One big worry today is that tightened security precautions could weaken the economy by hampering the transport of goods.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus

Ms Bennett argued that more manufacturing and food production had to take place in the UK to cut the transport of goods around the world, while the railways had to be renationalised and the minimum wage had to be a "living wage".

BBC: Natalie Bennett

Three kilometres of runway can transport people and goods around the world, while 3 kilometres of railroad track will only lead down the road.

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Moreover, Canadian private investment is divided evenly between machinery and equipment, which boost productivity sharply, and structures that store and transport goods, which have less of an impact.

ECONOMIST: Canada��s economy

Sailing at 12-15 knots instead of 20-24 knots brings enormous savings on fuel - but it does mean that extra ships are required to transport the same volume of goods in the same timescale.

BBC: How much bigger can container ships get?

Half of that was papermaking, ink mixing, printing, transport, inventory, and the warehousing of physical goods.

NEWYORKER: A New Page

Road transport is only one-third the cost of shipping goods to Pakistan by sea, via Dubai, as happens now.

ECONOMIST: India-Pakistan relations

Latest data, released by the Department for Transport showed a national increase in the speeds of these lights goods vehicles and a link between those increased average speeds and collision rates.

BBC: Two-day speeding operation results in 400 prosecutions

Developer HelioSlough Ltd said its plans followed government policies to transport goods by rail not road and that the terminal was needed to serve the whole of south-east England.

BBC: Beds, Herts & Bucks

The one-day event will give five of the country's leading alternative transport companies the chance to show off their goods to industry experts.

BBC: Showcase for green car technology