ZIM awards UK intermodal haulage contract to EWS

Global container shipping line ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has awarded a contract to UK rail freight operator EWS Network, part of the German DB Schenker organisation, to move containers by rail. Those boxes, explained EWS, were previously transported in the UK by road haulage.

EWS said ZIM handled over 2m containers per annum, with ships calling at 180 ports worldwide. The contract with EWS, it claimed, was the first time in the UK that ZIM had used rail freight services in a major way.

"The contract will see EWS Network transport containers for ZIM from Felixstowe to Wakefield and Tilbury to Wakefield. Over 100 containers per a week will be moved by rail, with volumes expected to increase over the coming months," stated EWS.