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    Forward Solutions boosts customer success team

    2022-07-05T10:35:00Z

    (Left to right) Scott Manning and Chris Wood at MultimodalTechnology firm Forward Solutions has added transport specialists Chris Wood and Scott Manning to its team.The freight software development company, which provides IT systems for multimodal players across air, sea, road and rail freight, has taken on Wood and Manning as ...

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    Palletline Whitehead sets sights on FORS Silver

    2022-07-05T10:18:00Z

    Croydon-based Palletline Whitehead is aiming for FORS Silver accreditation after gaining a Bronze under the scheme for the second year running.The company, which is part of Palletline Logistics, services the South London postcode areas of CR, SM, SE, SW and KT and employs a team of 16. It operates a ...

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    BP and BOC to launch hydrogen refuelling network for HGVs in UK

    2022-07-05T09:52:00Z

    BP and BOC are joining forces to roll out a hydrogen refuelling network for HGVs across the UK, following a feasibility study, the joint venture announced today (5 July).The nine-month study looked at the various options for hydrogen distribution, dispensing costs and station design and concluded that the best way ...

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    Bretts Transport bounces back after lockdowns and driver shortage dent profits

    2022-07-04T16:12:00Z

    Bretts Transport said it had taken steps to address “pent-up demand” for haulage services following the pandemic, brought about by an acute shortage of drivers.The Cambridgeshire firm said it had boosted pay and conditions and modernised its fleet to attract and retain staff during current economic uncertainty.Following the publication of ...

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    North Air tanker drivers toast 9% pay rise

    2022-07-04T15:50:00Z

    Tanker drivers working for fuel supplier North Air are celebrating after their union secured a 9% pay increase for them, as well as a 9% increase in shift allowances.Unite said the deal meant drivers supplying fuel to Glasgow airport would see their total annual income go up by around £3,159.North ...

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    Trucksters agrees trailer deal with Heisterkamp Group

    2022-07-04T15:27:00Z

    Trucksters has struck a deal with rental firm Heisterkamp Group to incorporate 10 new semi-trailers into its fleet, featuring a host of safety features.Built by German firm Kässbohrer, the units are equipped with full LED lighting systems and reflectors, as well as having a robust structural design, large interior load ...

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    Michelin recruits Lee Hutchings as services and solutions director

    2022-07-04T15:25:00Z

    Michelin has appointed Lee Hutchings as director of services and solutions for the UK and Ireland.Hutchings will report directly to Andrew French, Michelin’s B2B sales director UK & Ireland, who he takes over from in his new role.As well as overseeing a division that looks after some of Michelin’s biggest ...

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    Transport for the North sets out plans and priorities

    2022-07-04T15:18:00Z

    Political and business leaders met at the Transport for the North (TfN) board meeting last week to discuss how it will continue to act with “one voice” for the North.Priorities for the year ahead include taking forward work to update the north’s independent economic review and the revision of the ...

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    Road Transport Expo a huge success

    2022-07-04T14:54:00Z

    Road Transport Expo burst onto the scene last week in spectacular style, as thousands of visitors headed to NAEC Stoneleigh to join in the action.A long time in the planning, this brand-new industry show with its “all about the truck” mantra, attracted more than 170 trade exhibitors, alongside a host ...

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    Trammell Crow Company starts work on major Milton Keynes logistics site

    2022-07-04T14:53:00Z

    Commercial real estate developer Trammell Crow Company (TCC) has begun work on its first European logistics site which will deliver three Grade A logistics buildings on a 19.4 acre site in Milton Keynes.The Milton Keynes site, located at Merton Drive, will contain three speculative logistics buildings totalling approximately 340,000 sq ...

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    Tevva launches 7.5-tonne hydrogen electric truck range

    2022-07-04T14:50:00Z

    Tevva has become the first company to mass produce hydrogen electric trucks in the UK with the launch of its 7.5-tonne vehicle.The Tilbury-based firm unveiled its new zero-emission model, alongside its latest full-battery electric HGV, at last week's Road Transport Expo in Warwickshire.Tevva said the vehicle will work for the ...

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    Evri launches final mile EV delivery trial with Zedify

    2022-07-04T14:36:00Z

    Delivery firm Evri, formerly known as Hermes UK, is trialling an electric-powered delivery solution in Bristol with last mile innovators, Zedify, using pedal-powered electric vehicles such as cargo bikes.Early data from the trial shows a 13% increase in efficiency, according to Evri, plus a 98% reduction in carbon in the ...

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    New MD and operations director formally take the helm at Expect Distribution

    2022-07-04T14:17:00Z

    New MD Matthew Kilner and operations director Andy Taylor officially take over Expect Distribution from founding chairman Robert Rushworth and former MD Neil Rushworth today (4 July), the logistics company has announced.The move marks the completion of their management buyout of the £40m turnover business earlier this year.Expect Distribution, which ...

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    Don't join motorway fuel price protests, RHA advises hauliers

    2022-07-04T13:48:00Z

    RHA is calling on hauliers not to join convoys of protestors taking part in go-slow demonstrations against high fuel prices which kicked off today (4 July) on motorways across the UK.The protestors are targeting three-lane motorways with the convoys driving slowly in two lanes - leaving the outside lane free.The ...

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    Royal Mail in fresh attack on Unite as strikes threaten to cause delivery chaos

    2022-07-04T13:30:00Z

    Royal Mail said it had written to Unite asking it stop using “misleading figures” after the trade union claimed it planned to cut 542 frontline delivery managers from the business.Summer strikes are now on the cards after a vote among workers resulted in 86% agreeing to walk out over apparent ...

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    Chancerygate sells major Dagenham urban logistics site to Blackrock

    2022-07-04T11:30:00Z

    A joint venture between Chancerygate, a fund managed by Credit Suisse Asset Management, and global real estate firm Hines, has forward sold a 172,000 sq ft urban logistics development in Dagenham to a fund managed by BlackRock, for an undisclosed sum.Dagenham Council has approved plans to speculatively build 15 Grade ...

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    East Lothian Council commissions Vision Techniques for new fleet safety equipment

    2022-07-04T11:10:00Z

    East Lothian Council has appointed Blackburn-based Vision Techniques to install a range of safety equipment to its latest addition of six new Dennis RCV vehicles.The contract sees Vision Techniques install its VT Elite Record 5 live camera system with event button and night sight cameras, including auto braking radar and ...

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    DHL Supply Chain promotes Nicki Hay as new HR senior vice president

    2022-07-04T10:50:00Z

    DHL Supply Chain has promoted Nicki Hay to the post of senior vice president of HR for the UK and Ireland.In her new role, Hay has a brief to drive operationally-focused HR, increase engagement, and see through positive culture change.Hay's previous post was as vice president of HR global ...

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    Sixty not out - Bob Terris celebrates his Diamond Jubilee

    2022-07-04T10:36:00Z

    While attention this year has understandably been focused on the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, a VIP of the transport industry is celebrating a Diamond Jubilee after recently passing the milestone of 60 years with his firm.Bob Terris, chairman of Meachers Global Logistics, joined the Meachers family coal merchant and transport company ...

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    Shortlist revealed for Motor Transport Awards 2022

    2022-07-04T10:17:00Z

    Motor Transport is delighted to announce the shortlist for the Motor Transport Awards 2022.Congratulations to all of our finalists and thank you to those who took the time to enter this year.Please note there is no shortlist for the Service to Industry Award and the winner will be revealed at ...