The UK’s newest rail freight interchange, iPort Rail, will be open for business from January. Developers say this state-of-the-art 337-acre facility will transform the sector, with its size and capacity putting it in the top...Read more
A resurgence in freight traffic through the Channel Tunnel is down to improved security procedures aimed at preventing UK-bound migrants boarding moving trains, according to operator Eurotunnel.
It also says that in the context of the...Read more
Freight trains heading for the UK through the Channel Tunnel are to be scanned ‘on the move’ by customs officials using new technology designed to help detect smuggling. The 6.4 million Euros facility at Calais...Read more
The UK Rail Freight Group (RFG) has urged political leaders to make rail freight a key part of their future transport commitments, as the country prepares to go to the polls on June 8. Setting...Read more
A unique rail freight service carried British tanks through the Channel Tunnel in an exercise designed to test the UK’s ability to quickly get military hardware into Eastern Europe. The night-time operation saw several armoured...Read more
B Logistics and GB Railfreight (GBRf) have begun a new era of shifting china clay slurry between Belgium and Scotland, following the signing of a new 12-month contract between the two established freight movers.
The Port...Read more
History was made today when the first direct freight train from China to the UK arrived in London. Hailed by some as the symbol of a new era of post-Brexit trade between Britain and the...Read more