Letter to the Editor of The Times newspaper
This article is the full text of a letter to the editor of The Times newspaper. An abridged version of the letter was published in the newspaper on Thursday 24th Read more…
Latest news from SRF
Preparing for COVID-19 vaccine delivery in Bangladesh
The race is now on to develop, test and manufacture an effective COVID-19 vaccine and to distribute it globally. The vaccine will have to reach the world’s population and meet global health and economic goals, while minimising Read more…
Recruiting a Senior Android Developer
The Centre for Sustainable Road Freight is recruiting a Senior Android Developer based in the Department of Engineering at Cambridge to develop and support a suite of innovative Android applications Read more…
Cold Chain Distribution and Deployment of a Covid-19 Vaccine
An article by Professor Phil Greening on the logistics of deploying a Covid-19 vaccine has been published in the Scottish national press. Articles featuring Phil Greening on the subject of Read more…
White Paper: Decarbonising the UK’s Long-Haul Road Freight at Minimum Economic Cost
Paper Authors: D.T. Ainalis, C. Thorne, and D. Cebon A copy of the White Paper is available here: SRF-WP-UKEMS-v2 Key take-aways (TLDR) 1. Building a network of overhead catenary cables along Read more…
The logistics of Coronavirus – Prof Phil Greening
Logistics has for a long time served the masters of service and cost, but now the world is changing: new mandated societal behaviours during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis suggest that a Read more…
Successful PhD defence… Dr Chris Eddy
Chris Eddy has successfully completed and defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘An investigation of higher capacity urban freight vehicles’, (University of Cambridge, July, 2019). The abstract is provided below. Click Read more…
Hidden costs of online delivery
Julian Allen has contributed to an article in the guardian on the environmental impact of online shopping, read the full article here: https://www.theguardian.com/news/shortcuts/2020/feb/17/hidden-costs-of-online-delivery-environment
Blog: Long-Haul Lorries Powered by Hydrogen or Electricity?
There is an increasingly vociferous debate between those who think that future long-haul heavy goods vehicles should be powered by Hydrogen and those who favour direct electrification. Most Hydrogen-powered vehicles use fuel Read more…
Professor Phil Greening on the competency trap: retailers/logistics providers risk future growth
In the first of a series of regular articles to be featured in My Logistics Magazine, Phil Greening discusses the concept of the competency trap in the current retail/logistics environment. Read more…