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London’s Longest Pier Arrived at Royal Wharf

London’s Longest Pier Arrived at Royal Wharf

The highly-anticipated Royal Wharf Pier arrived in London yesterday in impressive fashion, as the canting brow, carried on a 65m x 60m boat and the pontoon, brought in by the Mts Viscount tug, were transported along the River Thames to the shores of the landmark Royal Wharf development. Constructed offsite in Holland, the new pier […]

New Cabs to Tackle Pollution Issues

New Cabs to Tackle Pollution Issues

A new fleet of black cabs have been fitted with innovative air cleaners, containing unique patented nano carbon filtration technology, in an attempt to tackle the UK’s pollution issues. This technology works to remove up to 97% of particulate matter (PM2.5) and up to 95% of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) from the air inside the cab […]

Porterbrook Signs Contract with Heathrow Airport

The largest owner of passenger trains in the UK, Porterbrook, has signed a contract for the Heathrow Express rail link with Bombardier Transportation. The deal will see the Derby-headquartered firm fit digital signalling equipment and complete specialist on-board conversions to Class 387 trains. “I am delighted that Porterbrook and Bombardier can lead the way in the […]

APL Logistics Moves Its Head Office

Global supply chain services provider APL Logistics is relocating its UK office to tech hub Here East. Located in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London, the company will occupy almost 9,000 sq ft of space at the award-winning campus. The company will operate from offices alongside companies such as Neopost, LC2 and Plexal. Plexal […]

Addison Lee Invests in New Volkswagen Sharan MPVs

£41 million have been invested by Addison Lee Group on 1,200 Volkswagen Sharan MPVs that will create an ultra-low emission zone-compliant fleet for London. The Euro 6 diesel Sharan SE 2.0 TDI BlueMotion 150PS DSG models will be compliant with Transport for London’s ULEZ, which comes into force on April 8. “We share Transport for […]

Eurostar to Expand Amsterdam Service

Following the success of Eurostar’s decision to launch two trains per day in April this year on the London – Amsterdam route, the cross-Channel high speed operator expects to launch a third daily train in June 2019. Between London, Rotterdam and Amsterdam, Eurostar has already carried more than 130,000 passengers on direct trains. These currently […]

London’s Crossrail: Could it be the key to happier commuters?

London’s Crossrail: Could it be the key to happier commuters?

London Crossrail, Europe’s largest infrastructure project, is now over 70% complete, and when it opens in May 2017 looks set to bring a number of benefits to commuting in London. Not only will it improve journey times from one side of London to the other by providing direct links from east to west, it is […]