Transport and Logistics Network
BAROMETER. In August 2025, prices plummeted in the French road freight transport market. They reflected a drop in economic activity and a drop in volumes to be transported. Uncertainty reigns.
According to data published by the National Institute of St…
Jakarta. Indonesian rescue teams are racing against time to free seven workers trapped underground at Freeport Indonesia’s (PTFI) Grasberg Block Cave (GBC) mine, as unstable conditions and heavy mud continue to obstruct evacuation efforts more than 10 …
Finnish manufacturer Metsä Tissue and commercial property developer Wykeland Group has secured full planning permission to create the UK’s largest tissue paper mill in Goole, East Yorkshire, within Humber Freeport’s Goole tax site. Credit: Metsä Tissu…
Neil Platt was described as a “multi-tonne accident waiting to happen”
Cheryl Mullin and Kim Pilling
19:11, 19 Sep 2025Updated 19:18, 19 Sep 2025
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Neil Platt’s lorry smashed into Danny Aitchison car at …
A woman has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a crash involving a lorry.Avon and Somerset Police said officers were called to a collision at 10:30 BST in Backwell, North Somerset.A pedestrian was injured and police are still at the sce…
Road Haulage Market Size and Share Forecast Outlook 2025 to 2035
The road haulage market is estimated to be valued at USD 4.0 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 7.3 billion by 2035, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.0% ov…
Much has been said about the potential of freeports to drive economic growth, and with the Celtic Freeport[1] now formally designated, attention is rightly turning to what this means in practice.
For businesses weighing up the opportunity, it’s importa…
Added by Love Business East Midlands | 16 September 2025
UPDATED: 16 September 2025
East Midlands Freeport (EMF) has confirmed the reappointment of Nora Senior CBE DL as Chair, ensuring continuity of leadership as the UK’s only inland freeport enters i…
Metsä said the mill, which would be capable of producing 240,000 tonnes of fresh fibre-based tissue paper per year once fully operational, would increase self-sufficiency for tissue in the UK from about 40% to around 85%.The firm also said it was inves…
Devon and Cornwall Police are appealing for witnessess following two serious crashes on the M5 last night. The M5 is still closed both ways this morning and diversion routes are in place[1] via the A38 and A361.
A crash, involving a Vauxhall Zafira, Fo…