The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 a pandemic on 11 March and governments worldwide have taken wide-ranging measures to contain the spread of the virus. The transport sector has a crucial role to play in the supply of goods, in particular medicines, medical devices, food and... continue
Logistics and aviation company Stobart Group said its assets still provide “significant opportunities’ for growth in spite of the coronavirus pandemic. The group operates a global logistics operation, energy business and London Southend Airport. Stobart Group has unveiled a number of... continue
The trade association that represents ferry has called on the government to provide financial support quickly to keep services running. The UK Chamber of Shipping said a steep drop in passenger numbers due to the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the economics of the sector. Services are... continue
Climate change campaigners have expressed concern about ecofascism in their ranks. Ecofascism is the idea of an authoritarian government requiring individuals to sacrifice their own interests in favour of nature. The Scottish branch of climate activist group Extinction Rebellion raised... continue
The global economic downturn due to the Covid-19 pandemic could provide insights into how much of the rising atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide are due to man. In a blog posting, Roy Spencer, a principal research scientist at the University of Alabama in Hunstville, says: “It will... continue
Terence Bendixon has made a seminal contribution the past... continue
The Government has launched a consultation to make journeys easier, smarter and greener... continue
A virtual meeting between members of the House of Commons Transport Committee... continue
The challenges posed by the COVID-19 virus will make the effective implementation of any new legislation impossible in the short term, says the Freight Transport Association (FTA), the business group representing the logistics sector. As a result, the industry is petitioning government urgently to... continue
A House of Commons Transport Select Committee evidence session with the Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, scheduled to take place on 25 March, will no longer be a public evidence meeting. The change in the meeting's status follows the strengthening of the Government's advice in response to the... continue
LTT’s mission and that of our audience must, by the nature of our subject matter, embrace matters of the short, medium and long terms. Sometimes all brought together in trade-offs and analyses about the best plans and policies, and decisions on the allocation of resources and investment... continue
The Government has delayed publication of its national infrastructure strategy because of the Appeal Court’s ruling that the Airports National Policy Statement failed to take into account the Paris Agreement on climate change (LTT 06 Mar). The Treasury says the strategy will be published this... continue
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport’s (CILT) Aviation Policy Group has issued a statement on the impact of the coronavirus on the sector and its future Paul Le Blond, chairman of the CILT Aviation Policy Group, said: “The effect of the coronavirus situation on aviation is... continue
North American engineering consultancy giant WSP is reported to be in talks with rival AECOM about a possible merger. Financial news service Bloomberg says Canada-based WSP initiated the discussions with its US-based rival. It reported on 4 March that a deal could be announced “as soon as... continue
Never waste a crisis. This was sage advice given to me by a colleague a few years ago. We are suddenly, in the space of just a few days, tipped into a grand experiment across the UK – we’ve been told not to move around unless we ‘have’ to (and much else besides). There are... continue
LTT’s mission and that of our audience must, by the nature of our subject matter, embrace matters of the short, medium and long terms. Sometimes all brought together in trade-offs and analyses about the best plans and policies, and decisions on the allocation of resources and investment... continue
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