Topic: Chris Grayling

Post-lockdown surge at UK ports, rail can help

Britain’s largest intermodal port Felixstowe saw disrupted global trade flows result in traffic backed up at the quayside. With road traffic struggling to cope, rail operators have been asked to respond, and take up the...Read more

02-10-2020|Comment|author: Simon Walton

UK ex-minister Grayling advisor to Hutchison Ports

Former UK transport secretary Chris Grayling has been appointed as an advisor to Hutchison Ports. This is the operator of Felixstowe, which in turn is the biggest intermodal port in the UK. Despite a series...Read more

18-09-2020|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Freight bodies RFG and FTA warn Government over rail proposals

The Rail Freight Group (RFG) and Freight Transport Association (FTA) have both warned the UK government that proposed reforms to the structure of the country’s railways must benefit freight shippers as well as passengers. The...Read more

07-12-2016|Comment|author: Simon Weedy