Fishbone is supporting the EKFB project programme through the delivery of materials by rail direct to on-trace railheads. Initially Calvert North, Calvert South and the PRA railheads and currently operating the fourth railhead at Quainton Road, delivering around 1m tonnes of bulk aggregates per annum. HS2 and the EKFB senior management team and works teams […]
Rail freight has an essential role to play in achieving Net Zero and supporting the growth of the UK economy. Burges Salmon’s nationally acclaimed specialist Rail Group, comprising over 40 rail experienced lawyers, is proud to support organisations across the sector on a broad range of matters. Our experience in the rail freight sector includes […]
Freightliner is one of the largest rail freight operators in the UK – transporting many different types of freight every day – from sand and stone, construction materials and other bulk materials to containers that are transported all around the world. Freightliner owns and operates 11 strategically located terminals across the UK, a combination of […]
Britain’s railways are amongst the safest in Europe and this has been achieved by a constant focus on risk management and proactively responding to emerging trends. In the freight sector, the National Freight Safety Group (NFSG) is a collective of the main line freight operating companies (FOCs) whose collaborative approach to tackling safety issues has […]
Reducing carbon emissions is becoming a more significant part of every logistics business worldwide as customers and executives demand more sustainable solutions to maintain or improve their ethical approach to business and boost their green credentials in the eyes of the end consumer. Using rail to move freight is a more environmentally friendly way for […]
“The railway family needs us more than ever” is the key take away from the RBFs Impact report for 2023. Demand for Railway Benefit Fund (RBF) services has nearly tripled in the past five years. More than 500 applications were received in 2023 resulting in more than 1,000 railway people receiving direct financial support and […]
By Ralph Goldney New advances in wagon monitoring will improve safety and operational efficiency. Recently, a series of derailments have been attributed to wagon faults occurring while in transit. In response to this, a new innovative range of ‘intelligent wagons’ have been developed that enable wagons to self-monitor and report in real time, enabling the […]
Atmo Technology Ltd, a leading software and data company specialising in solutions for the rail industry, is pleased to announce its recent success in winning the prestigious SBRI: FOAK 2023 (Small Business Research Initiative: First of a Kind 2023) competition for “Reliable and Maintainable Assets in Rail Demonstrations”. The competition is funded by Innovate UK […]
In the first of a series of articles on rail freight, Lydia Cullimore, Director at Burges Salmon, looks at how the sector can achieve its full potential. A spotlight is increasingly being shone on rail freight in the UK and for good reason. The reduction in carbon emissions that results from increased modal shift to […]
So, the question is what’s focus stacking and why would you want to use this technique? Photography focus stacking is a technique used within many genres of photography mostly associated with landscape and macro photography to increase the depth of field in an image, allowing the photographer to capture sharp images from foreground to background. […]
