Transport and Logistics Network
Seafarer Union RMT today responded to disgraced P&O Ferries CEO Peter Hebblethwaite’s announcement of a new freight route between the Thames Freeport and Europoort in Rotterdam.
Mick Lynch, RMT General Secretary said: “The Government’s weak response to…
It comes in a deal by Barking and Dagenham Council with Thames Freeport that opens the floodgates to businesses from South Korea to move in to create a “smart homes hub” to develop technology for more efficient and sustainable living.
Korean entreprene…
Last night, at around 11:47pm, two crews from Grays, one from Rayleigh and one from Orsett, attended a glass recycling centre at Tilbury Freeport.
On arrival, firefighters reported that the building was heavily smoke logged.
Crews used breathing appar…
A new study has named an area in Essex as one of the places with the worst traffic in the country. Accident compensation experts Claims.co.uk named the local authority of Thurrock as the third worst for traffic in the UK, in part because it contains th…
FORTH Ports’ Group Chief Executive, Charles Hammond OBE, has decided to step down from his role leading the UK’s third largest ports group at the end of June 2024. His successor will be Stuart Wallace, who is currently the company’s Chief Operating Off…
RESIDENTS are being asked to give their views on proposals for how Thurrock homes, jobs and industry will develop over the next 20 years reports the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
Thurrock Council has given the go-ahead for public consultation to …
A Caledon[1] haulier linked to the people smugglers responsible for the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants has been jailed for seven years.
Twenty-six-year-old Caolan Gormley was found guilty of conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration after a trial i…
Police officers helping a delivery driver who had broken down on a busy city road discovered that he was drunk on vodka. Mzengi Mumba, 26, had been driving in Waterloo Way, in Leicester city centre[1], when his Peugeot van broke down under the New Walk…
This is the shocking moment a man risked his life by crossing the M5 after a pick-up truck flipped over[1].
The 4×4 had overturned on the motorway in the West Midlands region during a snowfall, causing emergency services and National Highways crews to …
Logistics company Maritime Transport has announced that it has signed a new, three-year contract with Tesco[1] plc.
Tesco has appointed Maritime to manage, plan, and execute all rail operations at its central distribution hubs within Daventry[2] Intern…