Freightliner (intermodal)

Facts

Legal name

Freightliner Limited (intermodal business; Freightliner Group Limited was the former group parent)

Owner

CMA CGM Group (acquisition completed 29 Jan 2026; includes the Freightliner brand) (as at October 2026)

Founded

1965-1969 as a British Rail container service (Wikipedia gives 1969 under the Transport Act 1968); privatised by management buy-out May 1996; Wikipedia infobox 1995

Headquarters

Birmingham, England (Lewis Building, 35 Bull Street)

Traffic

intermodal containers (deep-sea and domestic)

Depots

Leeds (Freightliner Maintenance depot), terminals: Birmingham, Trafford Park, Stourton, Coatbridge, Ashton Gate, Wentlooge, Felixstowe, Southampton, Tilbury (Wikipedia list; the 2026 release says 10 terminals)

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Locomotives

Counts come from sources of different dates and are indicative. No drawings yet: the classes and their dimensions.

Liveries 6

• Freightliner orange, black and yellow current on Class 66, Class 90, Class 08, Class 70
  Orange, black and yellow scheme (G&W-era brand, from 2018); placement of the black and yellow not described. Whether CMA CGM changes it is not known. Logo: yes, left off.
• Freightliner green with yellow cabs former, still running on Class 66, Class 90, Class 08, Class 70, Class 59
  Dark green (British racing green) body with yellow cab ends; introduced with the Class 57 in July 1998, then used on 66, 70, 90. Logo: yes, left off.
• PowerHaul former, still running on Class 70, Class 66, Class 90
  Introduced with the first Class 70 in 2010; later applied to some 66, 86 and 90. Colours are to be confirmed. Logo: yes, left off.
• 60th anniversary retro yellow and green special on Class 70
  Yellow and green retro scheme (70008, completed 20 Nov 2024). Logo: yes, left off.
• ONE magenta special on Class 66
  Pink/magenta body in the shipping line ONE's colours (66587). Logo: yes, left off.
• Ex-DB Cargo red with orange logos former, still running on Class 90
  Red body inherited from DB Cargo with orange Freightliner logos, pending repaint (90040, Dec 2024). Logo: yes, left off.

Described in words: no operator publishes colour codes, so none is given. The logo is left off every drawing (the site is independent of every operator).

Where it runs

Port of Felixstowe, Port of Southampton (Southampton Container Terminal; vehicle terminals), London Gateway (DP World), Port of Liverpool (Seaforth), Teesport, Royal Portbury Dock (Bristol Port), Avonmouth (Bristol Port, container terminal and bulk), Garston (Liverpool), DIRFT (Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal), Hams Hall Rail Freight Terminal, Birch Coppice (Birmingham Intermodal Freight Terminal), Lawley Street (Birmingham), Trafford Park (Euroterminal and Freightliner terminal), Ditton (Halton), iPort Rail, Doncaster (Rossington), Doncaster Railport / International Railport (Doncaster Europort), Stourton Freightliner Terminal (Leeds), Teesport Intermodal Rail Terminal (and TRIP, Middlesbrough), Coatbridge Freightliner terminal (Gartsherrie), Wentloog (Cardiff), East Midlands Gateway Rail Freight Interchange, Rotherham (Masborough) steel/intermodal terminal

The map.

Sources

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