CHANNEL Tunnel operator Getlink launched a service for unaccompanied freight between its Folkestone and Calais terminals on September 18, which it says should help to ease pressures caused by the current shortage of lorry drivers.
It was followed by the announcement of the extension of intermodal logistics firm CargoBeamer’s ‘rolling motorway’ services between Perpignan and Calais (which started in July) to Ashford. The company’s partnership with Getlink is a further step towards developing a new intermodal network between the Channel and the Mediterranean.