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Thursday, 02 November 2017

BBC News

• Royal Navy ships 'cannibalised for parts', report findsThe practice of swapping components is costing millions of pounds, the National Audit Office says.
• How did it get here?How the UK's newest port DP World London Gateway is trying to lure the world's biggest container ships.

The Scotsman

• Britain’s nuclear submarines ‘reliant on spare parts’The Royal Navy is increasingly forced to strip parts from its vessels in order to maintain other ships and submarines in the fleet, an investigation has found.

The Telegraph

• Royal Navy being eaten away by 'cannibalisation' of ships for spare parts, spending watchdog warns 

Mail Online

• North Korean hackers steal warship blueprints from South The despotic regime is thought to have taken the documents after hacking into South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd's database in April last year.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• The Thames can be a freight highway (Image source: Visit London) The Thames could be a “highway” easing road congestion says London Chamber.  The Mayor should establish a temporary River Commission to explore how to make better use of the River Thames a leading business group said today. London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) said such a body could have a brief to look at greater moving of freight and construction material by river thereby helping to ease congestion on the capital’s roads. The call was made as part of LCCI’s response to the Mayor’s Transport Strategy which proposes t...