DB Schenker is calling for government support for UK manufacturing, as closures and cuts to steelworks across the country threaten to reduce rail freight volumes.
“We would like to see the Government further support the UK manufacturing base and UK plc. We believe steel will remain as the backbone of construction and manufacturing, and as such we anticipate an ongoing demand… to deliver these products to the market,” DB spokesman Anna Simmons told RAIL.
- For more on this, read RAIL 787, published on November 11.
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Mark Doran - 05/11/2015 16:27
It comes to something when a German company becomes concerned about the vulnerability of British industry to foreign competition.
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