The death knell sounded for Channel Tunnel rail freight last week as stowaways continued to cause havoc, prompting a leading integrator on the route to reveal plans to redirect cargo via Benelux ports.
Read MoreEuropean Union regulators have extended for three years anti-trust approval for a pioneering rail freight joint venture between Maersk Sealand and P&O Nedlloyd, saying it had broken the monopoly of state-owned railways for the transport of containers between north European ports and inland cargo terminals.
Read MoreThe test of the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) is to deliver an upgraded West Coast Main Line (WCML) which has the additional capacity required for rail freight growth. If the SRA fails on this test then a key part of its Strategic Plan will be called into question.” That was the statement made by Graham Smith. planning director of rail freight operator EWS at the recent National Rail Conference in London.
Read MoreVital rail freight traffic in the Highlands is set to increase substantially at the end of this month, when freight operator EWS introduces a new overnight express parcel service from Walsall, in the Midlands, to Inverness. The private freight company’s initiative follows a similar experimental “supply and demand” service introduced last summer, which ended in December, when the needs of its original customers changed. EWS spokesman Graham Meiklejohn said Securicor was its main customer for the new service, but the freight company planned to expand, and was actively seeking other business.
Read MoreBelgian state railway SNCB is injecting t250m into its struggling logistics and forwarding unit, ABX Logistics. ABX will not disclose last year ‘s full financial performance until May, but communications director Emile Clemens confirmed to IFW that the group was in the red in 2001.
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