Maritime Transport rails from London to Doncaster and Hams Hall

Maritime Transport, the UK’s leading provider of integrated road and rail freight logistics, has introduced two new intermodal rail services. The company now connects DP World London Gateway with its inland terminals at Hams Hall, near Birmingham, and iPort Doncaster.
The two new services came into operation last week and are a cooperative effort with GB Railfreight. They are a response to growing volumes at DP World London Gateway, Maritime Transport says. A one-billion pound expansion will start there later in the month to increase capacity.

“London Gateway is seeing strong growth in container volumes, supported by its role in the Gemini Cooperation’s Asia–Europe network and a major expansion project that will further strengthen its position as one of the UK’s leading deep-sea ports”, Intermodal Managing Director John Bailey of Maritime Transport explains.

More than just Doncaster and Hams Hall

Considering that, better inland connectivity is only a logical step forward. “As throughput increases, so too does the need for reliable inland connections. These new rail services provide the additional capacity needed to support that growth, enhance our national network, and enable a more meaningful shift from road to rail as part of a lower-carbon, more efficient UK supply chain”, Bailey adds.

The two services to iPort Doncaster and the Hams Hall terminal, which will run from Monday to Saturday, are just pieces of Maritime Transport’s plans. The company is eyeing more; it wants to launch additional services in the coming weeks. Those would expand connectivity between major UK ports and Maritime’s nine rail freight terminals.

“New routes currently in development include Felixstowe to Manchester, DP World London Gateway to the East Midlands, and Southampton to Maritime’s SRFI at SEGRO Logistics Park Northampton – the latest addition to the company’s growing rail terminal portfolio which is now fully integrated into the national rail network”, Maritime Transport writes.