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Brittany adds third Cherbourg/Rosslare sailing

Brittany Ferries has added a third weekly return-sailing between Cherbourg and Rosslare. The company says the move will boost connectivity ahead of the arrival of its rail-ferry service in 2025 whereby Ferroutage will link Bayonne with Cherbourg by rail, carrying trailers for onward transport by ferry. The additional will leave Cherbourg at 18:20 local time on Monday, arriving Rosslare at 14:00 on Tuesday. It will then depart Rosslare at 18:00 destined ... [+]

Rail freight to stay private under Labour plans

Freight services will not be included in a plan by the Labour Party to renationalise rail services within five years if it wins the next election. Under the plans a new body, Great British Railways (GBR), would take over passenger service contracts from private firms as ... [+]

Maritime orders first electric trucks

Maritime Transport has ordered 18 battery-electric, 42-tonne tractor units, the first of a consignment of 48 battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell trucks that the intermodal operator plans to deploy across its network. Maritime, which is a participant in the Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator (ZEHID) ... [+]

Russell Group to buy Freightliner’s Coatbridge terminal – updated

Russell Group’s John G Russell arm is to acquire Freightliner’s Coatbridge Intermodal Rail Terminal near Glasgow and will set up a new entity, Russell RailRoad. The site is next to John G Russell’s own Coatbridge base. The two locations will be run as separate entities ... [+]

Maritime Transport to run West Mids rail terminal

Real estate firm Oxford Properties Group and developer Logistics Capital Partners have signed an exclusive agreement with Maritime Transport to operate West Midlands Interchange, which it describes as the UK’s largest logistics development. Maritime Transport will become long-term operator of WMI’s rail freight interchange on the ... [+]

Multimodal reveals awards finalists

The organisers of the Multimodal 2024 show in Birmingham on 11-13 June has announced the finalists for the Modal section of its awards. The awards are independent endorsements for excellence across supply chain businesses and individuals, and ensures all sizes of businesses are represented. Voting for the ... [+]

Education is key to carbon-cutting says Girteka

Girteka Group, which describes itself as the largest European asset-based transportation company, has launched an educational campaign on sustainability. It says that today's main challenge in the logistics and transport sectors is decarbonization. Electric trucks, intermodal transport, hydrogen powered vehicles, and biofuels are the most common ... [+]

Italian Rail signs Amazon deal

The Italian Railways’ (FS) Mercitalia Logistics arm has signed a deal with Amazon to transport goods between Amazon fulfilment centres in Germany and Italy. As well as reducing emissions and congestion, the project will also help Amazon optimize inventory handling and reduce delivery times, say the ... [+]

Freightliner signs fossil-free fuel deal

Rail company Freightliner has signed partnership with energy company Zero to achieve fossil-free locomotive operation by 2040 and overall Net Zero by 2050. Freightliner is exploring alternatives to diesel, such as Zero’s carbon-neutral synthetic diesel, which will eliminate fossil-carbon emissions. It has set a near-term ... [+]

Modal Shift scheme boosts Southampton rail routes

DP World says its Modal Shift Programme has achieved a 66% increase in the share of freight being transported by rail from Southampton. The Modal Shift Programme trial, introduced last September, offers an £80 financial incentive to shippers moving import-laden containers via rail to a railhead ... [+]

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