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The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK (CILT(UK)), the leading professional body for logistics and transport professionals, has expressed its disappointment at the decision not to proceed in full with HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail. It is also deeply concerned at the absence of critical information in …

An event raising awareness about the transition to Net Zero in the Rail and Road Freight industries will begin on Monday 8th November. Taking place during COP26 and finishing on Transport Day at the global conference, ‘Low Carbon Logistics’ is a three-day event to showcase the drive to net zero …

Derbyshire-based metal recycling and waste management specialist, Ward, has opened a new rail connected, metal processing site in Barking, East London. It will facilitate the movement of bulk material from the south of England to its other facilities across the country for processing and onward export. The site in Barking …

HS2 this week opened a new railhead near the village of Calvert which will help the high-speed rail project continue to deliver construction material by rail to its biggest Buckinghamshire site without putting extra lorries on local roads. The new railhead – the second to be built at Calvert – …

Dunbar cement plant to host prototype for electrified rail freight Prototype aims to help make diesel redundant near to electrified railways Innovation will help UK transport hit government’s net zero targets and improve local air quality A prototype electrified rail freight terminal in Dunbar is one of 30 projects to …

At peak seven trains per day will leave the Logistics Hub The site will be the ‘beating heart’ of HS2’s construction activity in the South This week, on Tuesday 29th June, the first train carrying spoil removed from HS2 construction works in London left the HS2 Logistics hub in Willesden. …

First 100 trains into HS2’s main compound in Buckinghamshire have now taken the equivalent of 7,500 HGVs off Britain’s roads and cut over 24,000 tonnes of carbon emissions Latest figures reveal that HS2 construction traffic is helping UK rail freight bounce back from the impact of COVID-19 The 100th freight …

The Port of Grangemouth has completed and opened a multimillion-pound rail freight hub with the arrival DRS’s (Direct Rail Service) Aberdeen freight train service. [see images attached with this release]. The new rail freight hub at Scotland’s largest port, saw an investment of £3million and with this increased capacity, it …

The Port of Tilbury and FM Conway have announced that they have extended their agreement for a further five years to load aggregate for FM Conway’s Theale facility. FM Conway is the largest independent supplier of asphalt in the south east and driven by innovation and customer service, the new …

Over 180 freight trains set to deliver material to HS2’s main compound in Buckinghamshire in next 12 months, equivalent to 12,670 HGVs that would otherwise be on Britain’s roads Use of rail freight to this site will cut 30,150 tonnes of carbon – the equivalent of flying from London to …