New Daily Intermodal Service Takes More HGVs Off the Road
East Anglia to Yorkshire Container Rail Link Commences
UK – A new daily intermodal service operated by GB Railfreight has begun running from the Port of Felixstowe to Maritime Transport’s facility at Wakefield Europort. This represents GBRf s seventh intermodal service into a Maritime facility and will operate Monday to Friday from the UK s busiest container port.
The rake will initially comprise of a mix of wagon types, including two Eco Triples, two Q8s and eleven IKA Twins. The combination of a variety of wagons is significant, as it allows for enhanced flexibility, maximising the number of boxes that can be carried to better satisfy consumer demand and make more effective use of overall capacity. John Smith, Managing Director at GB Railfreight, said:
East Midlands Airport shifted thousands of tonnes of goods in December
Demand was driven by people who turned to online shopping
Due to the pandemic more and more people are shopping online (Image: East Midlands Airport)
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Hundreds of jobs to be created at huge new Mars warehouse near East Midlands Airport
Confectionery giant is planning multi-million pound site
An artist s impression of the new Mars/DHL warehouse to be built at the SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway
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Hundreds of jobs are set to be created by Mars UK at a huge new warehouse at a distribution park near East Midlands Airport.
Mars UK today announced its partnership with DHL, which will see the construction of warehousing facilities, as well as the creation of sustainable [.]