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TAPA secure parking campaign makes gains


OVERLAND The Transported Asset Protection Association’s (TAPA) commitment to identify and encourage a network of secure parking places for trucks across Europe has taken further significant steps forward. All three levels of its Parking Security Requirements (PSR) certification programme have been published for industry review and an MoU has been signed with SNAP Account, the cashless payment system for the haulage industry which works with more than 3,000 transport operators.


In the USA, an increase in truckers fitting electronic logging devices


The German Federal Cabinet passed the proposal on the fifth Federal Road Toll Act (Bundesgernstrassenmautgesetz), in May, by Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer, noting that there will be a significant increase in HGV tolls from 1 January 2019.


has taken place since the introduction of the ELD Mandate in April calling on truckers to install tachographs in their vehicles, likely due to drivers realising they can no longer be forced to work excessive hours by bosses.


The total volume of rail freight moved in Britain in 2017-18 fell by 1.7% from the previous 12-month period to 17 billion tonne- kilometres. The figures were revealed in the latest statistics released by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). It is the lowest total since the late 1990s, although still higher than in the mid-1990s.


UK Roads Minister Jesse Norman has unveiled plans to ease traffic for residents and businesses in Kent in the event of cross-Channel disruption. The new plans for ‘Operation Stack’ will use a contraflow allowing traffic to travel in both directions between junctions 8 and 9 while lorries queue for the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel.


PORTSIDE A new short-sea container service, running three times per week – operated by I-MOTION SHIPPING – has been launched from Hutchinson Ports’ London Thamesport, in a bid to provide more choice for shippers in the South of England.


Hutchinson Ports’ Port of Felixstowe has ordered eight new RTGs with automation and remote- control technology from Siemens. The port operator is increasingly rolling out automation and remote- control systems on STS cranes and RTGs at terminals worldwide.


A new six-year contract between US East and Gulf Coast ports and


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the International Longshoremen’s Association should provide new stability for importers and exporters after several years of unease at cargo terminals.


ON THE OCEAN A comprehensive report – Brave New World – authored by TT Club and Mckinsey has been released summarising the thoughts and opinions of industry leaders on the future of the container industry over the next 25 years.


According to BIMCO’s chief shipping analyst, US steel and aluminium tariffs will affect not only ships carrying those cargoes, but also the general container trade more widely.


IN BUSINESS The UK Transport Committee has launched an inquiry to examine the potential effects of Brexit on UK freight operations and assess the preparatory steps operators, their customers, and the government need to take.


IN THE AIR IATA has released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometres, rose 4.1% in April 2018, compared with the same period in 2017. The figure is up from the 1.8% growth in annual demand recorded in March 2018.


Cargolux has joined a growing list of airlines to ban the transport of game hunting trophies onboard its aircraft, citing the practice’s unethical nature and the company’s commitment to IATA’s Live Animal Regulations (LAR) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).


The UK government has agreed a final proposal for the expansion of Heathrow Airport, publishing the Airports National Policy Statement (NPS), backing the cost-efficient and sustainable development of a new north-west runway.


July 2018


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