CILT (UK) Rail Freight Forum Meeting: Uncoupling with Intent - Managing Strategic Break Ups in Rail Freight – Part 1
Speaker:
Julian Worth, Rail Freight Forum Chair
This event is joint with Railway Engineering Institution (RailEI) formerly known as the Permanent Way Institution (PWI).
This new two‑part webinar format from the Rail Freight Forum will take members through the uncoupling of Freightliner’s bulk materials operation into a separate division, undertaken to enable the sale of the container business to CMA CGM — a transaction completed in January 2026.
Part One will be delivered by Ed Wilson, Commercial Director at Heavy Haul Rail, who will guide members through the practical steps, commercial reasoning and organisational challenges involved in separating the bulk and intermodal elements of the business — and how to “uncouple a business with intent”.
'With high diesel prices hitting road haulage, rail has started the new financial year very strongly in both Intermodal and Construction. Julian Worth will review this, new gauge clearances on the Midland Main Line and new service introductions such as the Go Express fast freight service to Scotland'
Part Two, to be delivered on 7 July, will be presented by Peter Graham, Policy & Government Affairs Director at Freightliner. He will outline how the intermodal business is now being taken forward, its strategic direction post‑transaction, and how the two successor companies are positioning themselves for the future. To book onto part two click here
It is not often that members get a ringside seat on a restructuring of this scale, and this new format series offers a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior leaders involved in delivering it.