I’m not a fan of social media. I don’t watch the news. It’s rare I watch anything on the telly (well, except the footie of course), but I do like to listen to audiobooks and podcasts. As a business owner (or just a human being!) we should never stop...
Would you like to live in a shipping container? How about swimming on one? When it comes to containers, those of us in the freight industry tend to think of them solely as… well…containers. Big boxes to package up your cargo and keep it safe while it travels across...
If you’ve been on my mailing list for a while, you’ll know that all kinds of crazy things happen in the world of freight. And smuggling is one of them! Every year customs stop huge amounts of illegal goods from entering the country – whether that’s...
I’ve been in freight for over 30 years and i’ve never seen this happen before. We move a lot of cargo, as you can imagine. And when you scale things to this kind of level, sometimes crazy stuff happens that you’d never expect. Now, as you know, at...
You can’t please everyone, can you? A few weeks ago I was in the airport in Shanghai, waiting for my plane ride home. The gate was due to open any time soon, so we were all stood in a nice orderly queue. Now, I’m a chirpy chappy, even when I’m travelling. So as...
Where do you get your ideas? If you’ve been on my mailing list for a while, you’ll know that no two emails are the same. Every week I land in your inbox with something new, thought-provoking and hope a little entertaining! I’ve been writing these blogs for nearly 7...
