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Leicestershire, United Kingdom, [14th May 2024] With long-distance journeys, severe weather conditions and remote locations outside the central belt, Scotland has long had a reputation as a challenging region for palletised freight distribution. In res…
15 May 2024
Electric heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) will be rolled out across the UK as part of a new trial aimed at decarbonising the road freight sector.
Called Project JOLT – standing for Joint Operator Logistics Trial – the programme is led by The Cen…
The spot rate index was down 8.2 points year on year in Q1 2024. Meanwhile, falls in the contract rates index have slowed, down 1.0 point year on year.
Compared to Q4 2023[1], the contract index dropped 2.6 points to 127.6. The spot index fell to 1…
The European Commission has released its official response to a complaint by the Italian government, clearly outlining several breaches of EU law by Austria. As repeatedly stated by the commercial road goods transport sector[1], several traffic bans im…
The Upply x Ti x IRU European road freight rates index for Europe shows that Q1 rates fell in both the spot and contract markets. The spot rate index is down 8.2 points year on year. Meanwhile, falls in the contract rates index have slowed, down 1.0 po…
Jaramillo, P. et al. in IPCC, 2022 – Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change (eds Shukla, P. R. et al.) Ch. 10 (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2023).
Plötz, P. et al. Greenhouse gas emission budgets and policies for zero-carbon road transport in E…
In 2023, there was an increase in transport theft cases in the European Union by 35.46%. compared to 2022 – according to data from the Association for the Protection of Technological Assets (TAPA EMEA).
The data concerns incidents registered in the TAP…
McCulla Ireland, the cold-chain storage and transport specialist, has bolstered its fleet with the addition of 33 new S.KO COOL SMART refrigerated semi-trailers.
The final reefers from the order hit the road in recent weeks, cementing a partnership bet…
Over the past few months, the RHA has been urging the mayoral candidates to focus on freight and recognise the vital role of our industry in enabling economic growth.
Earlier this year, we published our manifesto for the Combined Authorities which you …
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A month ago, I spent some time assembling statistics on major geographies’ split of domestic freight tonnage across different modes[3]: road, rail, and water…