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Abandon charging clean air zones for business friendly alternatives, demands the RHA
The RHA has called on councils to think twice before hitting hauliers and local business with the expense of charging clean air zones, after Southampton abandoned the approach.Southampton City Council turned its back on plans to charge vehicles to enter its proposed CAZ last week.The council said £15m-worth of air ...
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ArticleTransport jobs to go as part of a wave of redundancies at Ford
Car manufacturer Ford is planning to cut around 150 transportation jobs during the next two years as part of a major restructuring of its European division.The restructuring, announced last week, will also see the loss of 1,000 jobs at the manufacturer’s plant in Brigend, South Wales. The cuts are part ...
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Palletways' Rase Distribution brings in residential delivery ban for pallets of more than 750kg
Palletways member Rase Distribution has hardened its stance on pallet weights and is now refusing to deliver anything over 750kg in weight to residential addresses.In November last year the Lincolnshire haulier informed Palletways and its members it would no longer deliver any pallets over 750kg on tail-lift deliveries to residential ...
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CLEAN AIR ROADSHOW
Brought to you byNeed to find out more about the introduction of the forthcoming low-emission zones (LEZs) in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen? Then put 26 March in your diary.The Scottish Government has committed to introducing LEZs across four cities by 2020, while further areas will come into scope by ...
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Palletways paid £100,000 for member Systematic Logistics International
Palletways bought member company Systematic Logistics International (SLI) for just £100,000, the firm's administrator has revealed.The company, which had an annual turnover of approximately £10m, was sold via a pre-pack administration in November.The move saved one of the pallet network’s longest serving haulier-members and protected 64 jobs - consisting mainly ...
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ArticleRoss Eggleton leaves chief executive role at NFT; joint MDs appointed
Ross Eggleton has left his role as chief executive of NFT to become a senior advisor at its parent company EV Cargo.Eggleton was promoted to chief executive, effective from January 2018, at NFT in 2017 having joined the chilled food operator the same year as chief operating officer from supermarket ...
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ArticleUK hauliers have one more week to apply for EU transport permits
Operators have just one more week to apply for European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) permits that will allow them to continue transporting goods in the EU in the event of a no-deal Brexit.In December, the DfT extended the deadline for operators to apply for one of the 984 ...
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Duncan Eyre in as MD of CM Downton as brothers step aside at family firm
The Downton brothers have stepped down from the day to day running of CM Downton, with the former MD of Bibby Distribution Duncan Eyre taking the reins.The succession follows CM Downton’s purchase by EmergeVest last year and subsequent role within the recently formed EV Cargo.Andy, Richard and John Downton have ...
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EV Cargo reveals operating division heads as conglomerate takes shape
EmergeVest, the private-equity firm that created EV Cargo from some of road transport’s best-known names last autumn, has revealed who will head each of its four divisions.EV Cargo’s operating divisions and the companies that make them up are: Express (Palletforce); Global Forwarding (Allport Cargo Services); Logistics (CM Downton, NfT and ...
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Fortec Distribution Network to find out if it faces HSE sanction shortly
Fortec is expected to learn shortly if it will need to spend any of a £500,000 contingency fund put in place after a site incident in 2016 that triggered an HSE investigation.Fortec MD Adrian Bradley, confirmed to MT that the incident occurred in October 2016, but added: “There has since ...
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CLEAN AIR ROADSHOW
Commercial vehicle operators and local businesses running vans or trucks, are invited to a free half-day roadshow on 6 March to hear first-hand from Bath & North East Somerset Council about plans for a proposed charging Clean Air Zone (CAZ) in central Bath.Along with 27 other authorities, the council has ...
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ArticleSouthampton ditches plans for a charging clean air zone
Southampton City Council has abandoned plans to charge vehicles to enter its proposed clean air zone (CAZ).It said £15m-worth of air quality projects already in action over the past three years have slashed nitrogen dioxide (NOx) levels by 24% in the most polluted areas. These include cleaner city buses, freight ...
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DfT remains fully committed to UK platoon truck trial this spring
The DfT remains fully committed to conducting a lorry platoon trial this year on UK roads, despite Daimler’s announcement this week that the commercial benefits of the technology appear negligible.Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week Martin Daum, CEO of Daimler Trucks and Buses, said that ...
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ArticleFinal chance to have your say on TfL's Direct Vision Standard and Safe System permits
TfL has launched the final consultation on its Direct Vision Standard (DVS) and associated Safe System permits.The scheme, first announced by London mayor Sadiq Khan in September 2016, will rate lorries over 12 tonnes from zero to five stars according to the level of direct vision a driver has from ...
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ArticleHazchem Network looks to the future with confidence after move to new Hinckley hub
The Hazchem Network is looking to boost volumes this year after opening a new 10-acre hub in Hinckley, Leicestershire this week.The move follows the arrival of new MD Rob Symes, replacing co-founder Ali Karim, who left the network in November last year.Karim launched the network with co-founder Jim Scanlan in ...
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ArticleWincanton off to a healthy new year with double Weetabix win
Wincanton has won two new five-year contracts with well-known breakfast brand The Weetabix Food Company to provide transport, warehousing and co-packing.The deal will see Wincanton take on the operation of four Northamptonshire-based warehouses where goods are stored and co-packed for retail promotion: three located in Corby, one in Burton Latimer.In ...
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ArticleNFT Distribution opts for new Renault Range T tractors and Schmitz Cargobull reefer trailers
NFT Distribution has added 82 Renault Range T460 6x2 tractor units with sleeper cabs and 40 new Schmitz Cargobull tri-axle reefer trailers to its fleet in a bid to cut fuel use and emissions.The addition of the new trucks - the first in NFT’s striking new livery - follows a ...
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ArticleOcado opens Gasrec-built grid-connected CNG refuelling hub
Online retailer Ocado has opened a new grid-connected compressed natural gas (CNG) refuelling facility as part of a wider £3m investment in gas technology across the fleet.Sited at Ocado’s Hatfield customer fulfilment centre, it will be used to refuel 29 Iveco Stralis NP tractor units that joined the firm’s fleet ...
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ArticleHGV operators invited to Scottish Low-Emission Zone Roadshow
Need to find out more about the introduction of the forthcoming low-emission zones (LEZs) in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen? Then put 26 March in your diary.The Scottish Government has committed to introducing LEZs across four cities by 2020, while further areas will come into scope by 2023.To explain how ...
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Daimler turns back on truck platooning but still sees an autonomous future
Daimler is pulling the plug on its platooning programme after its real world trials delivered disappointing fuel savings due to traffic frequently interrupting the flow of the platoon.The Mercedes-Benz manufacturer’s announcement comes as the UK prepares to launch its first on-road HGV platooning trial this spring using DAF trucks.Speaking at ...