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ArticleJackknifed truck left hanging off motorway bridge over A2
Picture: Highways EnglandKent police said road closures on the A2 and M25 had been reopened after an HGV collided with a roadside barrier on the M25 and was left hanging precariously off a bridge.The M25 was closed anti-clockwise at junction 2 south of Dartford for more than 12 hours and ...
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ArticleDHL Supply Chain to partner with BP Retail for four more years
DHL Supply Chain has extended its contract with BP Retail and will manage its transport and warehousing for a further four years.It said it would continue to operate tri-temperature product storage as well as pick, pack and distribution, servicing all 324 of BP’s company owned and operated stores across the ...
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ArticleQuarry extension may be blocked amid row over increased HGV traffic
Plans to extend a quarry in South Yorkshire have attracted dozens of objections, despite the number of predicted HGVs remaining the same and a “markedly low” road traffic incident rate.Breedon Southern submitted the proposals to extend the Holme Hall Quarry near Stainton to around 31.6ha and included a number of ...
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ArticleDriver Hire offers "HGV licence acquisition service"
Driver Hire is enabling existing HGV drivers to advance their career by helping them requalify up to a C+E licence.The new service provides face-to-face training as well as a platform for professional drivers to gain the skills they need quickly and easily, so that they can boost their earnings potential.Driver ...
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ArticleStobart Energy partners with Bridgestone
Stobart Energy and Bridgestone have teamed up for the first time, with the biomass fuel supplier opting to run its fleet exclusively on Duravis 002 tyres.Stobart Energy logistics director Simon Cartwright (pictured left with Bridgestone UK fleet sales manager Ian Davis) said: “We were well aware of the quality and ...
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ArticleXPO appoints chief financial officer for GXO Logistics spin-off
XPO Logistics has named Baris Oran (pictured) as the chief financial officer for its intended spin-off, GXO Logistics.The new business had been created to capitalise on the growth in e-commerce and omnichannel retail and a shift toward outsourcing supply chain services.Oran, who was mostly recently CFO at Turkish Sabanci Group ...
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ArticleDfT and Highways England threatened with "formal legal action" over smart motorways
The risk of being involved in a breakdown on a stretch of all-lanes running (ALR) smart motorway is 216% higher than on a standard motorway because there is no hard shoulder for drivers to move to, according to a damning new report.The study, commissioned by Irwin Mitchell solicitors and prepared ...
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ArticleMiniclipper Logistics invests £5.5m in fleet upgrade and site relocation
Miniclipper Logistics is celebrating half a century of trading with a £5.5m investment in a new four acre site, as well as truck and trailer acquisitions.The company, which launched in 1971, will relocate its entire transport operation on 12 April to the Dunstable premises and this will be topped off ...
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ArticleIR35 rules kick in with onus on operators to check driver status
Operators must check their drivers comply with the new IR35 tax regulations which kicked in this week or risk being fined by HMRC, the RHA is warning.From 6 April large and medium-sized haulage companies – with net turnover of above £10m or employing 50 or more staff – will no ...
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ArticleEPIC consortium awarded £31.9m to develop long range electric HGV
A consortium led by HGV drivetrain systems developer Meritor has been awarded £31.9m of government funding to develop a “game changing” heavy duty electric truck.The consortium - which also includes engineering firm Danfoss Editron and Electra Commercial Vehicles, a UK integrator of battery electric commercial vehicles - is known as ...
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ArticleLeicester CAZ scrapped as air quality improves
Leicester City Council has scrapped plans for a Clean Air Zone (CAZ) that would have seen non-Euro-6 trucks and buses charged £50 a day to enter the area.The council said this week that the Air Quality Action Plan it produced in 2015 has led to such “huge” improvements in the ...
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ArticleXPO to run Waitrose Leyland DC as John Lewis Partnership undertakes major restructuring
XPO Logistics is to operate the Waitrose distribution centre in Leyland on behalf of the John Lewis Partnership.The move is part of a major restructuring by the retailer as it struggles with falling sales, exacerbated by the pandemic, which has seen it recently announce the closure of eight more shops ...
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ArticleUK testing regime for incoming HGV drivers launches
Lorry drivers who arrive in the UK from today (6 April) must take a Covid-19 test within 48 hours of their arrival or face a £2,000 fine, the DfT is warning.The new rules are part of government measures to try to halt the spread of new Covid-19 variants in the ...
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ArticleHenry Colbeck boosts fleet with three new Supra 750 units
Fish and chip shop supplier Henry Colbeck has taken delivery of three new 26-tonne MAN rigid trucks, each mounted with a Carrier Transicold Supra 750 unit.The new MAN TGS vehicles join Henry Colbeck’s 33-strong refrigerated fleet, which is split between the company’s Coatbridge site and its main base in Gateshead.The ...
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ArticlePolice in new alert over cargo and fuel thefts after further major incidents
Police are calling on HGV drivers to report anything suspicious when parked up at motorway service areas (MSAs) after a slew of thefts last month.Thieves are targeting MSAs across the UK’s road network, resulting in thousands of pounds of goods and fuel being stolen, according to the latest findings from ...
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ArticleDP World set to invest £40m in Southampton Freeport this year
Deep water port DP World Southampton is set to be transformed with £40m of infrastructure investment, after receiving Freeport status last month.Work on the port, which is Britain’s second largest container terminal, will begin this year with the aim of elevating it to a premier international freight and logistics hub.The ...
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ArticleHauliers left in limbo as BOC withdraws LNG supply from UK
Hauliers have been forced to park up their LNG-fuelled lorries after gas supplier BOC withdrew from the UK market.Robert Gilmour, transport manager at Lesmahagow-based GBT Group, said: “BOC stopped supply about a month ago.“We heard rumours they were going to stop and then they said, we’re pulling out of it ...
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ArticleNational Crime Agency breaks up alleged people smuggling ring in Hertfordshire
National Crime Agency (NCA) officers swooped on a suspected people smuggling operation in South Mimms on Tuesday (30 March).The agency said it moved in as part of an investigation into organised immigration crime and after NCA officers witnessed a Romanian registered lorry being broken into at the Hertfordshire services in ...
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ArticleUPN shrugs off Brexit and Covid concerns to make “significant progress”
UPN has hailed the “significant progress” it made last year, after turnover grew by almost 4% to £9.9m.The pallet network also saw a reduction in its pre-tax profit for the year ending 31 March 2020, to £2.4m from £3.4m in 2019.However, it said that when adjusting for duplicated costs across ...
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ArticleGovernment's patch and mend road strategy has failed, new report claims
The government’s strategy for roads funding has been branded “a failure” after money was used repeatedly to fill in potholes and not address the resilience of the network, according to a report.The Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) said inconsistent funding has resulted in wasteful patch and mend repairs, with local authorities ...