20th March 2018 A welcome relief
Leading UK logistics representative body the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed progress this week between EU and UK negotiators towards a 21-month transitional period after the UK leaves the EU as “a welcome relief”, but stressed that there was “still much to agree on the detail of the UK’s departure from the European Union”...
5th March 2018 Charity Runners
On the 4th March, Carol Wraight (Company Secretary) and Colin Dowling (Managing Director) ran and completed the London Marathon Big Half raising money for local charities...
21st November 2017 French lorry drivers begin week of European disruption
Several unions representing French lorry drivers blocked the entrance to the Fréjus road tunnel in France’s Savoie region − a major transit point for HGVs crossing the Alps between France and Italy − earlier today as part of a week of action organised by the The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) in protest against plans by the European Commission to exclude road haulage from a new EU directive on ‘posted’ workers...
22nd September 2017 French truck drivers prepare for strike
French trade unions representing truck drivers have called a strike from 25 September for an unlimited period in protest to the reform of labour legislation launched by new president Emmanuel Macron...
29th August 2017 US Gulf freight hit by Hurricane Harvey
Large parts of the US Gulf’s transport system were still in shutdown mode today as ports, roads, railroads and airports remained closed, or were operating at reduced capacity at key choke points, following the catastrophic flooding delivered by Hurricane Harvey over the last three days...
22nd August 2017 Hong Kong’s port and airport closed as Typhoon Hato makes landfall
Hong Kong and its world-leading airline and container shipping hubs were in shutdown mode today as the city was battered by Typhoon Hato...