A.P. Moller – Maersk has reached an agreement with BGRf to operate a rail service from Felixstowe, Suffolk, to Newell & Wright in Tinsley, South Yorkshire, all working days in the week.
The Port of Felixstowe is Britain´s biggest and busiest container port, and one of the largest in Europe. Approximately 50% of traffic between Felixstowe and the North of England moves by rail.
“As any other major container gateway in the world, Felixstowe has been under pressure due to the various disruptions affecting the supply chain such as Brexit, COVID-19 and the recent vessel blockage at the Suez Canal. By signing this agreement, we will be able to offer more reliable and flexible end-to-end services to both local as well as global importers and exporters,” explained Jeremy Haycock, Managing Director for United Kingdom & Ireland at Maersk.
“Expanding our rail footprint from Felixstowe is key for us to increase supply chain flexibility for our customers through the current challenging times and help them address their individual specific logistics needs as the business condition and pandemic continue to evolve. We want to help to bring capacity and reliability to this critical supply chain link,” added Haycock.
This new service will incorporate new eco-fret wagons from the German company VTG Aktiengesellschaft, state-of-art containers which maximize the number of 20- and 40-foot containers which can be carried on a train, providing customers with an eco-friendlier alternative to traditional wagons.
Source: Maersk
