ECT Rail, through its subsidiary RMS Locotec, has started work carrying out a terminal services contract for the Corus Group in Shotton, North Wales, moving up to 20,000 tonnes of steel for the company each week.
 
The new contract uses two Class 08 locomotives each with 13 wagons.  Seven multi-skilled operators control moving the steel along a 1 ∏ miles track from Deemarsh Sidings through to Corus Colors at their Shotton Works in Deeside, Flintshire.  Finished steel coils, which could be galvanized or colour coated, are then loaded back onto the train for distribution to various rail connected warehouses throughout the country from where the steel can be dispatched to end user.
 
Corus Colors is an international business with over 40 years experience in the development and manufacture of pre-finished steels.  These can be used for many applications such as roofs and walls, domestic appliances, consumer products and even bakeware.
 
This is the second contract, RMS Locotec has made with Corus.  RMS Locotec also carry out terminal services contracts with oil refineries.
 
Commenting on the start of the work, the project manager for RMS Locotec Derek Webb, said: “It’s great to be expanding our terminal services contracts with this new work for Corus Colors. It can be hard to imagine moving 1,000 tonnes of potential roofing or bakeware each trip, but it’s something we are used to doing and we have a great team of skilled operators working on the project.”