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DP WORLD ACHIEVES 66% INCREASE IN FREIGHT MOVING FROM ROAD TO RAIL AT ITS SOUTHAMPTON HUB

Posted on 15th April 2024 at 19:02

 

DP WORLD ACHIEVES 66% INCREASE IN FREIGHT MOVING FROM ROAD TO RAIL AT ITS SOUTHAMPTON HUB 

 

The Modal Shift Programme trial, introduced last September, is designed to increase the attractiveness of intermodal rail for customers through carefully considered financial incentives. From September to February the share of freight units being moved by rail instead of road at DP World Southampton has increased by two-thirds, from 21% to 35%. 

 

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https://www.multimodal.org.uk/article/dp-world-achieves-66-increase-in-freight-moving-from-road-to-rail-at-its-southampton-hub?utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FO-04-12-2024&utm_content=httpswwwmultimodalorgukarticledpworldachieves66increaseinfreightmovingfromroadtorailatitssouthamptonhub 

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DP WORLD RAISES INCENTIVE TO £100 FOR CUSTOMERS SWITCHING FREIGHT FROM ROAD TO RAIL

Posted on 6th February 2024 at 11:30

 

DP WORLD RAISES INCENTIVE TO £100 FOR CUSTOMERS SWITCHING FREIGHT FROM ROAD TO RAIL 

 

DP World is increasing its financial incentive by almost 50 per cent for customers taking advantage of its ‘Modal Shift Programme’. The scheme was introduced in September last year and is designed to increase the attractiveness of intermodal rail for customers through carefully considered financial incentives. 

 

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https://www.multimodal.org.uk/article/dp-world-raises-incentive-to-gbp100-for-customers-switching-freight-from-road-to-rail 

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GB RAILFREIGHT LAUNCHES NEW RAIL FREIGHT SERVICE CONNECTING LONDON GATEWAY TO IPORT DONCASTER

Posted on 6th February 2024 at 11:23

 

GB RAILFREIGHT LAUNCHES NEW RAIL FREIGHT SERVICE CONNECTING LONDON GATEWAY TO IPORT DONCASTER 

 

GBRf has started a new intermodal service this week, connecting London Gateway with iPort Doncaster. 

 

This new service by GBRf will be utilising their brand-new FEA-G intermodal wagons, each of the new high-density twin wagons can carry six twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) on each service, significantly increasing the volume of cargo that can be transported on each journey. 

 

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https://www.multimodal.org.uk/article/gb-railfreight-launches-new-rail-freight-service-connecting-london-gateway-to-iport-doncaster?utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FO-02-02-2024&utm_content=httpswwwmultimodalorgukarticlegbrailfreightlaunchesnewrailfreightserviceconnectinglondongatewaytoiportdoncaster 

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GOVERNMENT SETS TARGET TO GROW RAIL FREIGHT BY AT LEAST 75%

Posted on 2nd January 2024 at 15:53

 

GOVERNMENT SETS TARGET TO GROW RAIL FREIGHT BY AT LEAST 75% 

 

Even more vital goods will be transported across the UK by rail, following an ambitious target announced by Transport Secretary, Mark Harper, to grow rail freight by at least 75%. 

 

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https://www.multimodal.org.uk/article/government-sets-ambitious-target-to-grow-rail-freight-by-at-least-75?utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FO-12-21-2023&utm_content=httpswwwmultimodalorgukarticlegovernmentsetsambitioustargettogrowrailfreightbyatleast75 

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PORT OF SOUTHAMPTON RAIL PROJECT WINS DOUBLE AWARD FOR DRIVING RAIL FREIGHT GROWTH

Posted on 21st September 2023 at 15:58

 

PORT OF SOUTHAMPTON RAIL PROJECT WINS DOUBLE AWARD FOR DRIVING RAIL FREIGHT GROWTH 

 

Solent Stevedores £17.5 million rail freight growth at the Port of Southampton is now double award winning following a successful night at the RFG Awards. 

