VIDEO: Cooper rises to the intermodal challenge

The Daventry International Railfreight Terminal (DIRFT) is one of the largest inland intermodal terminals in the UK. Across its 25 acres spans a total of 10km of rail track allowing 119 trains per week to move through the terminal. When Malcolm Rail was appointed operator of the DIRFT terminal in 2008, it needed a materials handling supplier that could maximise work flow and provide a low life cost solution to the nearly 6,000 lifts per week that were required.

The development of rail terminal operations has been a major plank in Malcolm Rail’s investment and development strategy over the past five years. With rail terminal operations at Linwood (Elderslie Terminal), Grangemouth and DIRFT, on-site terminal operations at British Gypsum’s Kirkby Thore plant and well-established rail links at Aberdeen and Mossend, Malcolm Rail now provides a substantial range of intermodal services which handle UK and European rail/road movements.

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