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Genesee & Wyoming’s UK rail arm Freightliner, is launching a new route between Felixstowe to Daventry from 2 October,. It will be the first rail freight service on the competitive short-haul route, it said.
Managing director – intermodal logistics, Chris Lawrenson, said: the new Daventry route would support modal shift “and help to reduce the congestion we all experience along the main A14 road”
Freightliner is also adding a new service between ...
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Freightliner says it is considering the future of its terminal at Coatbridge, near Glasgow. It handles regular Freightliner and DRS services to Felixstowe, Southampton, London Gateway, Liverpool, Daventry and Purfleet. Rail Union RMT has called on Freightliner and the Scottish Government to take action to secure the future of the ...
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The Ocean Network Express (ONE) between MOL, NYK and K-Line has signed a contract with Freightliner for guaranteed rail wagon capacity on main UK routes.
The rail operator, now a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming, says that the shipping consortium will save 180 tons of CO2 per day on inland transport, ...
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Container train services to and from Felixstowe are being disrupted after a Freightliner service from Birch Coppice near Birmingham hit a car at a level crossing on the branch to the port on 14 March. A Police spokesman said that the car driver sustained “life-changing injuries” in the accident.
No one ...
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The Port of Felixstowe says it has become the first UK port to handle over 1 million TEU by rail in a single year.
The one millionth unit was loaded on onto the 13:34 Freightliner service to Birmingham on 13 December.
Clemence Cheng, executive director, Hutchison Ports and the port’s chief executive, ...
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Teesport is celebrating the second anniversary of the opening of its Intermodal Rail Terminal in 2014.
The hub enjoys regular Freightliner trains to and from Felixstowe and Southampton by Freightliner and services to Mossend and Grangemouth by DB Cargo UK.
PD Ports’ business development director, Geoff Lippitt, said: “We are nearing capacity ...
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Freightliner is to acquire 50 new MAN tractor units after signing a deal with Oxford-based contract hire and leasing company Axis Fleet Management. They are due to be delivered in September and are fitted with safety features including Electronic Brake Assist and the Lane Guard System.
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Freightliner has launched its 23rd daily rail service from the Port of Felixstowe, to and South Yorkshire. Ultimately it will serve the Freightliner Rail Port at Doncaster after development work has finished at the site but in the interim it will go to the DB Cargo site operated by Newell ...
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Rail operator DB Schenker Rail UK said that recent commitments by Freightliner to allow more competition for container business to and from Felixstowe and Southampton may be insufficient. It follows an announcement by The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) in December saying it had accepted commitments by Freightliner to ...
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PD Ports has celebrated the first anniversary of its Teesport intermodal rail terminal. The first Freightliner train called in November 2014 following a £3m investment.
Business development director, Geoff Lippitt, commented: “We have invested significantly in expanding the intermodal services available at Teesport. Our partnership with Freightliner and DB Schenker demonstrates ...
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