 

The award-winning project will complete at the end of the year creating an 18-acre site linking existing intermodal rail transport site with laden and empty container handling, storage, maintenance, and repair within a single site boundary. 

 

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https://www.multimodal.org.uk/article/port-of-southampton-rail-project-wins-double-award-for-driving-rail-freight-growth?utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FO-09-15-2023&utm_content=httpswwwmultimodalorgukarticleportofsouthamptonrailprojectwinsdoubleawardfordrivingrailfreightgrowth 

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SEGRO COMPLETES £120 MILLION LAND ACQUISITION – PAVES WAY FOR NEW RAIL FREIGHT TERMINAL AT RADLETT

Posted on 17th July 2023 at 09:53

 

SEGRO COMPLETES £120 MILLION LAND ACQUISITION – PAVES WAY FOR NEW RAIL FREIGHT TERMINAL AT RADLETT 

 

SEGRO plc has completed the acquisition of 419 hectares of land at the location of the former Radlett Aerodrome in the Upper Colne Valley, Hertfordshire. 

 

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https://www.multimodal.org.uk/article/segro-completes-gbp120-million-land-acquisition-paves-way-for-new-rail-freight-terminal-at-radlett?utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FO-07-15-2023&utm_content=httpswwwmultimodalorgukarticlesegrocompletesgbp120millionlandacquisitionpaveswayfornewrailfreightterminalatradlett 

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DP WORLD’S INNOVATIVE RAIL INCENTIVE TO DRIVE DECARBONISATION OF UK SUPPLY CHAINS

Posted on 15th June 2023 at 12:29

 

DP WORLD’S INNOVATIVE RAIL INCENTIVE TO DRIVE DECARBONISATION OF UK SUPPLY CHAINS 

 

DP World 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. 

 

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https://www.multimodal.org.uk/article/dp-worlds-innovative-rail-incentive-to-drive-decarbonisation-of-uk-supply-chains?utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FO-06-09-2023&utm_content=httpswwwmultimodalorgukarticledpworldsinnovativerailincentivetodrivedecarbonisationofuksupplychains 

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DP WORLD INVESTS £12M IN NEW RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE

Posted on 30th January 2023 at 11:40

 

DP WORLD INVESTS £12M IN NEW RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE 

 

DP World is investing £12m in two new Rail Mounted Gantry (RMG) cranes at London Gateway to meet fast growing demand for rail connections from customers at the smart logistics hub, which will increase its capacity by a third when a new fourth berth opens next year. 

 

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https://www.multimodal.org.uk/article/dp-world-invests-gbp12m-in-new-rail-infrastructure?utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FO-01-30-2023&utm_content=httpswwwmultimodalorgukarticledpworldinvestsgbp12minnewrailinfrastructure 

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FREIGHTLINER AND ONE LAUNCH RAIL SERVICE USING GD+ FUEL

Posted on 30th January 2023 at 11:28

 

FREIGHTLINER AND ONE LAUNCH RAIL SERVICE USING GD+ FUEL 

 

On January 17th, 2023, a new Freightliner service made its first journey travelling from Southampton to Crewe. For this journey, ONE purchased GD+ fuel to cover 100% of the fuel volume required. 

 

The train then continued its journey to Freightliner Coatbridge terminal, Scotland, using an electric locomotive, making this one of the greenest rail freight routes in UK Rail. 

 

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https://www.multimodal.org.uk/article/freightliner-and-one-launch-rail-service-using-gd-fuel?utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FO-01-30-2023&utm_content=httpswwwmultimodalorgukarticlefreightlinerandonelaunchrailserviceusinggdfuel 

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Rail freight gets a boost in Europe but is stalled by strikes in UK

Posted on 9th January 2023 at 10:43

 

Rail freight gets a boost in Europe but is stalled by strikes in UK 

 

New European routes are building on the momentum of a post-pandemic shift to rail freight, but strikes in the UK are adding to continental energy cost worries, threatening the change. 

 

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https://theloadstar.com/rail-freight-gets-a-boost-in-europe-but-is-stalled-by-strikes-in-uk/ 

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