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All Motor Transport articles in 2021 – Page 47
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ArticleGoodyear launches tyre intelligence technology for cargo van fleets
Goodyear has unveiled what it says is the first tyre intelligence solution for cargo van fleets - Goodyear SightLine.The product aims to enhance safety and cost-efficient reliablity for all vehicles, starting with cargo vans serving the field service, construction and last-mile delivery industries.Later this year, Goodyear SightLine will also be ...
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ArticlePML draws up plan to resolve Kent parking ban row
PML MD Mike Parr (pictured) has waded into the escalating dispute over Kent County Council's plan to ban trucks from parking in several areas of Kent for more than 45 minutes.The logistics specialist is working on ways to tackle the issue, he said, amid serious health and safety concerns.A temporary ...
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ArticleEnter a team or sponsor a hole at the Commercial Motor Golf Day
Time is running out to join us at the Commercial Motor Golf Day, which takes place on 22 July at Lambourne Golf Club, Burnham.The competition is made up of 25 teams of four (100 players total), and it is almost full to capacity.The format will be a four-ball full handicap ...
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ArticleWhistl’s Posthub wins blue chip customers in first six months
Logistics, parcels and mail firm Whistl has landed a tranche of new customers for its Posthub operation since its launch in January this year.New clients for the Bristol-based business include Radio Times, Harrods and Graham and Green.Read more Whistl to open three new e-fulfilment sites creating 200 jobs ...
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ArticleFelixstowe Port shakes up haulier training after “incorrectly parked” truck crushed by container
Hauliers driving around Felixstowe Port are to receive enhanced training aids after an “incorrectly parked” truck was crushed by a container in April, trapping the driver inside.An investigation by port authorities has found that the lorry, which was crushed by a 40ft container lowered by crane onto the cab roof ...
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ArticleBowring Transport fights back to recovery after tragic loss of MD and tough pandemic lockdown
Family firm Bowring Transport has seen business return to pre-Covid levels after an annus horribilis which saw the sudden loss of the firm’s much loved MD David Bowring from pancreatic cancer in January 2020, closely followed by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown.The company, which is based in Mansfield ...
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ArticleAsset Alliance wins bid to supply Isuzu Grafter to Pearsons of Duns
Asset Alliance Group has won a competitive tender to supply a new Isuzu Grafter to building materials supplier Pearsons of Duns to support deliveries to customers with difficult access.Supplied on a hire purchase basis, the 3.5 tonne truck will be used for the supply and delivery of home heating fuels ...
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ArticleLogistics industry in crisis talks with DfT as driver shortages hit food supplies
The RHA is meeting with transport minister Baroness Vere and DfT officials tomorrow to demand urgent action on the driver shortage crisis as goods continue to disappear from supermarket shelves across the country and the hospitality industry struggles to get sufficient supplies.The meeting comes as wholesalers and suppliers warned this ...
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ArticleMajor wholesalers warn of food shortages and wage and price inflation as HGV driver crisis worsens
Food wholesaler BidCorp and the National Buying Consortium are calling on the government to take urgent action to tackle the shortage of HGV drivers and warehouse operatives or face worsening food shortages and price inflation across the UK.The warning comes ahead of a meeting tabled for tomorrow (June 15) between ...
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ArticleGlasgow City seals £7m deal with Farid Hillend Engineering and Arcola for 19 hydrogen-powered RCVs
Recycling vehicle manufacturer Farid Hillend Engineering, in partnership with Arcola Energy, has won a £7m contract by Glasgow City Council to deliver and maintain 19 hydrogen fuel powered trucks.The deal, revealed at a recent council meeting, will see the fleet of 26-tonne hydrogen fuel cell electric refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) ...
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ArticleBRC Haulage and director fined almost £10,000 for illegally dumping waste
A haulage company and its director have been fined £9,923 for moving waste in and out of an illegal waste site in Fineshade, Northamptonshire.Peterborough firm BRC Haulage and its director Robert Canavan pleaded guilty to a number of charges at Northampton Magistrates Court last week.These included three charges of illegally ...
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TPN opens second pop-up hub in Coventry to meet demand surge
The Pallet Network (TPN) has launched a second pop-up hub at Coventry, transforming an unoccupied industrial unit into a fully operational site in just one week.It replaces TPN’s first pop-up hub which it created in the unoccupied NEC during the first Covid-19 pandemic lockdown in 2020.TPN said the pop-up hub ...
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ArticleBuoyant pharma sector helps Kammac triple profit in 2020
Kammac saw its pre-tax profit more than triple last year, with turnover up by over 70%, driven by “new opportunities” in the pharmaceutical sector.The family firm, which was founded by MD Paul Kammac in 1988, operates depots in Burton, Knowsley, Manchester, Worksop and its Skelmersdale headquarters near Liverpool.Reporting its latest ...
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ArticleNew five-year deal sees Unipart Logistics strengthen ties with Jaguar Land Rover
Unipart Logistics has landed a five-year deal to run the new, custom-built Jaguar Land Rover global parts logistics centre at Appleby Magna in Leicestershire, which will open in 2022.Unipart has been selected by Jaguar Land Rover to provide aftermarket parts logistics for both the Jaguar and Land Rover luxury automotive ...
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ArticleLack of electric vans threatens economic recovery, warns BVRLA
The vehicle rental and leasing industry is sounding the alarm on a lack of vans which it warns could hamper the UK’s economic recovery.Findings from the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association’s (BVRLA) latest Business Impact Survey show that, whilst the sector is much more optimistic about economic recovery than ...
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ArticleCall for army to help deliver food supplies as HGV driver shortage deepens
UK distributors are calling for the army to be mobilised to prevent the imminent breakdown of the country’s food supply chain, due to a critical shortage of HGV drivers.The Federation of Wholesale Distributors (FWD) warned this week that its members are struggling to get food deliveries out to the supermarkets, ...
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ArticleX2 (UK) secures one-stop-shop 4PL packaged oils distribution contract
X2 (UK) has won a £4.5m contract for the distribution of packaged oils across the UK and Ireland for manufacturer ADM in Purfleet.The 4PL said the three-year contract would simplify ADM’s current multi-haulier solution by providing a single management function, with X2 overseeing the planning, optimisation, customer booking in, delivery, ...
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ArticleWasteCare adds Isuzu 3.5 tonners for gas cylinder collection
Recycling firm WasteCare has continued its 20-year relationship with Isuzu by adding 10 new 3.5-tonne Grafters to its fleet for the first time.The N35.125 (E) dropside rigids have been put to work in the company’s gas cylinder recycling division where they are repatriating used gas cylinders from local authorities, waste ...
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Hauliers urged to object to 'ludicrous' plan to prevent HGVs stopping on any road in Kent
The RHA has accused Kent County Council (KCC) of “an abuse of process” following its attempt to permanently ban HGVs from stopping on roads in the county.A temporary ban introduced in January in seven Kent boroughs was widely criticised, with Logistics UK complaining that both the DfT and the council ...
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ArticleFerguson Transport expands business with metal fabricator
Cramlington-based Fergusons Transport has expanded its partnership with design specialist Universal Wolf, following a successful tie-in to build and deliver 750 NHS Covid beds.The haulier said the manufacturer now uses Fergusons trucks and trailers to transport its goods across the country and its “strong business collaboration” has resulted in it ...