The Planning Inspectorate has overturned a Kent authority’s decision to block plans for much-needed lorry parking in the county. 

 

The RHA backed an appeal against Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council’s move to halt a development on the M26 in Wrotham, near Sevenoaks for up to 200 more lorry parking spaces. 

 

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https://www.rha.uk.net/news/news/detail/kent-200-new-lorry-parking-spaces-a-step-closer- 

 

DP World is making a £60m investment in the UK’s trading capacity with an order of four new quay cranes for its Southampton container terminal. 

 

The new cranes will be the largest quay cranes in Europe and can perform quad lifts, moving two 40ft containers together from ship to yard in a single move, reducing the time taken to load and unload large container vessels. 

 

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https://www.multimodal.org.uk/article/europes-largest-cranes-for-dp-world-southampton?utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FO-02-21-2025&utm_content=httpswwwmultimodalorgukarticleeuropeslargestcranesfordpworldsouthampton 

 

A new report from the RHA entitled ‘Lorry drivers – the vital link – attracting, training and retaining key workers in the UK supply chain’ highlights the need for 40,000 new drivers per year over the next five years. 

 

This report warns that the UK’s logistics industry will require 40,000 new HGV drivers annually for the next five years – to meet growing demand and to avoid a potential future driver shortage. 

 

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https://www.rha.uk.net/news/news/detail/rha-report-200-000-hgv-drivers-needed-in-next-5-years 

 

The government’s support for nationally significant infrastructure projects, including Heathrow’s third runway and the Lower Thames Crossing, is the type of government action industry has been urging for a long time, according to Logistics UK, one of the biggest business groups in the UK. 

 

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https://www.multimodal.org.uk/article/strategic-infrastructure-projects-are-vital-to-driving-growth-says-logistics-uk 

 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, set out the government’s commitment to delivering the Lower Thames Crossing. 

 

She said: “We will work with a private sector to deliver the infrastructure that our country desperately needs. This includes the Lower Thames Crossing which will improve connectivity at Dover, Felixstowe and Harwich, alleviating severe congestion as goods destined to export come from the North, and the Midlands and across the country to markets overseas. 

 

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https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/lower-thames-crossing/news-and-media/chancellor-backs-lower-thames-crossing/