{"id":489953,"date":"2026-07-27T22:32:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T12:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=73028"},"modified":"2026-07-27T22:32:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T12:32:52","slug":"hapag-lloyd-launches-new-rail-service-from-uk-ports-to-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=489953","title":{"rendered":"Hapag-Lloyd launches new rail service from UK ports to Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd is launching a new rail connection linking three of England\u2019s main ports with the Glasgow area in Scotland. Together with DB Cargo UK, PD Stirling and Newell & Wright, the service goes from Southampton, London Gateway and Felixstowe to Bellshill.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Trains will run three times per week, according to Hapag-Lloyd\u2019s intermodal services manager Bruce Knowles. \u201cA key advantage of the service is the ability to tranship cargo at our Rotherham hub\u201d, he said on a LinkedIn post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

London Gateway and Southampton and the two main ports for Hapag-Lloyd in the UK, while Felixstowe faded away from the company\u2019s network after the Gemini alliance with Maersk. This alliance is also one of the reasons why now most Hapag-Lloyd containers reach the UK via London Gateway. Southampton also plays a key role for UK export as it is the last port in Europe before the company\u2019s vessels head back to Asia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd is launching a new rail connection linking three of England\u2019s main ports with the Glasgow area in Scotland. Together with DB Cargo\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3762,14553,65,2973,471,47,1684,85],"tags":[12634],"class_list":["post-489953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-felixstowe","category-hapag-lloyd","category-intermodal","category-london-gateway","category-news","category-rail-news","category-southampton","category-uk","tag-railfreight"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t