DP World delivers UK Rail Freight boost with Carbon and Road Mileage Reduction

GB Railfreight (GBRf), one of the UK’s largest transporters of consumer and business goods, will be unveiling its new hybrid Class 99 locomotive at InnoTrans in Berlin on Wednesday 25 September, signalling a significant leap forward in decarbonising the UK’s rail freight industry. The new Class 99s are expected to… Read more »

GB Railfreight has agreed a new two-year contract extension with DP World to provide staff to prepare all freight trains departing from their London Gateway terminal. These staff provide a critical role in ensuring the safety and reliability of rail freight. Every year,  more than 5,000 train services depart and… Read more »

GB Railfreight (GBRf) has acquired four new electric Class 18 hybrid+ shunt locomotives to its growing fleet. These locomotives alongside other industry leading decarbonisation initiatives will contribute to GBRf’s efforts to reduce the emissions of Great Britain’s supply chains. The new locomotives will be based across GBRf’s sites and will… Read more »

In addition to rail transport solutions between Asia and Europe, the international transport and logistics provider now offers intermodal services to and from various countries within Europe, including Türkiye, the UK and Ireland. Seamlessly combining rail and road, intermodal transport provides substantial benefits in terms of cost efficiency, sustainability, and… Read more »

GB Railfreight has today completed the delivery of its 10,000th biomass train from Liverpool to Drax Power Station, North Yorkshire. Since 2016, GB Railfreight’s trains have moved over 15m tonnes of sustainable biomass between Peel Ports, Liverpool and Drax Power Station in Selby, Yorkshire. The biomass hauled by these 10,000… Read more »

As part of the 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… Read more »

Rail freight operating company, GB Railfreight has named a Class 66 locomotive ‘Ipswich Town’ during a ceremony at Ipswich Station. The locomotive will now be used to pull a wide range of goods, including construction materials, fuel and many items found in shops across the country. To mark the occasion,… Read more »

GB Railfreight has opened its state-of-the-art Maintenance Hub.  Located alongside the East Coast Mainline, the £5.75m facility, represents one of the most substantial investments in the rail freight sector this year.   Secretary of State for Transport, Mark Harper MP, attended the opening ceremony alongside John Smith, GBRf’s Chief Executive… Read more »

DP World, a leading provider of global end-to-end supply chain solutions, is taking the innovative step of directly incentivising customers to move their imported goods off the road and onto rail in a major new initiative, strengthening its ambition to be the most sustainable logistics business in the UK. The… Read more »