ZIM awards EWS Network intermodal haulage contract

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has awarded a contract to EWS Network, part of the DB Schenker organisation, to move intermodal containers by rail. These containers were previously transported in the UK by road haulage.

ZIM handles over two million containers per annum with ships calling at 180 ports worldwide. The contract with EWS Network is the first time in the UK that ZIM has 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.

David Cross, Sales & Marketing Manager for EWS Network, said: “ZIM is a major new shipping line customer for the railway in the UK and I am delighted that EWS Network has been able to provide them with efficient transport solutions.”