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Britain’s rails feeling the heat on two fronts

  • Simon Walton
  • June 26, 2026
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Britain has been breaking records this week. Temperature records, certainly. Political records too, with the extraordinary events that have propelled Andy Burnham from Manchester’s town…

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Battery storage, EV truck trials converge at Southampton

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  • June 26, 2026
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Associated British Ports (ABP) and DP World are advancing in parallel over decarbonisation programmes in the south of England.

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King’s Lynn gets vacuum pipe handling

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  • June 24, 2026
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Associated British Ports (ABP) has invested GB£150,000 in specialist cargo-handling equipment at the Port of King’s Lynn.

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Gloomy freight figures echo UK economy

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  • June 23, 2026
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Britain’s rail freight market contracted again over the last financial year, according to the most recent government statistics. The overall picture suggests continued fragility across…

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Port of Liverpool: 200% rise in fertiliser import interest

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  • June 23, 2026
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The Port of Liverpool has recorded a more than 200% increase in enquiries from fertiliser importers as supply chain uncertainty linked to the Strait of Hormuz prompts companies to review their logistics strategies.

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UK shore and more test of bi-mode Class 99

  • Simon Walton
  • June 22, 2026
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GB Railfreight (GBRf), in collaboration with Maritime Transport and DP World, has advanced the introduction of its new Class 99 bi-mode locomotive fleet. Testing has…

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Intermodal test for bi-mode loco in UK

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  • June 22, 2026
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GB Railfreight, in collaboration with Maritime Transport and DP World, has advanced the introduction of its new Class 99 bi-mode locomotive fleet.

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Southampton gets Europe’s biggest STS cranes

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  • June 19, 2026
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Arriving this morning, Europe’s largest STS cranes have docked at DP World’s Southampton container terminal.

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The shifting ground beneath UK railways

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  • June 19, 2026
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Britain’s railways have always had a complicated relationship with the ground beneath them. The soaring temperatures of late May brought familiar disruption. Speed restrictions and…

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UK Port freight shows imports down, exports way down

  • Simon Walton
  • June 19, 2026
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Figures, published by the UK Department for Transport, show a year-on-year drop in freight tonnage passing through major British ports.

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