VTG Rail UK has completed the delivery of the first batch of 34 out of 203 new HOA hopper wagons to Mendip Rail. The wagons, which were built for VTG at Greenbrier’s wagon manufacturing facility in Poland, arrived at Whatley Rail Sidings on 05 August, with the remaining wagons scheduled for completion and delivery throughout […]
DB Cargo UK has announced that all trains it operates for Drax Group in and out of the UK’s largest renewable energy plant near Selby, will be powered by environmentally friendly Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) having switched entirely to the fuel. Drax Group, the UK’s leading producer of renewable energy, has taken the decision to […]
Fishbone Solutions has announced it is supporting Kez Tranter, an athlete and data analyst at Fishbone, as she joins the England Dodgeball Team! Known as the ‘Lions’, Kez and her fellow teammates are off to the World Championships in Graz, Austria in August 2024. The team are keen to follow up on their success last […]
Drax Group (Drax) has launched a new £30,000 transport fund to help schools to organise visits to Drax’s sites around the UK. The new fund supports the work Drax’s charitable entity, Drax Foundation, does to get young people to develop their science technology engineering and maths (STEM) skills. Drax has allocated £20,000 for educational STEM […]
Maritime Transport has ordered 14 new reach stackers from SANY and Kalmar to scale its container handling operations. The €8m investment will facilitate growing demand for rail freight services and the expansion of Maritime’s intermodal network, with the Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI) at Northampton Gateway and a new container storage facility at the Port […]
DP World is encouraging freight owners to transport their goods by rail from Southampton, taking thousands of trucks off the UK’s roads, targeting a 40% rail freight share in 2026. The Modal Shift Programme at Southampton, which is being extended until the end of next year, encourages freight owners to move their containers import-laden containers […]
Heidelberg Materials win the race to become first company in the world to adopt iWagon Their decision was a “no-brainer” following a significant incident in October 2022 in which five tank wagons derailed from the track at Petteril Bridge, Carlisle. The iWagon is poised to transform rail freight with its advanced safety features and operational […]
Buckland Rail, a new leading integrated rail services company, has been launched by W.H. Davis, Davis Wagon Services, and Yellow Rail. It replaces W.H. Davis (Holdings) Limited. The new company will leverage the collective strengths of its subsidiaries by fostering closer collaboration to increase its capabilities and service offerings to passenger and freight customers. It […]
Tour showcases VTG’s iWagon technology and advancing rail freight collaboration The collaboration between rail freight companies VTG Rail UK, Mendip Rail, and Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems (UK) took centre stage as Rail Minister Huw Merriman visited Merehead Rail Sidings and Torr Quarry in Somerset. The highlight of the tour (on Thursday May 16) was the presentation […]
As part of an exclusive Agreement, Maritime Transport will develop, lease, and operate Tritax Symmetry’s planned £750 million Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (‘SRFI’) at Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange (‘HNRFI’). Maritime Transport, the UK’s leading integrated road and rail freight logistics provider, will develop a 40-acre SRFI, which will be capable of handling 16 trains […]
