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 UK is very much divided over rail freight operations and ambitions. The need to encourage modal shift is widely recognised, but differing demands call for a different approach in each of the four nations.
Britain may have to source raw materials from Japan in order to keep its last steelworks open. That’s the situation after an extraordinary intervention by the UK Government over the weekend.
The latest monthly review from the AAR paints a rosy picture of growth. However, the broad brush of tariffs, painted by US President Trump, threatens to darken the mood.