Rail freight has been increasing its share at the Port of Southampton. The runaway success of the DP World Modal Shift Programme could claim to be largely responsible. The company has been applauded by the...Read more
Britain’s East Coast Main Line is best known for its express passenger services and as the route of the Flying Scotsman. It’s also a critical freight corridor. From this week, there’s a new service sharing...Read more
In a significant move towards greener and more sustainable supply chains, Freightliner has thrown its weight behind the DP World modal shift programme, announced recently. With implementation scheduled to begin in September 2023, the initiative...Read more
DP World has unveiled its ambitious ‘Modal Shift Programme’ aimed at encouraging customers to choose rail transportation over road for their imported goods. The program includes attractive financial incentives designed to make intermodal rail more...Read more
The owners of London Gateway have announced a multi-million pound investment in new rail infrastructure at the port terminal. The most visible example will be the commissioning of two rail mounted gantry cranes to better...Read more
One of rail freight’s most active supporters, representing one of the sector’s biggest customers, has completed his first seven weeks in post as the chair of the industry representative body, the Rail Freight Group. Chris...Read more
With the beginning of the new year, Swissterminal, a company affiliated to DP World, is launching new connections from Frenkendorf and Niederglatt, in northern Switzerland, to Rotterdam. Moreover, the company is increasing the weekly roundtrips...Read more
The potential of the Middle Corridor should be seen from a more regional perspective. The potential for northern and western markets is relatively small, but for central and eastern Europe, and for Central Asia, the...Read more
A new intermodal train service connecting port operator DP World’s container terminals at London Gateway and Southampton has been successfully launched. The promoter claims the new service will boost the resilience of customer supply chains....Read more
DP World in Romania is working to facilitate grain exports from Ukraine via Romania while keeping a low profile. That being said, the global logistics player will utilise a recently authorised terminal in Dornesti, near...Read more
A new multimodal logistics terminal in Aiud, Romania, is in the pipeline. DP World started the construction stage on Wednesday, 4 May. Located in the region of Transylvania, the terminal “will perform a key role...Read more
DP World is launching a new rail service between the Upper Rhine region and the Port of Rotterdam. The new service, starting on 14 March 2022, connects Rotterdam with two roundtrips per week with the...Read more
Pentalver Transport Limited, a subsidiary of Genesee and Wyoming, has completed the latest part of expanding its container terminal at DPWorld London Gateway, the UK’s largest automated and fastest-growing deep-sea container port.Read more
The government has officially launched the UK’s freeport programme in London. Operations under the relaxed regulatory regime can begin at London (the Thames Freeport consortium of DP World and Forth Ports) and at Humberside and...Read more
Terminal operator DP World has set up its own digital freight booking portal, called Cargoes Logistics. With the service, it is offering door-to-door services which also include rail freight. It is yet another sign that...Read more
DP World, the operators of London Gateway, the deepwater container terminal on the River Thames, have announced significant expansion plans. The Dubai-based owners intend to start work in October on a fourth berth at the...Read more
Recently completed infrastructure works at Southampton have enabled Freightliner to run new, 775 metre-long intermodal trains for their client DP World. The rail freight operator is also hauling 775m trains from a sister facility at...Read more
DP WORLD has announced an investment of 40 million British pounds in Southampton, Britain’s second largest container terminal. It wants to take it up to the next level as a premier international freight and logistics...Read more
Port operator DP World has made an offer to transit COVID-19 vaccines for free into the UK. It offers to do this through their quaysides and their subsidiary P&O Ferries. The offer is widely reported...Read more
Two London port operators are to submit a joint bid for freeport status on the north bank of the River Thames. They have both told RailFreight.com how rail freight could be a beneficiary of the...Read more
With Maritime Intermodal moving boxes to storage across the length of England, the UK could be heading for a container crunch, as too many ships arrive and too few shops are open. Ferries are sinking...Read more