Freight

Logistics UK calls for urgent review of Ope...

Apr 13, 2022Comments off

Operation Brock – a Kent traffic management system intended to keep vehicles moving when there is disruption to travel across the English Channel – is

Maritime Transport set for multimillion-pou...

Apr 11, 2022Comments off

Logistics firm Maritime Transport Ltd, which provides road and rail cargo services, has agreed a 30-year lease with Peel Ports Group and a major expansion

Freight prices rise for 14 straight months

Apr 06, 2022Comments off

New industry index data reveals March’s average haulage and courier price-per-mile was up 12% year-on-year. This comes as the whole UK supply chain is feeling

Palletline celebrates record volumes

Apr 06, 2022Comments off

The UK’s leading palletised freight network operator Palletline delivered a record-breaking five million pallets in 2021. A first for the company, which this year celebrates

White van driving in Europe

Operating light goods vehicles in Europe?

Mar 24, 2022Comments off

New EU rules from 21 May 2022, will mean that operators or users of vans and other light goods vehicles over 2.5 tonnes and up

Red lorry on a road

Do falling road freight prices signal easin...

Mar 10, 2022Comments off

New industry data reveals that haulage price-per-mile index fell below courier figures for the first time in 11 months, but industry costs remain high. As

European Toll Road

EU new tolling rules give ‘big incentives...

Feb 21, 2022Comments off

EU member states have until 2023 to implement a new system of road tolls which give big incentives for zero-emissions trucks after MEPs voted to

UK road freight prices 15% up on start of 2...

Feb 10, 2022Comments off

Industry index reveals 2022 began with higher road freight prices than the previous three Januarys. As rising interest rates and inflation bite, logistics industry experts

UK road freight prices surge to highest in ...

Jan 13, 2022Comments off

Industry index reveals a perfect storm of inflation and Brexit sent December road freight prices soaring. Businesses are also warned of further supply chain disruption

Lorries at Dover

Government playing ‘Russian roulette’ w...

Jan 11, 2022Comments off

The government is failing to monitor how many foreign lorries are entering and leaving the UK under revised cabotage rules introduced in October last year,