Felixstowe needs rail upgrade to support box growth
Britain's infrastructure is stunting growth at the country's busiest container port Felixstowe with urgent rail upgrades and toll road development needed to maintain its annual throughput of 3 million TEU, Shippingazette reports.
The report by accounting firm KPMG for the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has highlighted the growing gap of the UK for business infrastructure, citing only 26 per cent of respondents give the UK as a "favourable destination for infrastructure investment."
The CBI and the Rail Freight Group (RFG) are in agreement that an upgrade on its F2N route (Felixstowe to Nuneaton) is vital to not only relieve congestion on road freight movement on the A14 from the port to connecting motorways, but to meet container volume growth.
RFG policy manager Maggie Simpson said in response to the CBI report, rail is a priority over road infrastructure. "The amount of containers moving through Felixstowe by rail is growing all the time, but this could be significantly increased if the route was upgraded to meet modern demands," she added, cited a report from UK's Handy Shipping Guide.
Plans are expected to be included in the rail industry's planning document which will go to ministers later this month.
The report by accounting firm KPMG for the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has highlighted the growing gap of the UK for business infrastructure, citing only 26 per cent of respondents give the UK as a "favourable destination for infrastructure investment."
The CBI and the Rail Freight Group (RFG) are in agreement that an upgrade on its F2N route (Felixstowe to Nuneaton) is vital to not only relieve congestion on road freight movement on the A14 from the port to connecting motorways, but to meet container volume growth.
RFG policy manager Maggie Simpson said in response to the CBI report, rail is a priority over road infrastructure. "The amount of containers moving through Felixstowe by rail is growing all the time, but this could be significantly increased if the route was upgraded to meet modern demands," she added, cited a report from UK's Handy Shipping Guide.
Plans are expected to be included in the rail industry's planning document which will go to ministers later this month.