Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has acquired a major logistics site near Leicester, England. It further strengthens its presence in the UK’s so-called Golden Triangle.
Network Rail, and the sector’s representative body, the Rail Freight Group, have highlighted rail’s role in supporting port-centric logistics as container trades shift.
Network Rail, and the sector’s representative body, the Rail Freight Group, have highlighted rail’s role in supporting port-centric logistics as container trades shift.
Freightliner has announced an agreement with rolling stock leasing company Porterbrook. The deal will see the intermodal rail freight operation acquire 150 brand-new intermodal wagons.
US rail intermodal volume fell 6.5% in November 2025, year-on-year, according to the latest monthly analysis from the American Association of Railroads.
Rising freight crime across the UK has prompted a closer alliance between the Transported Asset Protection Association and the British International Freight Association.
Getlink, the French parent company of Eurotunnel, has pulled the plug on major Anglo-French rail freight plans, blaming what it calls “unsustainable” UK taxation.