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Freightliner finds new chief executive

Freightliner Group has appointed Russell Mears as group chief executive from 30 September, succeeding Peter Maybury, who will retire from the position but remain with the company as chairman. Russell Mears is currently chief financial officer for the group and has worked with Freightliner since privatisation in 1996. [+]

Wagons roll for Freightliner

Freightliner has taken delivery of its new ‘Shortliner’ wagons and has launched its first services with them. The 40ft deck length, two platform wagons are more efficient because they minimize the amount of unused train space, increasing the number of 40ft containers carried compared with a train of the old ... [+]

Freightliner breaks record in Tilbury

Rail freight operator operator Freightliner achieved a new daily throughput record of 481 containers handled in Tilbury. Freightliner has a market share of 22% at the port 16 daily services to and from eight UK destinations. [+]

Freightliner donation

Cardiff Freightliner technician Paul Driscoll has nominated Blood Bike Wales as the recipient of a £1000 donation from the company - the first of this year’s Employee Charity Nomination Scheme donations. Blood Bikes Wales provides an out-of-hours courier service for the NHS for items such as blood, tissue samples and ... [+]

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