Topic: HVO

DB Cargo UK on the cooking oil again

Hot on the buffers of their last foray into sustainable fuels, DB Cargo UK has announced another new trial. This time the Doncaster-based operator has teamed up with Maritime Intermodal and conducted evaluation trials of...Read more

11-06-2021|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Tarmac and DB Cargo UK commit to renewable fuel

Tarmac, one of the largest customers of rail freight in the UK, and their rail freight partner DB Cargo UK have announced an environmentally sustainable fuels initiative. The delivery of construction materials on a key...Read more

08-06-2021|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Alternative fuels locomotive in full commercial service

DB Cargo UK and Tata Steel have completed collaboration and trials in commercial service, using the freight operator’s bio-fuelled locomotive. The two companies have successfully used the experimental class 60 locomotive, to run a load...Read more

24-02-2021|Comment|author: Simon Walton

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

22-12-2020|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Big Red goes green – DB Cargo UK successfully trials vegetable oil fuel

Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil may be something of a mouthful, but it could be on the lips of every carbon-aware freight manager in the country, thanks to testing by DB Cargo UK. The operator has just...Read more

10-12-2020|Comment|author: Simon Walton