#Freight

CaptainSwing666

CaptainSwing666

Customs 101. A short thread. The application of customs controls is always a balance between facilitating trade and controlling it. The idea being that if you need the trade it

Moriarty

MoriartyProfJ

1. @BorisJohnson is there any coincidence at all in London & South East being put into Tier 3 and then 4 as you near the end of the Brexit deadline?

umbracula

Umbraqula

Here’s a plan proof for you.A couple of years ago, big-box retailers started to go out of business in the UK. Furniture stores, department stores and DIY. At the time,

Patrick Byrne

PatrickByrne

As an erstwhile retailer: sometimes "diversion" occurs. Tiffany goes to a factory in Florence, says, "Make us 10,000 of these bracelets." The factory does but also produces an extra 1,000,

AukeHoekstra

AukeHoekstra

Giving electric trucks an overhead line from which to charge/drive is actually really really cheap! I personally hope we will do it. But it's not an either/or proposition.Let me explain

Gareth Dennis

GarethDennis

This isn't as uncommon a perspective as you might think... But electrification is mostly about increasing capacity for modal shift, not for decarbonisation. The only reason people are banging that

Rafe Smyth

safemyth

Gentle reminder in 3 days since #HS2 Euston eviction started, DfT has "green lighted" over £250m on 4 road schemes to "build back better" [sic(k)]."Eco" protesters against expanding our busiest

Bob Degrom

BobDegrom

@kingtutspacs @DoctorSpac gents. I come to u both as I trust both of you, as u've shared very solid DD and research on $NGA/Lion Electric so far. So, despite myself

William Pelzer

wtpelzer

1. It occurs to me that most people don't understand why there would be border disruption regardless of how good an FTA we have. Hopefully a short thread.The first thing

HUNTSMAN 🇺🇸

man_integrated

Thread on ReshoringSome very smart people are using COVID-19 to point out our dependency on China-origin supply chains, and call for reshoring of manufacturing to the US.Here's where the chokepoints

Marco Chitti

ChittiMarco

1/ A bit of railway history for your Friday nightGenova (Genoa), the "Superba", a city whose urban history is definitely shaped by its geography and the fact of being a

JPCampbellBiz - Open a window, keep your distance

JP_Biz

Ireland’s customs authorities have announced a temporary relaxation of rules to help keep trade flowing from GB. It comes as traders shipping from GB to Ireland are struggling with the

RAF Brize Norton

RAFBrizeNorton

Out C-17 Globemaster, operated by @99Sqn, are capable of rapid, strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases anywhere in the world. The Globemaster’s load-bearing

Zeddy

Zeddary

Not gonna dunk on any Texan unless they specifically filibustered Hurricane Sandy relief. Snow, cold and ice suck. Electric outages in the winter get scary quick. I feel you fam.

Joe Mayes

Joe_Mayes

Exclusive: a key customs system has been overwhelmed by Brexit, delaying exports and deepening trouble at the border 1/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-19/brexit-border-trouble-deepens-as-key-customs-system-is-maxed-out?sref=

tier four operator OBE

AliceAvizandum

https://twitter.com/coolzonepod/status/1329251262269894661 have heard the horror stories from friends working trackside look, train good but one thing train not is clean. every time on WTYP we show a British railway scene

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