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Network Rail has completed work to renew fencing at the Scottish Wildlife Trusts Jupiter Urban Wildlife Centre in Grangemouth.
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Rail freight is contributing to the UK's net-zero ambitions with practical assistance. Manufacturers, logistics experts and rail freight operators have collaborated to move environmentally responsible plastic products by environmentally sustainable rail freight. The project involves a long-distance transfer from the south of England to the south of Scotland, and uses recently improved rail facilities at a Scottish port.
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The UK arm of global shipping carrier MSC has announced a successful shake down of its new Anglo-Scottish rail service. What is effectively a land cruise for containers, takes traffic between ports and terminals in the West of Scotland and what the company calls global trade routes, via Hams Hall terminal in Birmingham and on ... [The rail link to Greenock Containbase remains closed. -RS]
(Permalink) Grangemouth Greenock Containerport Hams Hall MSC Mossend Marshalling Yard Railfreight  Greenock Containerbase Sidings: Looking over the site of Princes Pier Shed, latterly in use as container sidings for the Greenock Ocean Terminal. The bridge in the centre of shot goes over Brougham Street (See image 8933 and 15507) ... |
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INEOS at Grangemouth endorses the bid to establish the Forth Green Freeport. The Forth Green Freeport will sustain a prosperous industrial and manufacturing sector, provide high quality employment and deliver economic benefit to the country.
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MSC UK has announced a new rail service connecting Mossend in Scotland via Hams Hall, to Felixstowe and London Gateway.
The new Mossend rail service builds upon MSC UKs investment into the Scottish market by complementing two existing weekly calls into the ports of Grangemouth and Greenock. (Permalink) Felixstowe Grangemouth Greenock Hams Hall London Gateway MSC UK Mossend Marshalling Yard |
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INEOS takes the next significant step towards delivering a sustainable future for its businesses at Grangemouth with a move to low carbon hydrogen fuel. Investment in a world-scale low-carbon hydrogen plant is the cornerstone of the site's Road Map to Net Zero, underpinning a commitment to deliver emissions savings of more than 60% across the site by 2030. The scope of design is also planned to provide capability to link the hydrogen production to third parties in the local area to support development of a local hydrogen hub.
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Mariners are advised that week commencing 06th September the Centre Container Berth at Grangemouth will not be available for use for a period of 4 weeks.
These works are to facilitate the replacement of crane rails for the berths gantry cranes. (Permalink) Container berth Grangemouth Rail mounted cranes |
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The Port of Grangemouth has completed and opened a multimillion-pound rail freight hub with the arrival DRSs Aberdeen freight train service. The new rail freight hub at Scotlands largest port, saw an investment of £3million and with this increased capacity, it further secures its position as the key strategic freight and export/import hub for ...
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The Port of Grangemouth on the River Forth has opened a multi-million-pound rail freight hub after welcoming its first freight train service.
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The scheduled demolition of the former Longannet Power Station is imminent and residents have been warned to expect higher than normal noise levels and rising dust.
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The Port of Grangemouth today (10 December) announces a multimillion-pound investment in its rail freight offering which will cement its position as the key strategic freight and export/import hub for Scotland. The £3 million investment will significantly scale up and modernise the ports current rail capacity to create an extended dual rail siding of 775 metres currently 200 metres ...
(Permalink) Forth Ports Grangemouth Grangemouth: 37419, looking resplendent in Inter-City livery, heads the Network Rail test train at Grangemouth on 17th June 2020. 37423 was on the rear.  Grangemouth: Colas 70805 nears its destination with the Dalston - Grangemouth Ineos empty tanks on 11 September 2018. Electrification work looked to be complete by this time. |
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It has been 20 years since the first train load of goods left Grangemouth for the newly opened rail terminal in Daventry in the English Midlands. Operated by Direct Rail Services for customer WH Malcolm the train carried glass from Alloa to be used for bottling lager and making coffee jars. The northbound train returned the next day with petfood, pallets and some retail traffic.
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Forth Ports, the UK's third largest ports group, has appointed rail freight expert Ian Wilson as its new Intermodal and Logistics Development Manager to focus on the rail offering in Tilbury and Grangemouth. Ian is a respected, senior executive who is highly experienced in the rail freight, logistics and supply chain industry. Ian previously worked for Eddie Stobart for 20 ...
(Permalink) Forth Ports Grangemouth Tilbury Grangemouth: Colas 70805 nears its destination with the Dalston - Grangemouth Ineos empty tanks on 11 September 2018. Electrification work looked to be complete by this time.  Grangemouth No 3 Signal Box: Grangemouth Yard as viewed from the west end, probably from the footbridge adjacent to Dock Road level crossing. In 1971 the yard was only a shadow of it's former self, albeit there is evidence of cem ... |
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Calls to raise HGV speed limits on the A9 could damage plans to boost train services, says David Spaven.
I was delighted to witness the launch of the Lifting the Spirit trial whisky train service from Elgin to Grangemouth last month - a tangible example of how rail could be attracting freight away from Scotland's trunk roads. In the longer term, the new train service has the potential to secure a significant freight modal switch away from the A95 and A9 roads on to rail services to Central Scotland. But, worryingly, moves to increase lorry speed limits on the A9 could undermine this innovative attempt to take advantage of safer and more sustainable rail freight. Lifting the Spirit is a collaboration between big distilling companies such as Diageo and Pernod Ricard, the rail industry, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, local authorities and the European Union Foodport project to improve the logistics of food and drink distribution and to cut carbon emissions. An added incentive is that the initiative might help to cut the toll of fatalities and injuries on the A9. (Permalink) A9 A95 David Spaven Elgin Grangemouth  Elgin: DBS 66097 brings a train of empty whisky tanks and containers into Elgin Up Loop on 13th September 2013, prior to propelling back into Elgin Yard. The movement was in connection with the next day's i ...  Elgin East: 66097 runs round its train of empty whisky tanks and containers at Elgin Yard on 13th September. The platform side of the former GNoSR passenger station has seen better days, but the main building is ... |
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The whisky industry on Speyside is starting a two-month trial to improve the use of rail freight with the aim of reducing road traffic and emissions.
Two weekly trains will replace 29 lorry trips to take whisky to Grangemouth. Casks and grain will be transported north in the same containers. Several producers are working on the Lifting the Spirit project, alongside Highlands and Island Enterprise, Moray Council, and the Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership. The trains are running from Elgin, and HIE is investing £30,000 in the project. (Permalink) Elgin Grangemouth  Fouldubs Junction: DRS 47802 reverses container flats into the WHM Grangemouth depot on 9 October 2007.  Fouldubs Junction: Names to conjure with ...scene at the WHM depot, Grangemouth, on 21 September 2006.  Elgin East: A 1977 view showing the westward expansion and modernisation of Elgin freight depot following the removal of the platforms (the Class 24 is standing in the former through platform road) after the with ... |
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Traffic on the A9 could be significantly reduced if more Highland businesses used a new rail freight service to transport goods to the central belt, it was claimed yesterday.
(Permalink) A9 Grangemouth Inverness Stobart Rail |
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A rail freight service is launched in a bid to cut congestion on the A9 route to Inverness.
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A new rail freight interchange, which is expected to take thousands of lorries off the A9, will be formally opened next week by the Scottish Government's transport minister.
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