Daily Archives: October 14, 2024

Monday’s Friday Reads – 14 October 2024

• More problems this week for the Southend pier train (East Anglia Bylines) • How to Salvage the HS2 Embarrassment (New Statesman) • The Complete History of London’s Airport Express Services: Video (The TfL Three) • £1bn South Western Railway trains delayed by windscreen wipers?: Podcast (Green Signals) • How Uber, Lyft Used a Loophole to Deny NYC Drivers Millions…

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BTA Annual Safety Seminar, Register Now

The BTA Annual Safety Seminar will take place on Thursday 14 November 2024, at Leith Cruise Terminal, Edinburgh, kindly hosted by Forth Ports. The day will run from 0900-1600 with lunch and refreshments provided The Seminar will examine recent incidents, discuss accident prevention, and hear from tug experts, insurers, and investigators. With an audience of tug masters, pilots, marine superintendents,…

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Lovely Liepaja Part 1

Where? It’s In Latvia? You strike off due east from Scotland, go round the top of Denmark passing Norway and Sweden on your left, then, straight ahead are Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Liepaja (pronounced, roughly leer-pie-uh with a slight emphasis on the “pie”; fbb is always more than happy to put a huge emphasis on a pie, preferably steak and kidney…

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