Transport and Logistics Network
The Metropolitan Police were called at 10.44am today (May 23), to reports of a crash in Cambridge Heath Road.
Officers attended alongside London Ambulance Service, and they found that a woman, aged 50, had been in collision with a lorry.
Despite the be…
Freeport East and East Midlands Freeport have announced a new partnership to support a green freight corridor that will help decarbonise transport and drive enhanced skills and employment initiatives along the length of one of the UK’s most important t…
Freeport East and East Midlands Freeport have announced a collaboration to create a green freight corridor. The initiative aims to decarbonise the movement of freight along a key UK trade route between these two major logistics hubs.
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By Matt Drake[1] and Mark Duell[2] and Oliver Price[3] Published: 00:50, 23 May 2024 | Updated: 01:10, 23 May 2024
The Met Office has issued a rare amber warning for floods[4] and heavy rain across northern England and Wales with an…
The proposed Freeport East
By Loadstar editorial[1]
22/05/2024
Freeport East and East Midlands Freeport have announced a new partnership to support a green freight corridor that will help decarbonise transport and drive enhanced skills and employment …
Bank holidays are perfect for a quick staycation[1], camping trip[2] or a long overdue visit to your parents. But when almost everyone in the country is off work on the exact same days, it’s bound to cause some queues. And, apparently, this year’s late…
Knowles Logistics is expanding its fleet of zero tailpipe emission electric trucks with the delivery of three Volvo FM Electric 4×2 tractor units. They will operate with tri-axlecurtainside trailers at 42-tonnes gross vehicle weight, on a short-shunt o…
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…
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…
Project JOLT (Joint Operator Logistics Trial) is led by The Centre for Sustainable Road Freight[1] (SRF) and involves partners including John Lewis Partnership[2], Volvo Trucks UK[3], and Flexible Power Systems[4].
Freight contributed £13.6bn to the ec…