Hauliers have increased driver pay and improved conditions and the government has introduced fully funded HGV driver training courses, among other measures. This has helped ease the crisis, short-term, but both industry and government need to do more to tackle the underlying reasons for the shortag...

The effect of industrial action on the UK could be far-reaching and long-lasting, according to some industry figures. And the dockers have been true to their word, withdrawing their labour in support of their pay claim. As one forwarder told Logistic-News: “The port’s management was either conned...

In a recent study on transport decarbonisation, consultant McKinsey said shippers and forwarders want to pay for sustainable fuels, but there are several barriers preventing the scaling-up of green transport solutions. But with the transport sector emitting some 7.2 giga-tonnes of carbon – 21% of ...

The Felixstowe Port strike is expected to begin on Sunday, but the results of the Liverpool ballot were only announced on Monday and no firm dates for industrial action have yet been announced. It is unlikely, as some have suggested, that any liner services will be diverted from Felixstowe perm...

To relieve these pressures, businesses are increasingly outsourcing their logistics, and logistics providers are increasingly turning to automation. The result is safer and more efficient warehouse operations, higher consumer satisfaction and a growing consensus that automation is becoming integral ...

The buyout is expected to be priced at $102.50 a share, only marginally higher than the $100-a-share base-case forecast by Logistic-News Premium yesterday. This stamps on Atlas equity a price tag of some $3.2bn, on a fully diluted basis. It could be delisted before the end of the year – with private eq...

(Explainer: according to Lloyd’s Register: “The EEXI is a carbon design/technical efficiency indicator which is applicable to most in-service vessels over 400 gross tonnes (GT) and operating internationally. The CII is an in-service/operational efficiency indicator which measures a vessel’s ca...

Ukrainian Black Sea and Azov Sea ports shut down shortly after the invasion, and Russian naval forces blocked Ukrainian facilities, threatening to attack any merchant (and non-merchant) vessels attempting to approach the terminals. At least 16 merchant ships have been fired on since the beginning of...

The difficulties for deepsea container lines in loading and unloading cargo at the largest hub port, and the obstacles to shippers and forwarders collecting and delivering cargo, have been well documented. One answer for carriers has been to unload European imports at secondary ports, where ber...

But last week, digital trucking platform Transfix said it had postponed its merger with a SPAC by six months because of the unfavourable climate for such transactions. That, according to colleague and Premium head Alessandro Pasetti, could well equate to, or read: “Pulled”. And Mr Pasetti thinks...