Freightliner has reintroduced an intermodal rail service linking Teesport in the Northeast of England with Southampton on the South Coast. It marks the return of…
Larger than the Larger Than Life tour, but Five all the same. You’re nobody these days if you’re not celebrating an anniversary. So, step up…
The steel works at Port Talbot in South Wales is about to undergo a huge transformation. The decision has been taken to replace the traditional…
An ambitious plan connecting several harbours in the River Forth, including the naval base at Rosyth, has been unveiled as the foundation of a ‘green’…
The rail minister Wendy Morton, who is also a member of Parliament in the West Midlands, was hosted by her parliamentary colleague Jackie Doyle-Price, the…
A brand new service will help Scottish producers and manufacturers reach worldwide markets. Saturday saw the first departure of a new intermodal service operated by…
The governments in Scotland and England have reached agreement over the implementation of the London-led freeport initiative. The devolved government in Scotland had held back,…
Launching a new reefer intermodal service, the trio of Forth Ports Tilbury, supermarket chain Tesco, and freight operator Direct Rail Services have partnered up to…
The government has officially launched the UK’s freeport programme in London. Operations under the relaxed regulatory regime can begin at London (the Thames Freeport consortium…
While the UK government in London has already designated a list of location as ‘freeports’, there are as yet none in Scotland. The government in…
Better rail connections are required to make the most economic capital from freeports in the North of England. Representatives of the rail freight industry in…
Eight new freeports have been announced for the UK, reaching from Liverpool to Felixstowe, and inland at East Midlands Airport, adjacent to the rail facilities…