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Rail boosted by Southampton modal shift programme

Simon Walton
October 18, 2024
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The modal shift incentive at the Port of Southampton has contributed to improvements in intermodal cargo handling numbers. The operators of the Solent Rail Terminal…

Southampton modal shift program helps boost container moves by rail

Simon Walton
October 18, 2024
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More containers are moving through Southampton’s Solent Rail Terminal, the integrated handling and maintenance facility at the South of England port, owned by DP World.

France selects six rail projects for financial support to boost modal shift

Marco Raimondi
September 17, 2024
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The French Agency for the Ecological Transition (ADEME) approved financial schemes to fund six rail projects aimed at boosting the modal shift. Once completed, these…

DP World recognised for UK modal shift initiative

Simon Walton
September 12, 2024
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Encouraging road hauliers at Southampton to switch to rail has earned DP World two awards from a British rail freight organisation.

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Simon Walton
August 30, 2024
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The UK’s national infrastructure management agency has not quite put it that way. However, in a significant step towards modal shift, Network Rail has made…

German Christian Democrats: “Road will stay main transport modality”

Guest authors
June 28, 2024
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The German Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) believe that the road will stay the main transport modality in Germany. The party said this in a parliamentary motion,…

ČD Cargo director: “A reverse modal shift would be imminent” with ETS-2

Guest authors
June 13, 2024
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The EU’s Emissions Trading System 2 (ETS-2) could be a serious obstacle for the rail freight industry. It would be an additional financial burden but also hamper decarbonisation in transportation as a reverse modal shift could be “imminent”. The EU’s new emissions trading system, ETS-2, could be a serious burden on the rail freight sector.…

GBRf Southampton to Hams Hall service begins today

Simon Walton
April 8, 2024
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GB Railfreight is making good on its promise to introduce a raft of new services and expand its operations. The company inaugurated a new Southampton Docks to Birmingham Hams Hall intermodal service today, Monday, 8 April, operating daily from the south coast port. The service falls within the distance limit to qualify for the DP…