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Next phase of Ilkeston railway station work set to begin next week

Network Rail will begin construction of new platforms at Ilkeston station in the next week part of the organisation’s Railway Upgrade Plan in Derbyshire.                Construction of the station, which will give the town its own station for the first time in 50 years, began earlier this year to prepare the ground for...

Thales Group Signs OFSV Contract With Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards

Thales in Canada signed $35M contract with the Seaspan’s Shipyards, regarding electronic systems for the construction of the Coast Guard’s three Offshore Fisheries Science Vessels under the NSS.   Seaspan recently announced the start of production on the second OFSV. In the meantime, significant progress continues on the first OFSV with 37 of 37 blocks currently under construction.   This is an important...

RFG Multimodal Meeting report-Transforming Rail Freight Through Technology

Maggie Simpson , ED of RFG, welcomed delegates to the RFG’s Spring meeting which held at the NEC in Birmingham during the Multimodal 2016 exhibition and conference.   The theme of the event was ‘Transforming rail freight through technology’, and she outlined how, given the changing face of the market for rail freight, a greater reliance on innovation...

Gatwick Airport aims to become UK leading low carbon airport

The Gatwick Airport’s progress on series of sustainability targets and shows that Gatwick is using less water, electricity and gas, emits less carbon and gets more passengers to the airport.  The ten targets that make up the Decade of Change report are set over a ten year period (2010 to 2020).  This year’s Decade of Change reports on the...

Shannon Airport’s major investment to enhance customer experience.

Shannon Airport will next month raise the curtain on a newly upgraded Transit Lounge and European departure gates following the completion of a €3m enhancement.                                                                    ...

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