Topic: Maritime

Optimism as UK rail freight stages recovery

More than 90 per cent of pre-pandemic rail freight traffic volume is back in operation. That seems like good news for the future says Network Rail’s Andy Saunders. The recovery comes despite a thirty per...Read more

29-10-2020|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Maritime launches new daily London and Midlands intermodal

UK specialist freight handlers Maritime Transport today launches a new sea to shore intermodal flow between London Gateway, the terminal owned by DP World on the north bank of the Thames, and the inland facility...Read more

26-10-2020|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Maritime locomotive and Mercedes truck stand side by side

UK Maritime acquires Wincanton containers

The familiar blue livery of Maritime Group, the rail and road logistics operator, will take over from the also familiar blue livery of Wincanton. The former has acquired the container logistics operations of the latter....Read more

06-10-2020|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Containers mounting up in Britain due to closure factors

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

08-05-2020|Comment|author: Simon Walton