Rail
DP World has linked up with India’s Reliance Industries to launch a rail solution for the petrochemicals industry. The new service connects Reliance Industries’ Jamnagar plant in Gujarat to DP World’s inland container depot (ICD) in Ahmedabad and onward to the port of Mundra. Previously, the Mundra-Jamnagar-Mundra round trip involved approximately 700km of road transport for each container.
Trains carry up to 1,260 tonnes of cargo or 45 containers in a ...
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Swissterminal’s network in Switzerland and France is now fully integrated into DP World, following a five-year partnership. DP World said customers will benefit from expanded service offerings, enhanced efficiency, and access to a broader global logistics network. Swissterminal operates terminals in the Baselregion of Switzerland ...
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GB Railfreight has moving imported steel slab from the Port of Bristol at Portbury to Tata Steel UK in Port Talbot, South Wales.
GBRf will run this service until the end of 2027 when Tata Steel’s new three million tonne-per-year Electric Arc Furnace is due to ...
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DP World says it has now moved 100,000 containers moved by rail from its Southampton hub since launching its carbon emission reducing Modal Shift Programme trial.The share of rail freight for onward journeys by containers arriving by sea at DP World Southampton has risen from ...
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Austrian-based forwarder Cargo-partner, now part of Japan’s Nippon Express Holdings, says its branches in Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic transported a total of 15,706TEUs in a climate-neutral manner under the HHLA Pure initiative in 2024, a 22% increase from the previous year.
Since the start ...
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Direct Rail Services (DRS) is running a trial trans-Pennine service from PD Ports’ Teesport terminal to Manchester. It is the first on this route to use the ultra-low-platform IDA wagons, which allow high-cube containers to be carried, despite bridge and tunnel restrictions on the route. ...
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Logistics UK is to hold a free interactive ‘Demystifying Rail Freight’ workshop with Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) on 27 February at London Waterloo Station.
It will break down the intricacies of rail transportation and give participants the knowledge and confidence needed to embark on ...
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Intermodal operator CargoBeamer has raised up to €65 million in equity and debt financing from Orion Infrastructure Capital. Alongside €50 million from existing shareholder and €90 million in grants from the German Federal Railway Authority and the Swiss Federal Office of Transport in 2024, the ...
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Girteka Group, the largest European asset-based transportation company headquartered in Lithuania, says its intermodal usage rose 35% in 2024 compared with 2023, delivering more than 24,000 full truckloads.
The increase reflects the logistics sector's growing focus on sustainability, says the company. Combining transport to and from ...
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UK forwarder AGI Global Logistics has set up a rail freight arm, offering FCL and LCL solutions for containers and trailers. It has also started a China-UK rail service.
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