Derailment partially blocks Felixstowe

British rail operations could be disrupted by a safety critical fault uncovered during investigations following a freight derailment in Manchester.

Five more automated RTGs have arrived at Hutchison Ports’ Port of Felixstowe from a series of 17 ordered from Konecranes.

GB Railfreight launched a second daily service between Felixstowe and Widnes, increasing to 11 weekly trains, and reducing road congestion by 500 trucks.

The global IT outage affected various sectors, including the Port of Felixstowe, Maersk, Baltic Hub, and certain companies within the Port of Rotterdam.

The MSC Lorenza, with a draft of 17.0m, is the deepest vessel to arrive at the Port of Felixstowe, delivering 5,000 import containers.

Hutchison Ports’ Port of Felixstowe has kick started its autonomous truck project featuring Westwell’s Q-Trucks.