PD Ports CEO, Frans Calje, has been appointed Patron of the Tees Rivers Trust, as the port operator and charity join forces to deliver on shared ambitions to improve and conserve the water quality and habitat of the River Tees. Owner and operator of Teesport, the fifth largest port in the UK, and Statutory Harbour…
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Hermes, the consumer delivery specialist, has become the first customer to take part in an early stage trial with Ford, Europe’s market leader in commercial vehicles, to make city deliveries more efficient and sustainable in the future. Ford’s new ‘European Self-Driving Vehicle Research Programme’ has been designed to help businesses in Europe understand how…
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National Express has announced a deal with CitySwift, a leader in big data and machine learning for the public transport sector. Through the agreement, National Express West Midlands, the biggest bus operator outside of London, will be using CitySwift’s product suite to help provide enhanced network planning and optimised routes in the region to provide…
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Menzies Distribution has announced the acquisition of JBT Distribution (JBT), a leading independent logistics and supply chain services business with annual sales of over £23 million. The transaction cements Menzies’ position as a major force in UK logistics, extending its network coverage with the addition of 200 vehicles and six operating sites. JBT sits alongside…
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TomTom and GreenMile, a logistics software company specialising in last mile transportation, announced a new multiyear agreement. TomTom Maps APIs will be integrated into GreenMile’s solutions, enhancing its customers’ vehicle monitoring and real-time route planning. TomTom’s Routing API will enable GreenMile’s customers to find optimal routes for their fleets based on real-time traffic conditions, tolls,…
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Amazon employees are “rigorously testing” and developing new robotic and automation technologies to help move totes, carts, and packages to improve efficiency and make jobs “safer”. Some of the innovations that are currently being tested at the research and innovation lab merge advanced technologies with simple solutions for potential safety benefits. One project, which is…
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Millions of road-users in the East of England are set to enjoy safer, quicker and easier journeys, as Highways England reveals a multi-million-pound package of improvements to roads, pavements and bridges across the region over the next 12 months. The announcement comes as the Government continues its drive to level up transport in regions right…
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A new rail pass and vouchers for popular tourist attractions are at the heart of a plan to return domestic tourism to pre-pandemic levels by 2022 and international tourism by 2023. A £10 million voucher scheme will be launched by The National Lottery this autumn to encourage trips beyond the peak summer season, with players…
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Charges have come into force for drivers entering Birmingham’s Clean Air Zone (CAZ). The zone was officially launched on 1st June, but there was a two-week delay to charges to give motorists “time to adjust”. From 00:00 BST on Monday, drivers of a vehicle not meeting emission standards, and without an exemption, will face a…
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Cardiff’s airport was hardest hit by the Covid pandemic in the UK last year, seeing an 87% decline in passengers, figures show. Traveller numbers there dropped from 1,656,085 in 2019 to 219,984 in 2020. In Britain and Northern Ireland as a whole, 223 million passengers were lost in 2020 because of coronavirus. Some 74 million…
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