The UK is very much divided over rail freight operations and ambitions. The need to encourage modal shift is widely recognised, but differing demands call for a different approach in each of the four nations.
Britain may have to source raw materials from Japan in order to keep its last steelworks open. That’s the situation after an extraordinary intervention by the UK Government over the weekend.
Rail freight company Direct Rail Service (DRS) has begun a trial with ultra-low rail wagons to carry high cube containers between Teesport and Trafford Park…
DP World announced on Wednesday (19 March) that their London Gateway terminal had docked its first ship under the Gemini Cooperation, the shipping collaboration between…
The ARR has turned the spotlight on safety within the industry. The release of 2024 data from the FRA coincided with the monthly state of the freight address from the association.
Another Grimaldi fire, this time in the English Channel. The container and vehicle carrier Grande Brasile broadcast a distress call yesterday (18 February) just after…
A famous constraint on the US rail network is being relieved. Work has begun on Baltimore’s Howard Street Tunnel. The restricted loading gauge structure cannot accept double-stack intermodal trains. That is about to change.