Brexit and "free ports"
NewsThe British Ports Association has called for a new debate on a free ports policy following a report from trade specialists Crowe Clark White...
May Brexit speech reaction
NewsThe UK Prime Minister's speech in Florence last week designed to give a kick start to Brexit negotiations has drawn a mixed response from in...
BPA urges UK government to reject EU PSR
NewsThe British Ports Association is urging the British government to reject the Port Services Regulation post Brexit...
Truckers using wrong satnavs
NewsThe English and Welsh Local Gocernment Association is calling for new laws to compel lorry drivers using satnavs to use commercial models sa...
HS2 costs "rocketing towards £100B"
NewsLord Berkeley, Chairman of the UK Rail Freight Group (RFG), has expressed concern that construction costs for Phase 1 (London-West Midlands)...
Brexit and British ports
NewsThe British Ports Association has issued an ambivalent statement on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit speech...
BPA calls for post-Brexit strategy
NewsThe British Ports Association wants a post-Brexit ‘port zoning’ strategy renoving planning constraints...
Freight needs voice in UK rail reforms
NewsThe British Rail Freight Group says that the government's planned reforms to the rail industry must benefit freight shippers as well as pass...
Free port status for post-Brexit UK ports?
NewsA new report from the UK Centre for Policy Studies, considers how Brexit and "free port" status could boost trade, manufacturing and the nor...
Brexit – "Be positive," urges ABP boss
NewsJames Cooper, CEO of ABP and Chairman of the UK Major Ports Group, has told Parliament that the UK’s maritime industry "is ready to suppor...
HÖEGH OSAKA was unstable – MAIB
NewsThe UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch has published the findings of its investigation of the listing, flooding and grounding of pure c...
Eurotunnel to sell last ferry
NewsEurotunnel has put the last of its three ex-SeaFrance ferries up for sale after a Supreme Court ruling ended any hope it may run freight ser...
TT Club weighs in
NewsThe TT Club has welcomed the initiative of the World Shipping Council in its recent publication of guidelines to the industry in relation to...
French farce in the Dover Straits
NewsThe British Court of Appeal has upheld an appeal by the SCOP workers' collective that operates the MyFerryLink ferries, allowing them to con...
London HGV ban
NewsEngland: The Mayor of London, Transport for London and London Councils have confirmed that HGVs not fitted with safety equipment to protect ...