The Port of Dover’s ro/ro terminals handle 17 percent of the UK’s foreign trade (file image)By The Maritime Executive 09-24-2020 08:42:42
Echoing Brexit warnings dating back to 2017, the UK government has issued a new “reasonable worst case scena…
Irish hauliers say they will be “between a rock and a hard place” post-Brexit after the UK government’s warning of possible queues of 7,000 lorries in the port of Dover and two-day delays to cross into continental Europe.
Michael Gove, the Westminster …
A permit system for trucks leaving Kent for continental Europe after the EU transition period will be enforced by the DVSA with £300 fines and vehicle impoundings. The Kent Access Permit (KAP) is expected to significantly reduce the number of un…
The European road freight team at Europa Road at Grange Park in Northampton has moved to Europa’s new £60m 3pl logistics facility in Corby, as consignment levels continue to increase.Europa Road is part of ambitious independent logistics operator Europ…
The European road freight team at Europa Road in Northampton has moved to Europa’s new state-of-the-art £60million 3pl logistics facility in Corby, as consignment levels continue to increase.
Operating the UK’s larg…
on Sep 9, 20 • by John Loughran • with No Comments
FTAI is urging the government to allow the logistics industry to trial and test new systems for international trade. In response to the publication of the government’s Brexit Readiness Action Plan,&nb…
Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK is showcasing its market-leading products and services at the Commercial Motor Show 2020.
The jewel in the crown for Mercedes-Benz Trucks is the new Actros. Show attendees can find out why the truck was crowned Internationa…
Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK is showcasing its market-leading products and services at the Commercial Motor Show 2020.
The jewel in the crown for Mercedes-Benz Trucks is the new Actros. Show attendees can find out why the truck was crowned Internationa…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) has kicked off its annual tire safety awareness campaign.National Tire Safety Week will run from Aug. 31 through Sept. 6. The event was originally due to be held in late May, but was po…
As the first UK COVID-19 deaths were reported, so panic buying ensued, so that video of the two Australian women fighting over a trolley full of toilet rolls was replicated all over the UK, and within days the supermarket shelves were stripped bare of …
Multimodal transport operator Samskip is responding to recovering North Continent-UK unitised traffic by reintroducing direct links between Amsterdam and Hull, in a service renewal that reinforces containerised short sea options ahead of finalised Brex…
Despite historical links going back a millennia, Britain has been slow to engage with the New Silk Road. Continental Europe has forged ahead, with dozens of trains every week linking ports and terminals all the way from Finland to Italy with destinatio…
The UK has a bouquet of intermodal terminals about to blossom. From Scotland to London, several projects are in either planning, development or nearing commissioning. Modal shift to rail is welcomed by environmental policy makers, but not every communi…
The Home Office has given a somewhat brief explanation of what has happened to the seven suspected illegal migrants who were found in the back of a lorry at the Millbay ferry port on Saturday.
PlymouthLive reported how Devon and Cornwall Police and Bor…
Seven suspected illegal migrants were found in the back of a lorry at Millbay docks this morning.
Police and Border Force officers were called to the truck at Plymouth’s continental ferry port just after 7am – after a report that people may be inside.
…