Introduction The University of Birmingham and Pass Logistics (Multi-modal freight company) have signed a memorandum to conduct research into switching contained goods from road to rail to support decarbonisation. The aim of this memorandum is to develop solutions to...
Introduction The transport industry is still considering what the best long-term solution may be for net-zero HGVs. There are currently two leading technologies that HGVs can adopt which are hydrogen trucks, or battery trucks. The current debate is focused on which...
The government has launched a campaign called ‘Generation Logistics’, which will be an industry-led recruitment and awareness campaign supported by the government to help address the skills shortage in the transport and logistics sector. Why has the government...
Zero-Emission Vehicles The UK has confirmed that all new HGVs in the UK will be zero-emission by 2040. Furthermore, by 2035, the UK has committed to phasing out all-new non-zero-emission HGV’s weighing 26 tonnes or less. This is in addition to the UK’s 2030 phase out...
What has caused a driver shortage? There are many factors that have contributed to the shortage of HGV drivers. The global pandemic has certainly been a major issue as many European drivers decided to return home, with haulage companies reporting that only a fraction...
The government has recently announced plans that a new state-owned body called Great British Railways is proposed to replace Network Rail in what is being called the biggest shakeup in the rail sector for almost 25 years. Under the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, from...
As we move into 2021 and leave 2020 well and truly in the past, the HS2 project has reached some key milestones. Around 13,000 people are currently engaged directly on phase 1 of the project across approximately 240 work sites. Add in many thousands more employed in...
It’s all gone quiet over there…or has it? Now that we are approaching a month into the brave new world of the UK being outside of the confines of the EU and well into a third Covid “lockdown”, one could be forgiven for thinking that the much-predicted bedlam at the...
After the Chancellors' recent spending review the rail infrastructure budget has been cut by £1bn from £10.4bn to £9.4bn in the current control period 6 (April 2019-March 2024). This announcement has caused concern over planned improvements to rail infrastructure. The...
Introduction The University of Birmingham and Pass Logistics (Multi-modal freight company) have signed a memorandum to conduct research into switching contained goods from road to rail to support decarbonisation. The aim of this memorandum is to develop solutions to...
Introduction The transport industry is still considering what the best long-term solution may be for net-zero HGVs. There are currently two leading technologies that HGVs can adopt which are hydrogen trucks, or battery trucks. The current debate is focused on which...
The government has launched a campaign called ‘Generation Logistics’, which will be an industry-led recruitment and awareness campaign supported by the government to help address the skills shortage in the transport and logistics sector. Why has the government...