The peak of the peak season is in full swing for international airfreight. For buyers, that means higher costs and delays finding available slots for air and ocean shipments, while transportation and logistics providers reap bigger profits per load.
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New Cascadia impresses in livestock operation
One of the first Freightliner Cascadias to arrive in Australia is delivering solid results in the demanding livestock transport sector.
Livestock haulage specialist, Conbar Transport, has attested to the …
Forcing British lorry drivers to obtain special permits to enter Kent is “pointless” and will not provide effective checks on goods coming in and out of the country at the end of the Brexit transition period, according to road haulage groups.
Cabinet O…
PUBLISHED: 10:37 23 September 2020 | UPDATED: 11:42 23 September 2020
Sarah Chambers
Chris Lewis at the Port of Felixstowe back in 2006 Picture: JOHN KERR
A former Port of Felixstowe boss has taken on a key role with the port owners.
Chris Le…
By Mike Wackett
22/09/2020
A looming ‘no deal’ post-transition Brexit and predictions of supply chain “bedlam” due to customs bureaucracy, driver shortages and congested trailer parks is continuing to prompt an increased demand for multimodal services…
After a few years of try-outs (on a small scale), Scania officially announced the first commercial electric truck range with fully electric and plug-in hybrid version of L- and P-series cabs, which over the coming years to be followed by more plug…
The UK Government is set to pay for work on post-Brexit port checks in Northern Ireland, DAERA Minister Edwin Poots has said.
he DUP MLA told the BBC that the UK Government would now pay for the work after he reportedly proposed pausing it due to the c…
The global container ship fleet is estimated at 5,500 ships with a combined capacity to carry up to 23 million 20 feet containers, equivalent to 27 billion cubic feet or the volume of 730 empire state buildings at once.
Close to 45% of the fleet is own…