Dover’s Western Docks received £250m of post-Covid investment and business has thrived during June because of it. The port also has a jam-packed summer ahead of scheduled services and inaugural ship calls.
Generation Logistics is the vaccine program in response to the global crisis that is the lack of people working in the logistics industry. While being a careers program to promote the logistics industry the overall goal is to keep the UKs shops, schools, hospitals and factories supplied with the goods they need to keep functioning.
The voyage to net zero in maritime transport is underway as the UK commits £12 million for the research into zero emission technologies.
The UK Government has confirmed that from 21st May 2022 significant changes to international freight licenses will come into effect.
On Wednesday Oceanside Logistics Ltd announced they will be giving all employees a cost of living raise amid rising energy, food, and petrol prices. The raise for each employee will amount to at least £750 and will be separate to other incentives and raises offered by the company. The announcement came as energy prices increased in April by … Read more
Plymouth City Council, Brittany Ferries and Associated British Ports (ABP) and are working on landing government money for the plan in the Millbay area to increase the amount of freight going through the port.
When you think of the Channel Tunnel, you’re more likely to think of being whisked off to Paris on the Eurostar at nearly 200mph. There’s also the car and lorry transporters that are embarked and disembarked in Folkestone and Calais, taking holiday makers and lorries. What most people don’t realise is that the link is used by freight trains mostly during the night, transporting just about everything and anything you can transport by train.
The current war that has been unleashed on Ukraine by Russia has caused massive disruptions to trade. Since 17th February, transhipment dwell times in European ports has increased by 43% according to data from FourKites.
It is being argued that a second Humber Bridge should be built in between Hull and Immingham in order to attempt to speed up freight movements across Northern England.
The world’s first fully electric container ship, the Yara Birkeland, has made its maiden voyage. But is the future of marine transport electric?
