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How global freight shippers can cope with uncertainty in 2022

December 31, 2021 Admin Support

The year just gone was a difficult year in global logistics due to ongoing volatility. We worked alongside customers navigating the Suez Canal block, hurricanes and cyclones, port and terminal closures due to Covid-19 outbreaks, customs and trade changes, labour shortages and more.

How telematics can reduce accidents, overheads and protect your drivers

December 24, 2021 Admin Support

Recent data published by the DfT has found that vans, LGVs and HGVs were involved in more serious and fatal accidents per mile than any other form of transport. While 37% of these accidents affected car occupants, and 32% involved pedestrians, the psychological toll on a truck driver involved in a serious accident can be life-changing.

DVSA changes to HGV testing will help ease driver shortage

December 6, 2021 Admin Support

On November 15, the DVSA introduced changes to the vocational licence 3a & 3b test modules, so that approved training centres and accredited assessors can now undertake the reversing for part 3a of the test.

Taking shortcuts on HGV driver testing is not the answer to the driver shortage

November 10, 2021 Admin Support

Changes to lorry tests to address HGV driver shortages require caps on driver training charges and the introduction of mandatory mentoring schemes to properly solve shortages.

Times aren’t as grim as you may think…

November 8, 2021 Admin Support

We all thought Black Friday 2020 was tough – well it has nothing on Black Friday 2021! After the toughest of 20 months and now ‘post pandemic’ (are we post pandemic or is it too early to say… Plan B and all that?) this year is tougher than any. Global shipping issues, labour shortages in all categories, capacity issues everywhere… it could be grim.

Unlock existing road freight capacity to alleviate driver shortage

November 4, 2021 Admin Support

Empty running has become an accepted problem in road transport, but with supply chains facing the dual pressures of a national driver shortage and the need to make drastic carbon reductions, it’s time to address the waste. Conservative estimates still suggest 20% of trucks are running empty, and this doesn’t take into consideration partial loads.

A more intelligent approach to freight movements could help ease driver shortage

November 1, 2021 Admin Support

The Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit’s “over-complications” are causing a severe HGV driver shortage with major consequences to supply chains into the UK. Supermarkets shelves appear empty, restaurants are struggling for supplies and people are starting to worry about Christmas.

Forget cabotage and show us some respect….

October 28, 2021 Admin Support

So, the government has another genius solution to wreck the transport industry further through changes to the cabotage rules. All these ‘solutions’ will not fix the industry, they will harm it further.

Consequences of driver shortage can prove a positive for the industry

October 27, 2021 Admin Support

Given the amount of publicity there has been around the shortfall of HGV drivers, it may have been more appropriate for the RHA to rename its National Lorry Week (25-31 October) as National Lorry Drivers’ Week.

Should the Driver CPC be suspended? Or is there a better short-term solution?

October 18, 2021 Admin Support

The current shortage of HGV drivers has been attributed to various causes including Brexit, training and administration delays due to Covid, as well as the poor working conditions experienced by drivers when they are out on the road. All of these have contributed to an issue that has been building for a number of years. However, in my opinion, the introduction of the Driver CPC has also contributed considerably. It is a badly thought out, administratively complex requirement for employers […]