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...Even during the Covid-19 crisis Dover has handled 7,000 trucks a day, but that can reach 10,000 in peak periods....
...Alan Beattie ....
...Spredfast’s Brown believes the two industries can co-exist. “There’s always going to be a need for journalists who cover the world in an objective way,” he says....
...Moore’s Law – the trend identified by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore that computer power doubles every two years – has continued apace....
...Stewart tells me that in her California neighbourhood arable and fruit farmers are diversifying, planting a few acres of flowers to be sold locally....
...On its new “V” platform it is building the Micra at plants in China, Thailand, India and Mexico....
...“I saw farmers today watching cars pass by on the highway, and it was sad,” he says. “They aren’t sending produce out on trucks. We need to give them a way to access bigger markets.”...
...“With a travel time of 15 minutes by bike instead of two hours by truck …urban farmers can better respond to chefs’ needs,” says Mei Ling Hui, urban forest co-ordinator at San Francisco’s environment department...
...When we cast off in New York, the reed boat was already damaged – the truck driver who conveyed it to the harbour had used wire ropes to pull it out of the truck and destroyed some of the reeds....
...Alan Beattie is the FT’s world trade editor....
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