Interviews

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.

“Hauliers won’t change to electric when the technology doesn’t do the job!”

December 31, 2020 Admin Support

The government is ramping up its zero carbon agenda, but how keen are HGV operators to jump onboard when the technology is struggling to keep pace with the demands of running a fleet of vehicles?

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.

“We’ll help you save time and avoid big fines” – Sarah Llewelyn, head of Shell Fleet Solutions UK, on why its new tolling solution is vital to hauliers

December 10, 2020 Tim Wallace

For fleets transporting goods between the UK and Europe, this year has presented further challenges for drivers. Additional border checks have caused increased traffic, and in April, trucks in Europe saw their waiting times at border crossings increase by 28%, compared to pre-crisis levels.

“Everything’s picking up” – contract wins drive growth at Archbold

November 27, 2020 Tim Wallace

The old saying that you make your own luck could easily have been written for distribution specialist Archbold Logistics.

“We’ve had to right-size the business” – Simon Hobbs on a challenging first 10 months as Kinaxia chief executive

November 25, 2020 Tim Wallace

When Simon Hobbs says his induction as new Kinaxia boss wasn’t what he expected it sounds like the understatement of the year. Within weeks of taking the reins back in late January, the Covid crisis saw volumes across the group slump by 35% and cash quickly begin to drain.

‘Covid-19: the ultimate resilience test for a business,’ says Bibby Distribution chief

November 24, 2020 Hayley Pink

Bibby Distribution’s well-publicised restructure has seen the business dramatically change course over recent years from a jack-of-all trades to a master of full load logistics. Gone are low-margin contracts and diversification into driver agency, packaging and training divisions, replaced instead with a desire to strengthen core competencies. Alongside this, a move to a more efficient regional network structure with radial distribution from warehousing hubs has seen a significant reduction in operational costs. Guided at the helm by chief executive Richard […]

New association gives a voice to UK training providers

November 23, 2020 Chris Tindall

The launch of a new independent trade association for vocational transport training providers gives the sector a collective voice for the first time.

Natural gas – the future of long distance haulage?

October 22, 2020 John Kendall

In my archive, I have a Commercial Motor road test cutting, unusually with an accompanying video, dated 15 December 1996. It is of a back-to-back road test of two identically laden ERF EC12s belonging to BOC Distribution, carried out by Toby Clark, then vehicles editor and me, then engineering editor.

“B2B carriers have got a problem” – DPD boss Dwain McDonald on surging volumes and the Brexit “car crash”

September 15, 2020 Tim Wallace

My interview with DPD chief executive Dwain McDonald coincides neatly with yet another milestone in the parcel carrier’s rapid growth over recent months.

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

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Electric vehicle uptake would improve

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