UK – More than ever the Multimodal exhibition, conference and awards are building to be one of the most talked about events on the logistics calendar. With Brexit dead, but not lying down, this year’s seminars will doubtless be of even more inter…
John Wood · 07 February, 2020
PRA chairman Brian Madderson
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The PRA has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid urging him to cut road fuel duty by 2ppl in the first Budget of the new Governme…
The strath is to be included in phase one of a new parking policy.
At a special meeting of the former Environment, Development and Infrastructure Committee in October, councillors agreed a new approach to the introduction of car parking charges across …
The team at GB Railfreight.
GB Railfreight has secured the green light to construct a three storey centre at its site in Maskew Avenue.
The building will house a control room, three classrooms, board room and staff welfare facilities.
The purpos…
PUBLISHED: 17:00 05 February 2020
Sophie Cox
Damage caused by the derailed freight train. Picture: Network Rail
Network Rail
The government has launched an investigation into how a derailed freight train travelled 2.5 miles before the problem was…
Credit: RAIB
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has announced that they will be completing a full investigation after the derailment of a freight train near Wanstead Park and Walthamstow.
At around 06:00 on Thursday 23 January 2020, a fr…
Towards a Free Trade Agreement – the EU’s initial negotiating stance
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A two-part analysis of the EU and UK negotiating mandates from our Young President, Arne Mielken.
First, we look at the EU vision and you can read the UK visi…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission on Monday published a negotiating mandate for EU governments to endorse on Feb. 25 to start talks with Britain on a deal governing post-Brexit relations.
FILE PHOTO: European Union flags fly outside the…
New Zealand’s government has allocated NZ$109·7m from the Provincial Growth Fund for track lowering and tunnel works to enable hi-cube containers to be transported between Swanson and Whangarei, reopening of the 60 km mothballed route between Kauri …
SHANGHAI, Feb 3 (Reuters) – The city government of Tianjin, China, suspended administration works on road freight business to curb the spread of the newly identified coronavirus, said Xinhua news agency on Monday. (Reporting by Engen Tham; Editing by C…
HS2: who’s right?
HS2
Will HS2 really help cut the UK’s carbon footprint?
The high-speed rail project has become one of the most costly and controversial of the modern era – and may not even be good for the envir…
Boris Johnson has only a matter of weeks to provide clarity on new trading arrangements with Europe to avoid disruption, delays and possible job losses at the end of the year, business groups have warned.
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UK – The weekly look at the less publicised happenings in shipping, transport and logistics begins with the news that GB Railfreight (GBRf) staff have raised an incredible £ 184,517 for Headway, the brain injury association, and Macmillan Cancer Suppor…
09:00 Fri 31st Jan 2020 | Posted By UKHAULIER
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Better refuge areas and clearer signage is essential if smart motorways are to be made safer, says the Road Haulage Association.
BBC’s Panorama (27 January) revealed that 38 people had…
Transport chiefs plot MORE ‘death trap’ Smart Motorways: Fury as 30-mile stretch of M5 and eight miles of M4 are earmarked for upgrade despite 38 motorists killed in last five years
Transport bosses in West of England planning on…
