Hapag-Lloyd unveils Strategy 2030, with $120m retrofit plan for 'greener' fleet
Hapag-Lloyd and non-operating shipowner Seaspan have announced a $120m investment to retrofit five 10,000 teu ...
It’s Friday; here’s something different. The concept of cycle logistics may seem like some crackpot, dippy hippy ideal to hard-nosed freight people, but there is more interest – and more funding – for its development than ever before. Cargo bikes are well beyond the theoretical stage, having been implemented in a host of cities across Europe. Increasingly, there are real opportunities for freight operators to take part in business model that appears to have significant support amongst urban residents. It is an oft heard complaint in the industry that it has no public profile – well, not in this case.
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Steven W Ingels
October 18, 2013 at 1:20 pmYou have identified the market of “urban logistics”.