Freight - Page 10

Britain’s trade union movement has called on the Labour government to expand publicly-owned freight operations and end the “profiteering” of rolling stock ownership companies.

Port of Middlesbrough owner and operator AV Dawson has been granted clearance to take ownership of the railway goods yard.

GB Railfreight (GBRf) has officially opened a new maintenance facility in Tonbridge.

In a move designed to encourage further modal shift to rail freight, Network Rail and the Department for Transport have waived track access charges for new freight flows the next six months in a bid to bring new business onto the nation’s tracks.

Four Class 18 Clayton-built hybrid+ low-emission shunters owned by Beacon Rail are being taken on by GB Railfreight.

GB Railfreight has secured a two-year extension to its contract with DP World to handle freight trains at London Gateway port.

GB Railfreight has launched a second daily freight service between the Port of Felixstowe and Widnes, in response to soaring demand.

At a site in West London, Network Rail has been supporting a construction firm to open a new freight yard next to its existing aggregates base.

GB Railfreight put 66312 into traffic on July 20.

DB Cargo and renewable energy producer Drax Group has announced a significant step towards reducing its carbon footprint by switching to 100% renewable Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) fuel for its biomass transport.