The UK government has said it will freeze fuel duty for a ninth consecutive year, but the Freight Transport Association (FTA) argues that a cut in fuel duty is needed to boost the economy. “The FTA, the only business g...

A healthy shipping industry is often described as the bellwether of a healthy global economy. Companies like FedEx and DHL argue that the more trade, the better—and for customers, there’s no denying the conven...

Five US states received a grading of F for logistics industry health, in the annual "Manufacturing & Logistics Report Card for the United States", released by Conexus Indiana. Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, New ...

Nikola Motor, a designer and manufacturer of electric vehicles, has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s company Tesla for infringing on several of its patents. The patents in question are for the fuselage, mid-entry do...

A survey of the world's 20 largest freight forwarders, conducted by online booking platform Freightos and Forrester Research, has found that 25% of forwarders fail to provide adequate points of contact online. The report war...

The UK government has put forward £1.8m of funding for trials of semi-autonomous “self-driving” lorries. The scheme in question involves small platoons or convoys of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) which will b...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to withdraw from negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). It was Trump’s first executive order since his inauguration on Friday 20th January. The TPP wa...

Last week, Donald Trump won the 2016 US Presidential Election. Most of the world is still reeling from the shock—not least of all the UK and Europe, who have already been plunged into economic uncertainty by the Brexit ...

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has released an "ABC Guide to Brexit" following the EU Referendum result, outlining their top 10 concerns. At the top of the list is “A for Access to the Single Market&...

3D printing presents a huge threat to the supply chain industry, according to the CEO of Transport Intelligence, John Manners-Bell. Transport Intelligence is a market research company. Trade has gone increasingly global over...

The freight industry has now had a few days to gather its wits following the Brexit referendum, in which a narrow majority of UK citizens voted to leave the EU. Following our brief summary of immediate reactions, here’...

The dust is going to take a while to settle following the historic EU “Brexit” referendum. 51.9% of Britons voted to Leave. What does this mean for the cargo, parcel delivery and freight forwarding industries? He...

Greenpeace has leaked hundreds of pages from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations. The TTIP is a bi-lateral trade agreement between the EU and US that aims to reduce regulatory barriers to t...

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has urged the use of click and collect centres as a way of helping to curb London’s congestion problems. Home deliveries are causing congestion, according to Johnson, because there a...

The Autorité de la Concurrence, France’s antitrust watchdog, has fined 20 delivery firms including FedEx, TNT and DHL for fixing price increases between 2004 and 2010. The fine totals €672m, or $738.7m. Oth...

As part of their 100 Women series, BBC News has published a feature today about women who drive lorries, featuring interviews with women who are still a minority in the profession and often considered unusual. Lorry drivers ...

Frederick W. Smith, the founder of FedEx, has said at a Memphis logistics conference that he does not see drones or driverless trucks delivering packages in the near future. Smith cites the potential lethality of drones and ...

Major market changes wrought by disruptive technology, online commerce and broader economic upheavals have driven up the pressure on the express parcels industry to unprecedented levels, according to Transport Intelligence, a...

Truck operators are finding it hard to recruit young talent amidst negative perceptions of the industry, even as increasingly sophisticated truck engines demand new skillsets. John Goralski, manager of fleet maintenance educ...

A report from financial services company AXA UK and independent financial analyst Douglas McNeill has predicted massive savings for the logistics industry from the use of driverless vehicles. The report, The Future of Driverl...

It’s difficult to tell which event will inspire the most religious fervour: the Pope’s visit to the East Coast next week, or the release of Apple’s new iPhone 6s. But the Pope’s upcoming trip may cause...

The European Union has announced that its new Union Customs Code will come into play on May 1st 2016. The aim of the new Code is to modernise and integrate the existing customs system, in order to facilitate cross-border, int...

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) in the UK has become a sponsor of the "Think Logistics" initiative, encouraging young people between 16-19 years of age to consider careers in the logistics industry. The ini...

The US Airforwarders Association (AfA) has recently announced that private companies’ sniffer dogs are to be used to carry out pre-airport screening to the US body, the House of Representatives. Currently, the US govern...