UK-based Maritime Transport has stepped up its game in handling integrated road and rail freight logistics. The Felixstowe-headquartered company has gone large with an order of 14 new reach stackers from manufacturers Kalmar and SANY. The 8 million euro investment will facilitate what the company identifies as the growing demand for rail freight services and…
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Maritime Transport to operate Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange
Maritime Transport has signed an agreement to operate the Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange. The integrated road and rail freight logistics provider will develop a 40-acre (16 hectare) site, designated a strategic rail freight interchange by the UK government. The SRFI will be capable of handling 16 trains per day when fully operational. Developers Tritax…
Maritime Transport to operate Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange
Maritime Transport has signed an agreement to operate the Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange. The integrated road and rail freight logistics provider will develop a 40-acre (16 hectare) site, designated a strategic rail freight interchange by the UK government. The SRFI will be capable of handling 16 trains per day when fully operational. Developers Tritax…
Maritime Transport to operate Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange
Maritime Transport has signed an agreement to operate the Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange. The integrated road and rail freight logistics provider will develop a 40-acre (16 hectare) site, designated a strategic rail freight interchange by the UK government. The SRFI will be capable of handling 16 trains per day when fully operational. Developers Tritax…
Maritime appointed rail freight operator at forthcoming West Midlands Interchange
The UK multimodal freight carrier Maritime Transport has been appointed rail freight operator at the West Midlands Interchange. The government-designated strategic rail freight interchange (SRFI) is currently under construction at a site north of Wolverhampton. The developers of the logistics park, Oxford Properties Group and partner developer Logistics Capital Partners, have announced an exclusive agreement…
Intermodal rail freight on high tide at port of Felixstowe
The Port of Felixstowe continues to celebrate significant growth in rail market share. The East Coast port has reinforced its position as the UK’s leading intermodal rail facility. It has just come off a record month for rail freight movements. The figures show that there is still an appetite for increasing the rail freight share…