Millions of people across the UK will be encouraged to kickstart a rewarding career in logistics, with the government unveiling a multimillion-pound new plan to bolster the supply chain and create a more resilient and greener haulage sector.
Several unofficial fuel protests have been planned in a move to highlight the frustration felt across the industry in relation to the unsustainable rises in the costs of diesel. With diesel costs now at an all time high, transport bosses have felt their already paper thing margins eroded even further.
Rising cost of fuel, driver shortages and the coronavirus pandemic have all been blamed for the collapse of a haulage business. Adam Jones and Sons said “significant trading losses were incurred during Covid” and the only option was to cease to trade. Based in Halesowen, West Midlands, the firm appointed administrators in May.
Diesel & Petrol continued to rise this week, amid calls from the industry for the government to step in. In what was the biggest daily jump in 17 years, diesel rose to 186.57ppl. Some forecourts on Wednesday were selling fuel for more that £2ppl.
ollowing weeks of protracted Covid 19 lockdowns, the major Chinese ports have resumed operations. Although some ports have been operating throughout the lockdowns, they have been operating at reduced capacity owing to restrictions on local supply chains.
Just under half of the UK’s freight and coach managers are satisfied with England’s motorways and major A roads, according to newly published research below. Rest facilities, together with the clearing up of roads after accidents, had the lowest satisfaction rating. Read the report here.
A new competition administered by Logistics UK has been launched to find the very best transport managers within the industry.
The UK government has announced more than £200m ($243m) of funding for a three-year ‘comparative’ demonstration programme to determine whether hydrogen-powered fuel cells or batteries would be the best zero-emission solution for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs).
COVID lockdown’s in China are continuing to wreak havoc with port congestion in China’s main Ports and subsequent worldwide trade. According to Bloomberg a backlog of up to 500 container ships are waiting to enter the ports.
