Maritime Transport has ordered 14 new reach stackers from SANY and Kalmar to scale its container handling operations. The €8 million investment will facilitate growing demand for rail freight services and the expansion of Maritime’s intermodal network, with the Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI) at Northampton Gateway and a new container storage facility at the Port of Liverpool opening later this year.
As part of the exclusive Agreement, Maritime Transport will develop, lease, and operate Tritax Symmetry’s planned £750 million Strategic Rail Freight Interchange ('SRFI') at Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange ('HNRFI')
As part of its continued support for global humanitarian causes, Maritime Transport has donated a Scania truck and trailer to Essex-based charity, Hope and Aid Direct (HaAD). The donation will significantly boost HaAD’s capacity to collect essential aid in bulk across the UK, and support various ongoing relief efforts across mainland Europe and into Ukraine.
Maritime Transport has placed a major order for 18 battery-electric, 42-tonne tractor units, the first consignment of 48 battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell trucks to be purchased and deployed across its network as a leading participant in the Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator (ZEHID).
Leading global real estate investor, developer and manager Oxford Properties Group (“Oxford”), and best-in-class developer Logistics Capital Partners (“LCP”), today announced the signing of an exclusive agreement with Maritime Transport at West Midlands Interchange (“WMI”), the UK’s largest logistics development. The agreement secures Maritime Transport as the long-term operator of WMI’s strategic rail freight interchange (“SRFI”) on the West Coast Mainline, pairing the UK’s largest logistics development with the country’s leading road and freight logistics provider.
Maritime Transport is pleased to announce a new, three-year contract with long-standing partner, Tesco PLC. With effect from 29th October 2023, Maritime has been appointed by Tesco to manage, plan, and execute all rail operations at Tesco’s central distribution hubs within Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT). The new agreement builds on Maritime’s 13-year history with the UK’s largest retailer of groceries and general merchandise, providing distribution services by road to Tesco sites nationwide, and strengthens Maritime’s position in the market as a leading provider of integrated road and rail freight logistics.
Maritime Transport Ltd. is proud to announce its continued support for the Royal British Legion’s (RBL) Poppy Appeal. For the ninth consecutive year, poppies have been fitted to more than 1,000 Maritime trucks as a show of support for the Armed Forces community, and to commemorate the immeasurable sacrifices made by those who lost their lives in the First World War and subsequent conflicts.
Maritime Transport Ltd. is pleased to announce its role as a key participant in the zero emission HGV and infrastructure demonstrator (ZERFD), a ground-breaking £200 million investment programme aimed at supporting the freight sector on its path to Net Zero.
Maritime Transport was delighted to facilitate the historic arrival of Laura Maersk at DP World London Gateway recently – the world’s first methanol-enabled container vessel – delivering one of Maersk’s iconic rainbow containers to its Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI) at SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway (EMG) via a HVO-powered freight train capable of reducing CO2 emissions by up to 90%.
Maritime Transport has been named Road Freight Company of the Year at the 2023 Multimodal Awards, held at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham on 13th June. The prestigious award marks the fifth occasion Maritime has won the Road category since it was introduced in 2016.
