Review of British ports traffic
NewsMDS Transmodal Ltd, the UK-based transport and logistics research consultancy, has published a report on trends in British port traffic...
Shift from Dover Straits
NewsIn its latest customer newsletter, consultancy MDS Transmodal points to a “Brexit dividend for the North Sea Ro-Ro Corridor;” Dover Stra...
Global Shippers Forum and MDS Transmodal propose “Modified HHI”
NewsThe indicator is proposed to show that the traditional HHI used by competition authorities in the US and Europe, and supported by the World ...
New UKEC-Continent lo-lo and ro-ro offers to beat Brexit disruption
NewsSamskip and W.E.C. Lines/A2B launch new UKEC-continent services while DSV Road introduces a new unaccompanied trailer service, as Brexit thr...
UKMPG “identifies Strategic Freight Network for the UK” in new report
NewsFocus on just 2.4% of the road network and seven out of 1,000 main rail junctions would unlock over 50,000 hours every day, and over time pl...
UK ports see Northern Lights
NewsPeel ports, ABP Ports and PD Ports have signed an agreement in Liverpool to pursue a Northern ports Strategy...
SECA to impact supply chains?
NewsEurope’s Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA) could reshape supply chains....
Liner shipping at a crossroads?
NewsContainer shipping lines should brace themselves for up to three years of significant overcapacity and falling freight rates. At least that ...
Making the Channel Tunnel competitive
NewsThe UK House of Lords has called for Channel tunnel access charges to be lowered, in order for through rail services to be competitive....
Box volumes surge in China
NewsThroughput at China’s container ports saw a strong rebound in the first two months of this year, as exports jumped 45.7% year-on-year in F...
Add value through portcentric logistics
NewsThere is growing interest in being more than just a through gate for unitised cargo....
New supply/ demand study
NewsUK-based shipping and intermodal consultants MDS Transmodal Ltd has published a new study entitled Supply and Demand in the Container Trades...
Long range Dover
NewsThe UK Port of Dover has appointed consulting firms Halcrow, Eagle Lyon Pope and MDSTransmodal to help it draw up a master plan to look at w...