A SCHEME to improve freight train access to Southampton docks could cut tens of thousands of lorry movements in the city each year, according to port bosses. Port chiefs say work to lengthen the ...

A major port has recorded a sharp increase in customers moving imported freight by train rather than by lorry. DP World Southampton introduced incentives to use rail in September, paying £70 per ...

The plan by Southampton port, one of the three largest in the UK, will see customers paid £70 for each container making the change. It's part of a drive to cut carbon emissions by 30,000 tonnes a ...

Rail investment aims to boost Port of Southampton offering. The project involves several site upgrades, including the introduction of 84 reefer plug points, extending the rail loading pad by 150 ...

DP World is set to double its rail services between two of the UK's largest container ports. From next week a new mid-week train will link the London Gateway and Southampton logistics hubs ...

But Southampton has seen a decline to almost 20 per cent from 35 per cent, according to industry figures, despite the port introducing rebates on some charges, which Smith admitted had given rail ...

A SCHEME to improve freight train access to Southampton docks could cut tens of thousands of lorry movements in the city each year, according to… ...

Southampton port director Alistair Welch, from Associated British Ports, said: "We are putting the infrastructure in place to support growth in rail. "We are seeing an uptick.

More than a third of imported shipping containers leave Southampton docks by rail A major port has recorded a sharp increase in customers moving imported freight by train rather than by lorry. DP ...