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The UK’s Rail Minister visited Tesco’s UK-Europe rail hub in south Essex after the retailer’s £5million investment in new rail freight services.Wendy Morton MP, Rail Minister, and Jackie Doyle-Price, MP for Thurrock, visited Tesco’s UK-Europe rail hub …
John Keefe, director of public affairs for Getlink – which operates the Eurotunnel between Folkestone and Calais, said the issue over the weekend had been caused by the expected “very heavy traffic of passengers” getting away on holidays alongside an u…
Shocking photos show supply chain slowdown in real time as line of freighters carrying coffee, wine and electronics wait outside Port of Oakland due to trucker strike – which is entering its SECOND weekIndependent truck drivers have been blocking road …
Liz Truss has called on France to act over “entirely avoidable” delays at the border as holidaymakers and lorry drivers face another day of gridlocked roads around Dover.The foreign secretary said the delays and queues were “unacceptable”, blaming a la…
LONDON (AP) — Britons heading off on holiday by ferry faced hours-long waits at the port of Dover on Friday, with authorities blaming French officials for the chaos.
Dover authorities said a lack of French border officials was leading to waits of up to…
Why America’s supply chain crisis is about to get much WORSE: 15 container ships carrying tons of essential goods are forced to drop anchor off California coast as Port of Oakland truckers go on strike (which could last months)Trucker blockade at Port …
Diversions set up as police work to clear incident with oil spillage across road
West Mercia Police are working to clear the incident, with it being reported from scene that there is an oil spillage across the road.
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Northbound traffic…
Truckers protesting a state labor law have effectively shut down cargo operations at the Port of Oakland, it was announced Wednesday.“The shutdown will further exacerbate the congestion of containers” and port officials are urging operations at shippi…
The Port of Dover is expanding border capacity to avoid queues, as traveller numbers rise to pre-pandemic levels.
A deal has been struck with the French border force to man 50% extra passport booths, which are being installed before the summer getaway …
By Carlos Barria and Lisa Baertlein
OAKLAND (Reuters) -Truck drivers choked traffic at the Oakland, California, seaport on Monday protesting a state law that makes it harder for independent contractors to transport goods and could limit labor at the st…