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Britain’s road freight sector, along with the rest of the world, stands on the edge of major technological change. Autonomous systems, smart corridors, and intelligent highway furniture all promise safer, cleaner, and more efficient logistics. But for …
The project aims to supply industrial and commercial users but a government ‘business model mechanism’ that would finance the project is not yet finalised. In addition the model is only expected to support one pipeline.
The 125km HyNet North West Hydro…
Construction of a new road-rail terminal in Dunkirk has been launched by the Port of Dunkirk and Modalis Group, the company selected to operate the new facility from March 2026.
Located on 9.6 hectares along the Loon-Plage railway line, in the heart of…
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has put its considerable weight behind urgently-needed reforms to how UK abnormal load transports are policed, but warns there is only ‘small window of opportunity’ for bringing about change.
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According to the Regulation on CO2 emission standards for HDVs[1], manufacturers will have to comply with targets for fleet-wide average CO2 emissions starting from 2025. These targets will apply to new HDVs registered in the reporting period of a give…
Road transport has become a stress test for Europe’s credibility, as efforts to cut emissions enter a decisive phase. Considered the EU’s most entrenched climate challenge, it is the only sector where emissions are rising even as electricity, buildings…
The government announced this week it would tackle the backlog of cases needing to go in front of a judge by introducing “swift courts”, which would see cases with a likely sentence of three years or less heard by a judge alone.
But LMP Legal, which sp…
Logistics experts from Heriot-Watt University will discuss barriers and solutions to freight transport decarbonisation at a major event next week on scaling-up electric road freight transport.
The researchers are taking part in the 12th International W…
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FRANCE: Modalis Group and Dunkerque-Port have laid the foundation stone for the €25m Western Port rail-road transhipment terminal, which is being developed to link the Channel port to major European industrial centres by rail.
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IRU Intelligence Associate Director Marie-Anne Cervoni and Truckfly by Michelin Marketing Director Clément Faure (part of IRU member Michelin[1]) presented the findings of the joint IRU–Truckfly survey on how …