• The post you are reporting:
   
  Ed Connell wrote: "The berth in Dunkerque West is still there but is boxed in by a later RORO berth. "
  
  As a daily traveller to Dunkerque I can say that this is not strictly true. Norfolk Line occassionally use the old (but modified) rail berth if their own is out of commission - and the railway lines are still on the link span, though that is as far as they go. The NPC, too, still has the rail lines on the lower car deck along with the fold-away buffers.
  
  There is nothing new about container freight - just visit Tilbury or Southampton or any of the many container terminals around the country - even Dover in a very minor way. What needs to be looked at is the comparative cost of rail freight including the road freight costs between the manufacturer and the railhead and the desination railhead to final destination/distribution.
  
  If rail freight were cheaper and easier to use don't you think it would already be in use to a greater extent than it already is? DHB are unlikely to get involved in discussions of this sort because their very existence relies on road freight and the ferry industry. A dramatic reduction in road freight would sound a death knell for the ferries in my opinion.

Report Post

Your Name

Reason