Rail
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has proposed halving charges to freight trains using the High Speed 1 line between London and the Channel Tunnel in its Draft Determination of HS1 Ltd’s spending plans, published on 30 September.
It also suggested lower charges for passenger trains.
It said the detailed scrutiny and challenge applied to HS1 Ltd’s plans should see the costs of operating on the line reduce significantly, giving savings ...
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DP World is adding a second weekly rail service between its London Gateway and Southampton port logistics hubs.
The new mid-week train will be operated by Freightliner from 1 October and augments the existing weekend service, providing customers with increased access to storage and handling, freight ...
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Irish rail operator Iarnród Éireann has introduced two new container services from Dublin Port to Ballina operated in partnership with IWT (International Warehousing and Transport), using 12 low-floor pocket wagons.
The wagons have been extensively refurbished to create additional capacity on the network while Iarnród Éireann ...
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Chief executive and chairman of the Rhenus Group, Tobias Bartz, joined a delegation to Central Asia led by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The forwarder signed an agreement to establish a joint venture in which Rhenus Group has a majority share - with the Uztemir’yolkonteyner arm ...
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TX Logistik, part of the Italian railways’ Mercitalia Logistics arm, has signed an agreement with rail wagon rental company Wascosa, including a cooperation to market the NiKRASA rail-road handling system. The NiKRASA platform allows non-craneable semi-trailers, which currently make up around 90% of European truck ...
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UK forwarding and logistics company Uniserve has acquired Portuguese intermodal specialist KLOG. The company operates a rail service between Portugal and Poland, via hubs in Spain and France. The service is currently based on two block train departures a week to and from Portugal to ...
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DP World won the ‘Business of the Year’ and the ‘Driving Rail Freight Growth’ awards at the 2024 Rail Freight Group honours event in September.
John Trenchard, vice president – commercial and supply chain, DP World in the UK said: “We are honoured to have won ...
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Intermodal carrier CargoBeamer is to double services on its Calais-Perpignan route from 7 October, from two to four round trips per week. This 1,400 km route, which runs the length of the country from north to south, carries craneable and non-craneable semi-trailers, as well as ...
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GB Railfreight (GBRf) has appointed four new directors as part of broader changes to its leadership team. They are: Julie Garn, intermodal director; Alex Kirk, commercial director; Carl Kent, sales director; and Elizabeth Delafosse, general counsel and people director. The changes will help GB Railfreight ...
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Rail operator Freightliner has launched an ECO90 booking service allowing customers to move as little as one container, across any route, using alternative fuels. ECO90 provides a carbon reduction of up to 90% when compared with the equivalent movement via diesel rail. Alternative fuels used ...
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