Global supply chains, already under pressure as they recover from more than two years of COVID-19 disruption, are now being tested to the limit as the war in Ukraine is disrupting key markets and interconnected global supply chains.
The logistics sector is currently facing a profound set of challenges – Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic, an acute driver shortage, and now a spike in fuel prices.
The government set up a new office last week (10 March 2022) dedicated to pioneering new technology that could make journeys by sea as carbon neutral as they were hundreds of years ago.
Elizabeth de Jong, Director of Policy, Logistics UK
Rising air freight costs, reduced air capacity and the war in Ukraine are seriously impacting on the ability of the international air cargo sector – already hit hard by the pandemic – to transport goods to their intended destinations.
The race to decarbonise the heavier end of the logistics fleet has assumed a greater urgency since the publication of the Transport Decarbonisation Plan last summer.
Continental has unveiled the next generation of the ContiConnect tyre management system – ContiConnect 2.0.
Whilst not wanting to point out the obvious, it’s challenging times for independently run road haulage businesses.
Logistics UK hosted its second skills webinar last week (2 March 2022), which was run in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Department for Education (DfE), to help signpost members to potential solutions to their recruitment challenges.
Thames Freeport is reporting sky-high demand from businesses wanting to relocate to its investment zone, potentially transforming the economic fortunes of the Thames Estuary in the 2020s.
To help logistics businesses meet the challenges of climate change - one of the most pressing issues facing the global community - Logistics UK launched its Route to Net Zero commitment in summer 2021, to encourage its members to pledge to decarbonise their operations as quickly and effectively as possible.
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Earlier this week (28 February 2022), Britain’s first Zero Emission Zone (ZEZ) was launched in Oxford.
With its commitment to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 – five years ahead of the rest of the UK – the Scottish Government can, with some justification, be described as a leader in setting climate change targets.
Qualified forklift drivers are becoming harder to find, according to Logistics UK’s recent Skills and Employment Update.
Regional Director for Webfleet Solutions UKI, Beverley Wise, considers how the latest video telematics technology can raise the bar in risk mitigation for van fleets.
Wins recently achieved by the Logistics UK policy team.
Another busy month of activity for the Logistics UK press office team.
The development of a Whole Industry Strategic Plan (WISP) for rail presents a unique opportunity to future proof our railways and address the key issues that have been curtailing their growth for decades, Logistics UK has said.
While there were 49,000 fewer HGV drivers in employment in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with the same time in 2019, HGV driver pay has surged by nearly 12% in the 12 months to January, while advertised salaries increased by more than a fifth (21%) in the year to Q4 2021.
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