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Number of disqualified transport managers falls by over a third, OTC report reveals
The number of transport managers disqualified for non-compliance fell by over a third last year, according to the latest annual report from the Office of the Traffic Commissioner.The report for the year to 31 March 2020 revealed that 88 transport managers were disqualified in the period, compared to 103 in ...
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Associated Cold Stores and Transport sees pre-tax profit hit by loss of customer
Food logistics specialist Associated Cold Stores and Transport (ACS&T) took a pre-tax profit hit last year after a major customer terminated a contract with the company.Despite receiving a termination settlement payment of over £1m, the company’s pre-tax profits for the year fell to £1.8m (2018: £2.2m) with turnover falling to ...
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Pallet-Track member Kammac signs up with United Pallet Network
Pallet-Track member Kammac has joined United Pallet Network (UPN).The company, which is based in Skelmersdale near Liverpool, is replacing Preston haulier H Parkinson Haulage, which left UPN to concentrate on its core business.Kammac, which will continue to cover the WA postcode for Pallet-Track from its Molesley depot until the end ...
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Move to ban HGVs on Sundays “absolutely wrong”, says RHA
A plan by Hampshire County Council to cut freight movements across the county’s highways by banning truck movements on Sundays has been slammed by the RHA.The plan is part of the council’s policy to reduce the county’s carbon emissions.The strategy also proposes a new rule to stop HGVs from overtaking ...
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Hermes buys two new depots to meet e-commerce surge
Hermes has acquired two new depots in the north of England to meet rising demand driven by a surge in online shopping during the Covid-19 pandemic.The delivery company has purchased a 111,600sq ft depot at Europort Wakefield and a 47,704sq ft site at Boldon Business Park in Gateshead.The Gateshead acquisition ...
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Citroën's all-electric ë-Dispatch now open to UK orders
The all-electric Citroën ë-Dispatch is now available for operators to order in the UK.The manufacturer said the van offers the same advantages as conventionally-powered models, such as load volumes up to 6.6m3 and payloads up to 1,262kg.It is offered in three different lengths – 4.6m, 4.95m and 5.3m – to ...
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Suttons Tankers wins waste contract with Yorkshire Water
Suttons Tankers has landed a major ten-year contract for the transportation of bio-resources for Yorkshire Water.The Widnes-based company, which operates a fleet of 700 tankers, has been appointed by Yorkshire Water to help it deliver on its commitment to OFWAT to be the UK’s market leading bio-resources provider by 2025.Bio-resource ...
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Wincanton secures five-year extension with sofa firm Loaf
Wincanton has extended its warehousing contract with home furnishings firm Loaf for another five years as it moves to drive growth in the home, health and beauty sectors.The warehousing contract will be serviced from Wincanton’s new e-commerce facility in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, which will open next month.Wincanton manages the end-to-end supply ...
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Solihull council seeks commercial partners in pledge to match-fund low carbon home delivery trials
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is looking to partner with transport and logistics operators to trial solutions for low carbon consumer home delivery.As part of its Low Carbon Future Mobility project, the council’s initial focus will be on grocery, parcel and takeaway deliveries which it says have been accelerated by the ...
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Highways England raises roadworks speed limit to 60mph after successful trials
The speed limit on Highways England roadworks is to increase from 50mph to 60mph following extensive trials.The trials, carried out on eight road schemes, were launched in response to feedback from road users who said they were frustrated at not being able to go quicker.The pilot schemes found that drivers ...
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Commercial Motor Show to debate the fuels of the future
The Covid-19 pandemic is widely expected to give the government’s net zero carbon emissions strategy a big boost, and the new Commercial Motor Show virtual conference will take a look at the options for decarbonising heavy road transport.David Cebon, professor of mechanical engineering at Cambridge University, will compare the efficiency ...
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100 years ago: Motor Fuel Research.
Motor Transport was launched in 1905 as Motor Traction. Here we look back on a story published 100 years ago.MONDAY, JULY 26TH, 1920Progress of Investigations by the Fuel Research Board.On Thursday, July 15th, the Director of Fuel Research – Sir George Bielby – invited representatives of the press to attend ...
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Ashford lorry park will be no repeat of Stanford West, says DfT minister
The government is insisting its plans to build a lorry park outside Ashford, Kent ahead of Brexit are not a repeat of its Stanford West lorry park project.The park would have held 3,600 trucks but the plan was ditched in 2017 after the government decided not to fight a judicial ...
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Plan to install overhead cables on motorways for electric trucks moves step closer
A test track with electric overhead contact wire for hybrid trucks on an e-Highway in Luebeck, GermanyA £19.3bn plan to install overhead charging cables for electric lorries on the slow lanes of the UK’s motorways, which could help the UK meet its 200 zero carbon emissions target, has been published ...
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Meet the MT Awards shortlists - Safety in Operation sponsored by VisionTrack
Air ProductsAir Products set itself the ambitious goal of being the safest industrial gas company, with a target of zero accidents and incidents and a philosophy that all accidents are preventable. It has 353 drivers and 278 vehicles making approximately 220,000 deliveries a year to customers ranging from large industrial ...
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Pre-pack sale of West Midlands logistics firm cost management team £143,000
Logistics firm Amco Services (International) was sold in a pre-pack deal that cost its management team £143,000, according to new documents.The company called in the administrators in April after the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted a turnaround plan launched earlier in the year in response to mounting cash and ...
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Former staff of failed car transporter will now receive payout
Former employees of a Sheerness-based car transporter that entered administration just before Christmas are now expected to be paid all the money they are owed.Staff at Eulos.EU were told by the administrator that they may only receive 14p in the pound after the company collapsed on 23 December 2019.But in ...
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Dawsongroup Truck and Trailer adds to contract hire team
Dawsongroup Truck and Trailer has appointed a new national contract hire sales manager to bolster its team and support customers as they emerge from lockdown.The company said Richard Prosser (pictured) brings with him almost 30 years’ experience in the commercial vehicle industry and has spent time working for Scania GB ...
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Stewarts of Tayside orders 10 refrigerated trailers
A 16-year relationship between Stewarts of Tayside and Carrier Transicold shows no signs of thawing after the Perthshire fruit and veg firm took delivery of 10 new refrigerated trailers.The single-temperature Vector 1550 units are mounted to 13.6m Gray & Adams trailers and have been equally split between new additions to ...
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Acclaim Logistics signs Palletline deal
Acclaim MD Mark RobinsonAcclaim Logistics has partnered with Palletline, saying it will give customers greater choice in terms of pricing, pallet sizing and distribution options.The company offers flexible parcel and pallet distribution solutions in the Southampton area and with depots in Totton and on the Isle of Wight it can ...