Rail

Green light for BNSF California intermodal project

$500m 'greenest in the US' facility will keep LA and Long Beach ports competitive and create more than 20,000 jobs

UK gears up for longer trains

Operators are investing to help make rail freight more competitive with road

Samskip expands rail service

New daily combi-train will run between Duisburg and Älmhult

MacAndrews launches reefer train in Spain

Hi-tech monitoring system will guarantee cold chain reliability

KN and VTG negotiate rail freight merger

Activities of joint-venture company will be expanded to increase logistics footprint in Europe

Big plans for Glasgow

Proposed development for Scotland's newest rail freight park unveiled this week

DB and SNCF in war of words

Two of the biggest European state operators are accusing each other of unfair competition in the rail freight sector

New anti-competition complaint against Fret SNCF

Private operator ECR claims rival is still offering below-cost rates, despite hefty fine by rail regulator last year

Fret SNCF offers reward for lost wagons

Bonus for staff if they can find rolling stock that has gone off rail freight operator's radar

Eurotunnel withdraws interest to run the ports of Calais and Boulogne

Channel Tunnel operator withdraws interest leaving Chamber of Commerce as sole candidate

Felixstowe’s 20-track mind

UK port set to double its rail capacity when its North Rail Terminal opens this summer

Eurotunnel profits triple

Olympics and Jubilee contribute to a record year for infrastructure operator

BNSF to test LNG as alternative to diesel

Biggest rail freight operator in the US eyes replacing oil with cheaper natural gas, but the process would be lengthy and very costly

US rail operators to invest record $24.5bn in 2013

Private firms plan to focus spending on new intermodal terminals, new equipment and safety technology

A9 expansion a threat to Highland railway

UK Rail Freight Group calls for Perth-Inverness dualling plan to be put on hold

Advice and Insight

On track for the Gateway

Carsten Hinne, MD of DB Schenker Rail UK, keeps Lloyd’sLoadingList.com up to date on preparations for the first rail freight services into London Gateway

A poodle that bites?

Tony Berkeley ponders what could have prompted a change of heart by German operators in their previous support for European rail freight liberalisation

A Q&A with Sylvie Charles, director of Fret SNCF

In 2010 Sylvie Charles took on probably the toughest job in French freight transport, director of loss-making Fret SNCF. She talks to IFW about her first two years at the helm

Hi-tech route to a 'rail freight motorway'

New technology for loading trailers onto trains could revolutionise traffic between the UK and Eastern Europe

People

New GM at SBS

Forwarder appoints 40-year veteran at Manchester

Gateway searches for talent

UK's newest container port launches apprenticeship scheme to find engineers of the future

DHB CEO to quit

Port of Dover's Bob Goldfield to stand down after 11 years

Fame for Widdows

Rickmers CEO is inducted into International Maritime Hall of Fame

Have Your Say

Time to review the situation?

Reopening the debate on liner conferences would be welcomed by shippers yearning for an end to rate volatility, says Martin Etheridge

Conferences can offer stablity

Liner conferences can bring a stability to the market which far outweighs any accusations of price fixing, argues Rob Lewis

Co-operation and conferences

Is reviving the liner conference system the way to achieve more stable Asia-Europe rates?

Smoother waters

Andy Cliff says it's refreshing to see the return of a real market on Asia-Europe with more sensible rates