Transport and Logistics Network
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 …
Scania has supported a stunt in which Red Bull mountain biker Matt Jones became the first person to jump through two moving trucks.
The setup used Scania’s autonomous vehicles to ensure the trucks held a consistent line and timing as they crossed p…
UK rail freight operator Freightliner has named a locomotive in memory of ‘Donald Malcolm’. The carer has also launched a new Felixstowe–Daventry service. All that and it found time to divest its multimodal business to a new operator. All in all, a fai…
Methodology
The assessment considered three main criteria:
Multimodal breadth: Forwarders that integrate road, sea, air, and where relevant, rail were given priority. This flexibility allows SMEs to align shipments with budget, lead time, and potentia…
The Port of Felixstowe has confirmed it’s doubling its fleet of autonomous trucks, with another 34 machines on order from Shanghai Westwell Technology. These new units will run alongside conventional lorries, but the move has sparked debate about wh…
Winvic Construction Ltd, a leading main contractor that specialises in the design and delivery of private and public sector construction and civil engineering projects, has announced the completion of the A14 Orwell Bridge Westbound Joint Replacement f…
The spend was spelled out at the DSEI Conference in London and Freeport East, a gateway to the UK for inward investors, has spent the last six months working with Ukrspecsystems to explore sites and partnerships in the East of England. The aim is to st…
Delivering targeted support for 500MW of new grid capacity around Felixstowe and Harwich could unlock hundreds of millions of pounds of investment, according to a new report from the Renewable Energy Association.
Analysis from the Green Transport …
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This list of the Top 10 UK Independent Freight Forwarders was compiled using key performance indicators drawn from multiple industry platforms.
We analysed data from Clutch, GoodFirms, Trust Index scores and Google Reviews to a…
A lobby group representing manufacturers and a major bank is urging the government to think again about the abandoned sections of HS2 to Manchester and Leeds.
Make UK and Barclays UK Corporate Bank have published a survey of companies’ views and say bu…