July 2017 Archives

Aldi Stores to pay £1m fine after powered pallet truck incident

July 31, 2017 Ashleigh Wight

Aldi Stores has been fined £1m after a driver needed two toes amputated following an incident with a powered pallet truck.

Clipper Logistics’ turnover and pre-tax profit up as retail strategy pays off

July 28, 2017 Chris Druce

Clipper Logistics has delivered another strong performance, and predicted it will continue as its evolving model of serving retailers’ growing e-fulfilment and product return needs bears fruit.

Industry News

Fors teams up with Licence Bureau to offer members licence checking service

July 28, 2017 Grace Wood

Fors has signed up Licence Bureau, the driver licence checking service, to provide operators with a system to ensure drivers have the correct licences and qualifications.

XPO Logistics partners with chemical and lab specialist VWR International in three-year deal

July 28, 2017 Grace Wood

XPO Logistics has won a three-year contract to provide logistics for chemical and laboratory specialist VWR International.

Europa Road chooses Renault Trucks for UK fleet after long-term trial

July 27, 2017 Grace Wood

Europa Road, a division of Europa Worldwide Group, has spent £2m on 23 Renault Trucks after a successful two-year trial with RH Commercial Vehicles.

Live: Government air quality plan

July 26, 2017 Emma Shone

The government’s much anticipated report into improving air quality in the UK is released today (26 July). MT takes a look at the report and responses to it from across the industry.

TNT Express still processing manually a month after cyber attack

July 26, 2017 Emma Shone

TNT Express is still processing parcels manually nearly a month after it was hit by a worldwide cyber attack, and has predicted it may not be able to recover the data lost in the incident.

Line of trucks queue to access Calais port

Kuehne + Nagel ups security warning for its drivers at Calais port after brick attack

July 26, 2017 Carol Millett

Kuehne + Nagel has raised the security risk for its drivers in Calais to its highest level after an HGV driver was severely injured and had his vehicle hijacked in the area last week.

Operators call for action against rising demand for extended credit terms

July 26, 2017 Carol Millett

Operators are calling for action against a rise in clients demanding extended credit terms, MT has learnt.

Tesco to offer same day grocery delivery service across the UK from next month

July 25, 2017 Chris Druce

Tesco will offer customers a same-day online grocery delivery service across the UK by the end of August.

Spotlight

Asset Alliance Group Industry Monitor 2018, in association with Motor Transport

by Christopher Walton in News

This report is a barometer of the health and confidence of the UK road transport and commercial vehicle sector in 2018. It looks at the number of businesses running commercial vehicles in the UK, how [...]

LoCITY Fuels in Action helps freight operators understand market for alternative fuels

By Christopher Walton and Colin Barnett A Fuels in Action event at Kempton Park in Surrey last week (20 March) was the ...

Shell opens second hydrogen fuel pump, but remains focused on full ‘mosaic’ of alternative fuels

By the end of 2018, Shell will have opened three new hydrogen refuelling pumps on sites around London.But the fuel giant says ...

Electric vehicle uptake would improve with better distributor and operator collaboration

Improved collaboration between electric vehicle operators and electricity distributors will see a substantial increase of battery-powered vehicles on the roads of London, ...

LoCITY Fuels in Action helps

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Shell opens second hydrogen fuel

Posted by Emma Shone on Mar 28, 20182

Electric vehicle uptake would improve

Posted by Christopher Walton on Mar 22, 20183

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