In February 2023, two thousand feet of Chicago’s South Normal Boulevard disappeared. The street’s end came at the hands of Norfolk Southern’s 47th Street intermodal terminal, a facility which moves thousands of containers a year …
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Port of London Authority setting course towards sustainability: Video (BBCStoryworks)
With shipping responsible for around 3% of global emissions in 2018, this port is making an effort to reduce the impact. With a focus on leveraging data, changes are being put in place to help …
Continue reading300-mile automated cargo conveyor belt to link Tokyo & Osaka (E+T)
The Japanese government has launched plans for a Autoflow-Road conveyor belt system between Tokyo and Osaka that could carry the same amount of freight as 25,000 truck drivers every day. With Japan’s population falling at …
Continue readingNYC plans 6 new waterfront shipping hubs to replace truck freight with barges (Gothamist)
New York City officials plan to turn six waterfront locations into maritime shipping hubs as a way to handle the booming number of e-commerce deliveries across the five boroughs. Details of the initiative were published …
Continue readingAll-electric boxship built for China’s inland waters (BairdMaritime)
Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard has delivered the first all-electric inland container vessel to be built and operated in China. Jiangyuan Baihe (“Jiangyuan Lily”) is owned by Jiangsu Ocean Shipping. The ship was designed by Wuhan Yangtze River …
Continue readingThe Hurb Is the Pop-Up Package Hub NYC Needs & Hates (Curbed)
You may have encountered this situation lately in Manhattan while making your way down a sidewalk already crowded with trash bags, pedestrians, sidewalk sheds, and the odd parked police car. A big truck or two is parked …
Continue readingPlans for London’s largest rail freight logistics hub (RailTechnology)
Network Rail Property has submitted a plan to regenerate 30 acres of brownfield land at Bow Goods Yard in East London. The scheme will deliver London’s largest integrated rail freight logistics hub and will create a …
Continue readingVaramis Rail’s converted cargo train demonstrator at Liverpool Street Station (IanVisits)
A passenger train without any seats recently called at Liverpool Street. It’s not a trial of a new standing-only train, but a way of delivering cargo freight into city centres. Delivering freight into towns by …
Continue readingNYC launches ‘Department of Sustainable Delivery’ to coordinate & regulate micromobility (Bloomberg)
To regulate the e-bikes, mopeds and motorbikes that New Yorkers rely on for delivery services, Mayor Eric Adams announced a new city agency for micromobility oversight. New York City will create a new municipal department to contend …
Continue readingUnderground express: the quiet rise of subway logistics couriers in China (Eco-Business)
Swaying at the back of a subway train on Beijing’s Line 9, two China Post personnel in yellow and blue overalls hold on to a green trolley full of parcels. A few passengers are seated …
Continue readingIndustrial & Logistics: Can London Deliver? (NewLondonArchitecture: NLA)
NLA’s latest report, ‘Industrial & Logistics: Can London Deliver?’, provides an in-depth look at London’s vital Industrial & Logistics sector, featuring exclusive viewpoints from key organisations in the industry – including the Greater London Authority, …
Continue readingNYC wants a ‘blue highway’ on its waterways (SmartCitiesDive)
To leverage its long coastline for delivery and get polluting trucks off the streets, the city is looking to the private sector for ideas. Listen to the article3 min Dive Brief Dive Insight Delivery of …
Continue readingIndustrial logistics: Can London deliver? (NLA)
NLA’s latest report, ‘Industrial & Logistics: Can London Deliver?’, provides an in-depth look at London’s vital Industrial & Logistics sector, featuring exclusive viewpoints from key organisations in the industry – including the Greater London Authority, …
Continue readingRail electrification possible for 95% of UK freight trains, research reveals (CILTUK)
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport – CILT(UK) – has released its electrification strategy research which reveals the significant opportunity of electrification across the UK’s rail network. CILT has released a detailed map and …
Continue readingNew York City is drowning in package deliveries & packages (MITTechReview)
Online orders, which ramped up with the start of the pandemic, are still clogging city streets. Amazon, Hello Fresh, Stitch Fix. Click a button, and it’s there in three to five days—perhaps even one. Packages, …
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