RAILING YOUR CONTAINER

Rail bookings can be made via the following options:

Rail freight operators:

                                             

Freightliner

https://www.freightliner.co.uk/

DB Cargo

https://uk.dbcargo.com/rail-uk-en

GB Railfreight

https://www.gbrailfreight.com/

Maritime

https://www.maritimetransport.com/services/intermodal

                                 

Rail services and destinations

                                                       

Services currently operating within the Modal Shift Programme Incentive Zone are: 

                                              

Rail Freight Operator

Destination

Contact

Freightliner

Avonmouth

serviceenquiries@gwrr.co.uk

Birmingham (Landor Street)

Cardiff

Daventry

Maritime

Birmingham (Birch Coppice)

rail@maritimetransport.com

East Midlands Gateway

GB RailfreightBirmingham (Hams Hall)intermodal.booking@gbrailfreight.com 
   

DP World UK Rail

London Gateway

railbookings@dpworldsouthampton.com

Portbury (Bristol)

                               

Other rail services currently available include:

                                    

Rail Freight Operator

Destination

Contact

Freightliner

Trafford Park

serviceenquiries@gwrr.co.uk

Barry Dock

Liverpool

Coatbridge

Leeds

Maritime

Wakefield

rail@maritimetransport.com

Trafford Park (MNC)

GB Railfreight

Manchester

intermodal.booking@gbrailfreight.com

iPort (Rossington)

 Widnes 

N&W

Rotherham

rotherhamterminal@nwtransport.com

                         

Shipping lines: Contact the import customer service team for the shipping line operating your import container.

                                          

Shipping Line

Website

ACL

aclcargo.com

CMA CGM

cma-cgm.com

COSCO

lines.coscoshipping.com/home

Hapag Lloyd

hapag-lloyd.com

HMM

hmm21.com

ICL

icl-ltd.com

OOCL

oocl.com

ONE

one-line.com

Maersk

maersk.com

MSC

msc.com

Yang Ming

yangming.co.uk

                                         

Freight forwarders: Many freight forwarders can book import containers by rail.

Contact your freight forwarder to review your options.

                         

Forwarder

Website

BIFA

bifa.org

FIATA

fiata.org

                                    

FURTHER READING

Find out more about our trial Modal Shift Programme to incentivise cargo owners to rail more boxes and help them reach their net zero ambitions.

For further information, please contact:
modalshift.uk@dpworld.com