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Covid and electric vehicles huge opportunities for rejuvenated Fraikin

January 12, 2021 Steve Hobson

While Fraikin doesn’t replace its MDs quite as often as West Brom replaces its managers – seven in the last five years – Darren Hall is the third person to take charge of the French-owned contract hire firm since 2016.

Interviews

Go with the Flow for quality assured online training for all logistics workers

December 29, 2020 Steve Hobson

Despite the high proportion of the 2 million people working in UK logistics that are mobile or remote workers, there has been a lack of a coherent and quality assured online training to help their career development. But that is now changing with the launch of Flow.

Industry News

Highways England gets behind CALM drivers campaign

November 15, 2020 Steve Hobson

Highways England is backing the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) to help raise awareness of mental health issues, focusing on commercial vehicle drivers.

Awards

DPD again the big winners as Motor Transport Awards winners revealed in online presentation

October 8, 2020 Steve Hobson

DPD was again the big winner in the 2020 Motor Transport Awards, coming out on top in five of the seven categories in which it was shortlisted, taking its tally of trophies to 34 and overtaking TNT.

Industry News

CM Show put skills shortage in the spotlight

October 1, 2020 Steve Hobson

Skills shortages is a constant theme for the logistics sector that was tackled on day two of the virtual Commercial Motor Show.

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Minister puts onus on freight industry to prepare for no-deal Brexit and avoid cross-Channel delays

September 23, 2020 Steve Hobson

The prospect of long delays to freight traffic heading through Kent to the Channel ports has again been raised in a letter from Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove MP – seen by the BBC – warning that there could be queues of up to 7,000 trucks in the event of a no-deal end to the Brexit transition period at the end of December.

Air quality

Volta Zero battery electric truck designed to save lives as well as the planet

September 3, 2020 Steve Hobson

Anglo-Swedish electric vehicle start up Volta Trucks has officially launched its 16-tonne GVW battery electric urban delivery truck, the Volta Zero. Designed as an EV from the ground up, CEO Rob Fowler said the vehicle was “available now to meet customers’ desire to decarbonise”.

Operator News

TBOOCV-19: Will goodwill towards freight transport last beyond Covid-19?

August 28, 2020 Steve Hobson

In the last of our current series of Trucking Britain out of Covid-19 surveys, we asked if operators expect the surge of goodwill towards the logistics industry will last beyond the pandemic.

Awards

Motor Transport Awards 2020 move online

August 14, 2020 Steve Hobson

It probably won’t come as a huge shock that this year’s Motor Transport Awards are moving online.

Industry News

Transport minister to open inaugural virtual Commercial Motor Show

August 5, 2020 Steve Hobson

Baroness Vere, parliamentary under-Secretary of state for transport, is to open the virtual Commercial Motor Show on 29 September.

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Spotlight

DPD European Road Service reopens after suspension

by Tim Wallace in News

DPD has restarted parcel deliveries to Europe after suspending the service last week.

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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