St Denys Bridge Replacement
Setting up the crane.
The first stages of a complex two-year project which aims to transfer up to 50,000 container freight journeys a year from the UK’s roads to the railway have started. Network Rail, which is delivering the £71m scheme, is carrying out work at almost 50 sites between Southampton and Nuneaton – including several in the Thames Valley area – to enable the larger, modern containers preferred by many global shipping firms to be transported efficiently by train across the whole of Great Britain.
Associated British Ports' (ABP) Port of Southampton is home to the UK's second largest deep-sea container terminal, DP World Southampton. The port is the key entry point for a wide range of food, electronics, petroleum, metals and aggregate products. Currently around 25% of containers which are handled at Southampton are moved by rail. To increase this it will be necessary for the railway to be able to carry the more modern 9' 6" or 'high-cube' containers, which are the most economical method for shipping goods, particularly from the Far East.
St Denys Bridge Replacement
Setting up the crane.
The first stages of a complex two-year project which aims to transfer up to 50,000 container freight journeys a year from the UK’s roads to the railway have started. Network Rail, which is delivering the £71m scheme, is carrying out work at almost 50 sites between Southampton and Nuneaton – including several in the Thames Valley area – to enable the larger, modern containers preferred by many global shipping firms to be transported efficiently by train across the whole of Great Britain.
Associated British Ports' (ABP) Port of Southampton is home to the UK's second largest deep-sea container terminal, DP World Southampton. The port is the key entry point for a wide range of food, electronics, petroleum, metals and aggregate products. Currently around 25% of containers which are handled at Southampton are moved by rail. To increase this it will be necessary for the railway to be able to carry the more modern 9' 6" or 'high-cube' containers, which are the most economical method for shipping goods, particularly from the Far East.