Mediterranean Shipping Company (UK) Ltd. (MSC) and GB Railfreight (GBRf) have announced a new five-year deal, strengthening a long-established relationship and commitment to delivering sustainable solutions for customers.
GBRf has been a provider of rail services to MSC since 2002. The company’s knowledge in supplying locomotives and wagons combined with MSC’s line haulage services enables the two companies to deliver door-to-door services to their customers. The new agreement will be volume-based and is expected to increase wagon utilisation that in turn will help further reduce carbon emissions.
MSC commented, “Increased wagon utilisation was a key component from the start and engagement with ports and inland terminals to support this initiative took place early on. We are delighted that our new shared contract will allow both MSC and GBRF to continue our work in taking steps to reduce CO2 emissions by moving containers via rail, closer to the final destination.”
The services will operate from Felixstowe and London Gateway to both the Midlands and Yorkshire, with a minimum commitment of five days a week. Over the course of the next five years, the deal will remain agile and be able to provide flexibility to changing market dynamics while supporting MSC’s expected intermodal volume growth.
John Smith, Managing Director at GB Railfreight, said, “Given MSC’s projected future growth we have struck a flexible agreement which will allow both parties to make better use of the services we share. As a business, we always put the clients first and we are delighted to be able to cater to MSC’s needs with this contract renewal. With the economic picture looking uncertain, I am pleased we will continue working with MSC – a move which shows that the rail freight market is in good shape and will be needed more than ever as we begin the road back to recovery.”
Source: MSC
