Steel to Sunderland vindicates port rail renaissance
British Steel has put its products on rails between their plant at Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire and the Wearside port of Sunderland in the north east of England. The contract with rail freight carrier DB Cargo...Read more
DB Cargo UK and NR put HVO ’66 to work
After extensive static testing of a class 67 at Nottingham, DB Cargo UK have been given clearance by Network Rail to test a class 66 locomotive fuelled with pure renewable Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO). The...Read more
Landslide at UK’s Scunthorpe results in rail freight diversions
A weekend landslip has closed lines through the Lincolnshire town of Scunthorpe, in the north east of England. Freight rolls on, including steel from the local plant and biomass fuel trains from the nearby port...Read more
Welsh steel to Belgium by DB Cargo UK
A new international flow has been inaugurated by DB Cargo UK. Steel products are being transported from South Wales to Belgium via the Channel Tunnel. It is the second new international flow announced by DB...Read more
New heavyweight ‘personal best’ for DB Cargo UK
DB Cargo UK hauled their heaviest load yet, with a very traditional cargo of over 4000 tonnes of high grade coal, destined to keep British Steel fired up and producing from their Scunthorpe plant in...Read more
Re-railing Britain after the derailments
Two major freight derailments hit the UK network in January. Trains came off at Barking in London and Eastleigh on the south coast. You can read the latest updates here. With the incidents ripping up...Read more
British Steel to renew railway network Belgium
British Steel has secured a four-year contract awarded by the Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel. It will renew and maintain the Belgian rail network starting from January 2019. The agreements means that the British manufacturer will supply...Read more
Network Rail extends contract with rail supplier British Steel
Network Rail has extended its contract with rail supplier British Steel for two years. The extension is worth 100 million British pounds (112.9 million Euros) a year and will include the supply of about 200...Read moreBritish Steel’s new Italian rail logistics hub
British Steel has expanded its European rail operations by opening a new long-length rail logistics centre in Italy. A key supplier to the Italian national rail provider Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), British Steel has launched the...Read more