46 boxes off South Africa coast

27,500 TEU container ship behemoth is born

ILA ups the heat with strike threat

ZPMC’s latest crane shipments headed for Cameroon, Benin, and NYNJ