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Intermodal carrier CargoBeamer is to double services on its Calais-Perpignan route from 7 October, from two to four round trips per week. This 1,400 km route, which runs the length of the country from north to south, carries craneable and non-craneable semi-trailers, as well as containers, swap bodies, and specialized trailers such as silo and refrigerated units.
Under the new schedule, trains will depart Calais for southern France every Monday, Wednesday, ...
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GB Railfreight (GBRf) has appointed four new directors as part of broader changes to its leadership team. They are: Julie Garn, intermodal director; Alex Kirk, commercial director; Carl Kent, sales director; and Elizabeth Delafosse, general counsel and people director. The changes will help GB Railfreight ...
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Rail operator Freightliner has launched an ECO90 booking service allowing customers to move as little as one container, across any route, using alternative fuels. ECO90 provides a carbon reduction of up to 90% when compared with the equivalent movement via diesel rail. Alternative fuels used ...
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Network Rail is waiving track access charges for six months for new traffic. The offer is open to all train operators and types of service that meet the qualifying criteria, and is worth around £1,000 per return train journey, depending on the length and loading ...
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GB Railfreight has agreed a new two-year contract extension with DP World to provide staff to prepare all freight trains departing from its London Gateway terminal. A total of 5,000 services depart and arrive at London Gateway every year, removing around 150,000 HGV movements from ...
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Dubai-owned ports and logistics firm DP World is to use Pledge software to measure the impact of its Modal Shift Programme that incentivises cargo owners to switch from road to rail at Southampton.
The MSP is credited with reversing a 10% fall in rail traffic at ...
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XPO Logistics has launched a multimodal service between Antwerp, Belgium, and Istanbul, Turkey. The 2,600km route combines road and rail, reducing transit time from ten days to eight compared to road transportation alone. It also offers customers more regular service throughout the year, even in ...
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Cargo-partner is now offering intermodal transport throughout Europe and Türkiye including the UK and Ireland. Its solutions use 45ft pallet wide containers and 13.6 m tilt trailers with rail for the main leg. The forwarder says this not only reduces costs but also gives potential ...
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With Eurotunnel celebrating its 30th anniversary, one of its largest commercial users, Europa Road says it is now making more than 30,000 trips a year between England and France.
Europa was one of the first users of the Le Shuttle freight service, in 1994.
Eurotunnel, which runs ...
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DP World has taken delivery of two new rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes for its London Gateway rail terminal. They will go into operation in mid-August and will help meet growing demand for increased rail connections and a more sustainable supply chain.
The new cranes will also ...
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