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Month: April 2020

Industry News

Post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland must be free of red tape, FTA demands

April 30, 2020 Chris Tindall

Flexible, frictionless trade between Northern Ireland (NI) and GB is vitally important to the continued success of its economy, according to the FTA, which has published key measures needed before Brexit concludes on 31 December.

Industry News

Moto extends free food offer to more sites and adds hot drinks deal

April 30, 2020 Chris Tindall

Moto’s free food for HGV drivers offer is being extended to an additional 14 sites, with free hot drinks for them too.

News

Collapsed Hertfordshire haulier lost major contracts after rapid expansion

April 30, 2020 Chris Tindall

Hertfordshire-based Carters Haulage entered administration after expanding from one lorry to 40 in just three years to service a blue chip client and then losing the business months later.

News

Kent hauliers team up to donate 1,000 face visors to local hospital

April 30, 2020 Chris Tindall

Castledene Transport in Kent has teamed up with fellow hauliers Lenham Storage and Alan Firmin to donate 1,000 face visors to a local hospital after discovering the vital PPE was sitting on a floor in Gillingham.

News

Driver shortage and loss of key customers forced haulier into administration, report concludes

April 30, 2020 Chris Tindall

A Redditch haulier closed down with the loss of 39 jobs after it lost two major customers amid an ongoing struggle to recruit drivers, according to its administrator.

Industry News

RHA announces “breakthrough” in talks with government over grants for struggling hauliers

April 30, 2020 Steve Hobson

The RHA is growing more optimistic that the government will provide extra support for the road transport industry after weeks of “frustrating” discussions with roads minister Baroness Vere.

Industry News

Roads minister: “Nation will owe haulage and logistics workers a huge debt of gratitude”

April 30, 2020 Admin Support

“The whole nation will owe haulage and logistics workers a huge debt of gratitude,” according to Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Roads and Transport Security, Baroness Vere of Norbiton.

Industry News

Improved driver behaviour a top benefit from fitting camera systems to fleets, reveals new MT operator survey

April 30, 2020 Hayley Pink

Driver behaviour topped the list for operators when it came to improvements found from fitting camera systems to their HGV fleets.

News

“April figures a disaster but customers reopening,” major haulier reveals

April 29, 2020 Tim Wallace

Cambridgeshire haulier Welch’s Transport has admitted its figures for April will be “a disaster” as it struggles with only 60-70% of normal volumes.

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SPONSORED: Sustainability in the haulage industry

April 29, 2020 Sponsored Support

Sustainability is a hot topic as of late. Open any mainstream news website and it won’t take you long to find content focused on anything from limiting pollution to reducing waste plastic.

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DfT to accelerate safety improvements to All Lane Running motorways

by Carol Millett in Industry News

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has pledged that new motorways that have no hard shoulder - known as All Lane Running (ALR) motorways - will only open if technology is in place to spot stopped or [...]

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 ...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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LoCITY Fuels in Action helps

Posted by Admin on Mar 28, 20181

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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