Brexit and "free ports"

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The 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

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The 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...

Truckers using wrong satnavs

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The 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"

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Lord 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

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The British Ports Association has issued an ambivalent statement on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit speech...

Freight needs voice in UK rail reforms

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The British Rail Freight Group says that the government's planned reforms to the rail industry must benefit freight shippers as well as pass...

Brexit – "Be positive," urges ABP boss

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James 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

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The 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

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Eurotunnel 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

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The 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

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The 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

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England: The Mayor of London, Transport for London and London Councils have confirmed that HGVs not fitted with safety equipment to protect ...

Eurotunnel ready to give up on ferries

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It looks as though GETSA, which is going to add capacity to its Le Shuttle Fret services, is preparing to pull out of MyFerryLink, so the fo...

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