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Analyst: A decade of container shipping overcapacity on the horizon

Guest authors
August 21, 2025
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Shipping lines are placing orders like never before. Transportation capacity at sea will almost certainly grow to new heights. That poses major risks for the…

UK: Hinckley a step closer to approval

Simon Walton
February 12, 2025
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The long-opposed and even longer-desired Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange (HNRFI) is a step closer to realisation. Tritax Big Box Developments (TBBD) is hoping for…

Manchester United’s rail freight dilemma

Simon Walton
June 27, 2024
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The Euro 2024 tournament is moving to the knock-out stage. At the same time a freight and football knockout contest is kicking off in North…

UK Freight Innovation Fund encourages rail development

Simon Walton
May 17, 2024
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The UK Government has launched the latest tranche of its seed funding initiative, the Freight Innovation Fund. The initiative could encourage rail freight innovation across all sectors. The seven million pound (8.2 million euros) cross-modal cash grant is intended to help drive towards a net-zero carbon economy. UK small businesses with ideas on cross-modal logistics…

Freight transport 2022: road up to 24.9%, maritime leads

gobstopper
April 19, 2024
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n 2022, road freight transport represented 24.9% of all freight transport performance (in tonne-kilometres) in the EU as it went up by 0.4 percentage points (pp) when compared to […]