UK – In the decade since GB Railfreight (GBRf) and the Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire started working together the technology has shifted from the original wagons, coal carriers converted with lids to haul the biomass, to new purpose-built trucks to carry the pellet fuel. UK – EUROPE – Earlier this week the Department for Transport (DfT) published its latest information regarding proposals to adapt the infamous 'Operation Brock', the plan to control traffic on the link roads between the Channel Strait ports and the rest of the country. Having had to withdraw its plan for a lorry park at Stanford West due to its own failings, the back-up is to use the Kentish motorways as a truck park in busy times. LEBANON – The huge explosion, estimated to have had a force equivalent to 10% of the blast that devastated Hiroshima 75 years ago, has stunned the country, and even the world at large, as the recriminations begin. The fact that such a vast quantity of deadly cargo was left in storage within the Beirut port area will doubtless engender the full enquiry being called for by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch amongst others. WORLDWIDE – The long awaited fourth International Maritime Organization (IMO) Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Study was published this week and the outlook is not particularly what the shipping industry, and indeed the world at large, would have hoped for. BRAZIL – MEXICO – According to Dachser USA the first approach to the company from a customer seeking someone to manage their latest project freight forwarding contract was the simple request 'Are you up for a challenge? ' DUBAI – SINGAPORE – If you ever wondered how a major concern like DP World selects and procures its vast array of capital intensive equipment, the latest press release from web based software procurement solution iSpec gives some insight. WORLDWIDE – As with so many events this year the Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Awards (YIFFYs) will have to rely on video links, but now we know the identities of the four regional finalists who go forward to decide this year's ultimate winner of the much sought after trophy sponsored by the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) and international freight transport insurer TT Club. WORLDWIDE – OK, the link between racing cars and logistics can be viewed as fairly tenuous, however when it involves electrically powered vehicles and major sponsorship from a leading player in the industry that is just about sufficient grounds for us to use a decent image that isn't a ship, plane or truck. WORLDWIDE – Whereas national governments squabble over security sharing arrangements in the light of such things as Brexit, the Huawei controversy and the like, it seems the world's major airports have realised that such pettifogging cannot be endured when it comes to facing up to terrorism at the coal face. US – Florida was the latest state successfully prosecute one of the 'fly tippers of the ocean' when the federal court before US District Court Judge Paul G. Byron in Orlando sentenced a Japanese-based company engaged in international shipping, Misuga Kaiun Co. Ltd, to pay a fine of $1.5 million. 
Partnership to Carry Rail Freight Extended for Another Five Years
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UK Government Publishes Latest Plans to Avoid Post-Brexit Congestion for Road Haulage Drivers
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Huge Explosion Has Changed the Face of Beirut Forever as the Calls for a Full Enquiry Begin
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New Greenhouse Gas Emissions Study Reveals Good and Bad News
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Heavy Lift Freight Project Delivery Answers the Customer's Question
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Port and Logistics Group Signs Up for an Extended Online Procurement Package
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From Locomotives to Trout Ova - Young Freight Forwarders Have it All Covered as Usual
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 View Article 
Electric Motor Racing Returns Driven by a Logistics Industry Giant
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 View Article 
Global Airports Need to Adopt Open Architecture in the Fight Against Terrorism
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Yet Another International Shipping Company Falls Foul of US Environmental Awareness
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 View Article
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