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All Motor Transport articles in 2022 – Page 74
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Asda faces delivery disruption as HGV drivers vote for strike action after rejecting pay offer
Asda is facing serious delays to deliveries after thousands of the supermarket’s lorry drivers joined warehouse staff and clerical workers in voting to reject the retailer’s latest pay offer.Almost 70% of the 8,000 GMB members polled turned down the below inflation pay offer. In addition, nearly 80% of the HGV ...
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ArticleHGV driver killed and trucks overturned as wave of storms hits UK
Photo: Derbyshire PoliceHauliers have been battling the impact of successive storms that have raged across the UK over past few days, with one HGV driver suffering head injuries after his truck was blown into a bridge and another killed after high winds threw him 12 foot off the back of ...
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ArticleYoungs back on acquisition trail as focus turns to containers market
Purfleet-based Youngs Transportation and Logistics has acquired the transport division of Southampton-based container business Eldapoint.Youngs move into the full container load (FCL) market will increase its presence in Southampton and London Gateway by a further 40% and comes amid increasing demand, the company said.It follows the acquisition of Warrington-based groupage ...
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ArticleMAN Truck & Bus accelerates net-zero transition
MAN HGV e-trucks will begin rolling off the production line in early 2024, almost a year earlier than planned, the manufacturer has announced.MAN truck & Bus, which is promising prompt delivery of an initial 200 units in 2024, is also developing a range of e-Mobility solutions and charging options.Alexander Vlaskamp, ...
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ArticleVolta Zero set for production as manufacturer lands £191.5m funding boost
Electric vehicle manufacturer Volta Trucks has raised €230m (£191.5m) with its latest funding round which will be used to ramp up the company’s roll out of the Volta Zero.This latest capital raise will fund all the company’s engineering and business operations through until after the start of series production of ...
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ArticleGuidance launched to help drivers better use advanced emergency braking systems
HGV drivers and operators need to better understand how advanced emergency braking systems (AEBS) work, according to Driving for Better Business.The company has recently launched online guidance on the life-saving technology in collaboration with Thatcham Research.AEBS, also referred to as autonomous and automatic braking systems, activates the brakes when a ...
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ArticleClipper Logistics “minded” to accept GXO’s near £1bn acquisition
GXO is set to buy Clipper Logistics in a move which sees the US logistics giant ramp up its acquisition drive in the UK and turbo-charge consolidation in the UK logistics market.Announcing the offer in a joint statement, Clipper Logistics and US-listed GXO said the deal would create a “compelling ...
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ArticleWincanton opens new distribution centre for client Screwfix
Wincanton has launched a new distribution centre at Daresbury in Cheshire for its client Screwfix.The 370,000sq ft site, which is Screwfix’s fifth distribution centre, will create an additional 400 jobs in the north-west of England, the company said this week.The distribution centre will be fully operational by May 2022 and ...
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ArticleEight-year jail term ruled correct sentence for trucker who caused triple-fatal crash while on dating site
An eight-year jail sentence handed to a lorry driver who killed three people when he ploughed into their vehicles while looking at his mobile phone will not be referred to the Court of Appeal to determine whether it was too lenient.Ion Onut was sentenced last month following a “truly harrowing” ...
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ArticleSmall steps towards lower emissions will make huge difference, hauliers told
Haulage firms can take small steps to reduce harmful emissions from their vehicles’ exhausts that don’t require significant investment and add up to a big difference overall, according to greentech company SulNOx.Its call to businesses came after England’s chief medical officer Sir Chris Whitty gave a keynote speech at the ...
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ArticleIllegal immigrants still flocking into UK hidden in HGVs, new research reveals
Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants continue to arrive into the UK hidden inside HGVs, contradicting theories that tighter port security is forcing them to travel by boat instead, according to a research group.Migration Watch UK said 70,000 clandestines have attempted to enter the country via lorries since 2014 – ...
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ArticlePolice target Staffordshire in clampdown on cargo theft
A surge in the number of thefts from HGVs has prompted Staffordshire police to focus its resources on hot-spot areas and issue security advice to lorry drivers.The force said that in January alone, drivers in the county reported stolen cargo and their vehicles being tampered with on 17 occasions.This month, ...
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ArticleEuropa Flow generates £1.8m a month in duty deferred to buck Brexit trading downturn
Europa Worldwide Group said its customs product, Europa Flow, was helping customers buck the downward trend on trading levels created by Brexit and highlighted by MPs in a scathing report.The logistics operator was responding to the recent findings by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which concluded that the only detectable ...
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ArticleOxfordshire council to launch new freight strategy after Burford HGV ban is overturned
A ban on lorries weighing more than 7.5-tonnes from driving through an Oxfordshire town has been revoked following a raft of complaints that HGVs were being diverted to other villages.An experimental traffic regulation order (ETRO) in parts of Burford had been in place for 18 months, but the county council ...
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ArticleTruckers force drunk HGV driver to stop on A1 before calling police
An “extremely dangerous and selfish” HGV driver was so drunk behind the wheel, it took 16 hours in custody before he was in a fit state to be questioned, according to police.Polish national Petro Dziadevuch (pictured), 65, was jailed for 16 weeks after he was spotted on the A1 driving ...
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ArticleFowler Welch takes a slice of Panattoni Park Aylesford
Fowler Welch has signed a 15-year lease for an environmentally sustainable 97,891sq ft facility at Kent’s Panattoni Park Aylesford.Joining logistics giant DHL at the site, the temperature controlled logistics operator signed the pre-lease agreement for the facility, which includes several zero-carbon technologies and enhanced sustainability features, as well as 20 ...
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ArticleOperators switch to 'just-in-case' stockpiling strategy
The fragility of a just-in-time supply chain strategy was exposed in the last 18 months and operators are pivoting towards a just-in-case set-up to build resilience, according to a new report.Weightmans’ report into how UK firms have responded to seismic changes brought about by the pandemic, Brexit and climate change ...
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Article'Renault tippers won't give us breakdown problems,' plant hire firm insists
Ipswich-based JT Few Plant Hire has put four new Renault tippers into service to keep pace with increasing demand.The C430 8x4s, fitted with Marshall’s Hardox Lightweight Tipping Bodies, were put into service in December with an additional two joining in January.The firm said another four C430 eight wheelers are planned ...
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ArticleHGV registrations rise as construction sector rebounds
New HGV registrations increased by almost 13% year-on-year in 2021, driven by growth in sectors such as construction, according to the SMMT.However, global shortages of semiconductors, coupled with supply constraints affecting steel and aluminium, hit availability, resulting in 7,571 fewer HGV units registered compared to the pre-pandemic average.The SMMT said ...
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ArticleWhistl offers two-hour delivery on small parcels after trial
Parcel broker Whistl said it would be offering its Whistl Parcels and Parcelhub customers Yodel’s Xpect Mini and Medium two-hour delivery window services following a successful trial.Xpect Mini covers parcels up to 45cm long and weighing up to 3kg, with the medium service for parcels up to 90cm long and ...