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 […]
AV Dawson, owner and operator of Port of Middlesbrough welcomed His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester to formally unveil a newly refurbished 1960’s Atkinson truck. Accompanied by Mrs Jo Ropner, His Majesty’s Lord- Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, the royal delegation were given a tour of AV Dawson’s new head office, The Staiths, while meeting […]
Following on from Fox Group opening the Leyland railhead in January 2023, Lancashire County Council paid them a visit to witness the unloading of a freight train on Tuesday 20th June 2023. The railhead was reopened on Monday 9th January 2023, with the first train arriving from Tunstead at 22:42, loaded with aggregates. The Freightliner […]
There was a common theme in my conversations at the Multimodal exhibition last week. And it wasn’t rail reform! The businesses we spoke to, at our Rail Freight Pavilion and on their stands, were all keen to talk about rail freight growth and the actions they are already taking to get more goods on trains! […]
Continuing to celebrate the importance of International Women’s Day, and the vital role of women in rail freight, RFG is publishing its third article in a series of guest posts from Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS). In this article Ciara Middlehurst, NTS’s Commercial Director, discusses the commercial challenges and opportunities for rail freight. It’s been a busy […]
To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, RFG is celebrating women in rail with a series of guest articles from Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS), which take a closer look at those championing the role and opportunities of women in the rail freight sector. In the first of the series, Julie Nerney, NTS’s Interim Rail […]
iPort Rail has won ‘Business of the Year’ at the Rail Freight Group’s annual excellence awards event, with judges praising its outstanding vision for the future of the rail freight sector. Nominated and chosen by the judging panel, iPort Rail had demonstrated how it achieved excellence in customer care, environmental standards and innovation. Judges said: […]
The September 2019 issue of RFG News has now been published. It leads with our Annual Awards Dinner, where we were delighted to name PD Ports as the RFG Business of the Year. Download a copy here: RFG News – Issue 137 – September 2019 The Awards Dinner was a fantastic success and congratulations to everyone […]
Construction traffic moved by rail freight grew by 7% in the year to April 2017 to a record high of 4.25 billion tonne-km, according to statistics released today by Office of Rail and Road. Driven by a buoyant construction sector, growth has been supported by investment from freight customers and operators in new high volume […]
