The Weekly Catch Up on Freight and Logistics Stories You Might Have Missed
A Quick Run Around the Globe to See What the Industry is Up To
UK – WORLDWIDE – TR Lady Shipping Ltd, a portfolio company of Tufton Investment Management, has signed an agreement with specialist in wind assisted propulsion for commercial vessels, Anemoi Marine Technologies, to supply and fit the bulk carrier
TR Lady with three large Rotor Sails and Anemoi s patented Rail Deployment System.
The Rail Deployment System allows the Rotor Sails to be moved across the deck to minimise impact on port operations.
TR Lady is a CS Marine designed 82,000dwt Kamsarmax bulker, built in 2017 by Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group, and managed by Tufton. This is yet another case of the Flettner technology receiving acceptance from a shipping group.
Brexit Freight Flow Summary Can Be Perfectly Described as Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
Government Rejects Criticism from Logisticians but Somewhere the Truth is Out There
UK – The latest arguments surrounding the success or failure of Britain s exit from the European Union contains more eddies and undertows than the fabled Maelstrom of Saltstraumen. In a week when comments flowed over the government decision to extend the deadline for introducing checks and customs formalities on imports, the Cabinet Office fought back at criticisms from the road haulage lobby.
New checks on products of animal origin and plants, as well as full customs declarations at the point of importation for goods coming from the EU are to be postponed by six to nine months, something welcomed by the bulk of the UK freight and logistics community. First though to that spat with the Road Haulage Association (RHA).