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DP World says its Modal Shift Programme in Southampton to encourage container shippers to switch from road to rail has removed 64,300 truck journeys from UK roads and cut carbon emissions by more than 17,000 tonnes in its first year.
Under the programme, launched in Septmeber 2023, customers are paid an incentive for each container moved by rail from DP World Southampton to a railhead within 140 miles.
The programme is financed ...
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Logistics UK has welcomed news that the new East-West rail route will allow up to 14 new freight services to operate in each direction between the Felixstowe and the Midlands. It was responding to the launch of a two-month public consultation on the scheme.
East-West Rail ...
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In a surprise move, DFDS has completed the acquisition of the international transport network of Turkey-based Ekol Logistics, having earlier this month saying it had abandoned its bid due to a failure to reach contractual conditions by the agreed deadline.
The Danish-owned ferry and logistics company ...
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The annual cost of congestion on the Strategic Road Network for HGVs increased by almost £1 billion between 2015 and 2024, according to new research commissioned by Logistics UK.
In its report, The UK Logistics Network by transport economists MDS Transmodal launched on 12 November, the ...
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GB Railfreight (GBRf) is to relaunch a daily service between the Port of Felixstowe and Daventry from 11 November. It will run five days a week and will be the rail company’s 17th daily service from the port and its 54th nationally. GB Railfreight piloted ...
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The London Legacy Development Corporation has approved an outline masterplan to regenerate over 30 acres of brownfield land at Bow Goods Yard, East London, into a rail freight campus and last mile logistics hub. The site is the final parcel of London 2012 Olympic and ...
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Intermodal operator CargoBeamer has appointed Tilman Apitzsch as managing director of its Intermodal Operations division, where he will oversee plans to increase long-term commercial and operational excellence. He joins CargoBeamer after some years at the Boston Consulting Group, where he served as principal for transport, ...
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Solent Rail Terminal says it has handled over 55,000 containers since completing a multi-million-pound upgrade six months ago at the Port of Southampton. The newly expanded 18-acre site is linked to the existing intermodal rail site offering laden and empty container handling, storage, maintenance and ...
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DP World has confirmed that it will build a fifth and sixth berth at London Gateway port as part of a £1bn expansion over the next five years. The investment will also include a second rail terminal.
It follows a turbulent weekend, during which Dubai-owned DP ...
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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 ...
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