As in many other European countries, competition for door-to-door intermodal traffic in the UK is intense - and getting hotter. Matthew Beddow looks at the aspirations of Roadways Container Logistics, one of the country's largest trucking companies, which has just opened a modern rail terminal in Birmingham, and wants to become more hooked into the rail service industry. When Royal P&O Nedlloyd was acquired by the AP Moller-Maersk Group last year, everyone's attention immediately focused on how the mighty ocean carrier giants P&O Nedlloyd (PONL) and Maersk Sealand would be combined. That the two were eventually merged into Maersk Line is old news now, but what is less well-known is that not everything moved that way.
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