Ports and rail freight ‘need to be treated as one entity’

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Leaders of one of the UK’s most successful logistics firms have insisted that the country’s ports and rail freight need to be classed as one single entity.

GB Railfreight (GBRf) welcomed the Transport Select Committee’s ‘Access to Ports’ inquiry, which was launched towards the end of 2012.

The organisation started the investigation in order to assess how accessible the nation’s ports are and what improvements can be made.

GBRf operates 650 cargo trains each week, so it is well placed to offer advice on the situation and bosses feel rail freight and ports are both crucial to the UK’s future economic success.

Managing director of the firm John Smith urged policy makers to do all they can to improve rail links to important coastal towns and cities.

“It is crucial [ports] are readily accessible to bulk and multi-modal rail freight to allow them to work at maximum efficiency and be utilised to their full potential,” he remarked