A fierce storm and a major ferry port knocked out of action for over a month. A parliamentary investigation into has uncovered that a critical piece of UK infrastructure is surprisingly fragile.
There is a diverse portfolio of Ro-Ro operations that keep the wheels of European trade rolling, connecting islands and making short sea routes out of long inland alternatives.
Peel Ports Group, the second largest port operator in the UK, is investing £10m (US$13.5m) in Heysham Port, on the Irish Sea coast, north of Liverpool. The operator says the project will further increase capacity and efficiency at the port.
The first freight train, delivering construction materials, has arrived at the site of Sizewell C, Britain’s nuclear power station to be built on the east…
The freight-centric American railroad industry is sanguine about tariffs. The threat of disruption has not yet put up a red signal on investment. The Association…