Appendix 3
| Section | Regulation 29 appeal by DBS for access and services at Freightliner Southampton Maritime Terminal |
APPENDIX 3 – FREIGHTLINER TERMINALS AT SOUTHAMPTON
Freightliner operates 2 terminals at Southampton:
Millbrook
This was the original terminal that opened in 1967 and this is a freehold site. There are 3 rail
tracks, which are accessible by 2 overhead gantry cranes, built in 1967. The cranes are of a O-4-O
configuration, spanning the 3 rail tracks (each track can accommodate 16 x 60ft wagons). There is
no space for storage of containers at Millbrook terminal; containers are loaded to and from the
wagons directly from the lorry trailers. Containers are transferred to and from the berth within the
port by lorries using public highways.
Trains up to a maximum of 24 x 60ft wagons can be formed for departure from Millbrook terminal
by shunting together 2 sections of the train. To form a longer train, shunting onto the main line
would be required and Network Rail will not allow this due to the busy nature of the line with other
services.
Maritime
The Maritime rail terminal is located within the dock boundary. The site handles Freightliner trains
only at present, with the majority of containers moving to/from the deep-sea container berths
primarily (but not exclusively) by straddle carriers operated by D.P. World Southampton (DPWS).
Significant amounts of shunting of containers from different parts of the port complex are also
required to serve the terminal each day, which makes the site materially different from any UK
Port rail facility. Some % of the terminal throughput moves are to non-berth sites elsewhere in
Southampton, using lorries on both internal and public highway roads. The vast majority of these
moves are to/from the Pentalver site, which is directly adjacent to the DBS Western Docks
Terminal.
Freightliner opened the terminal in 1972 and it is a combination of freehold (owned by FL) and long
leasehold (sites leased from ABP). It has 4 double-ended tracks, and 3 single ended tracks, where
up to a maximum of between 17 and 21 x 60ft wagons can be loaded. These are accessible by 2
overhead gantry cranes, built in 2012. The total available capacity that can be accessed under the
cranes is 136 x 60ft wagons or equivalent.
There is 1 further rail track that accommodates 12 x 60ft wagons, and this track together with
track 7 is handled by use of a single reach-stacker.
There are 2 further sidings, which are not accessed by any lifting equipment and are solely used for
wagon maintenance roads or pre-staging of work for the wagon maintenance shed.
The Maritime terminal contains a wagon maintenance facility where FL’s national fleet of 1,925
wagons are maintained. This is a 24/6 facility with a constant throughput of wagons. 12-24 wagons
per day are maintained at this facility.
At the west end of the terminal there is also a locomotive fuelling point that fuels 18 locomotives
per day. Service checks and examinations of locomotives are also undertaken.
In 2012 Freightliner installed new cranes of 0-10-4 formation and crane rails at Maritime terminal.
Together with the related significant ground works, this was at an investment of £9.5 million
(details can be shared, with ORR if required). The cranes were built to a height that allowed
straddle carriers to pass underneath and the site was redesigned to allow that to occur safely.
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