All articles by Chris Tindall – Page 22
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Yodel sings praises of Schmitz lightweight semi-trailers
Yodel has taken on 80 lightweight, robust trailers from Schmitz Cargobull in a move to make more sustainable deliveries.
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RHA raises £26,000 for Transaid
RHA members have raised more than £26,000 for the international development charity Transaid to help transform lives in Africa.
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MOT certificates go digital from next week
Annual test certificates will no longer be issued as hard copies from Monday (29 April) as the DVSA switches to digital in a move to be more environmentally friendly.
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Administrator report spells out reasons behind AAD Transport’s demise
AAD Transport entered administration after HMRC presented a winding up petition for an unpaid VAT bill of £2.2m, a report to creditors has revealed.
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Truck driver who killed four on M25 pleads guilty to their deaths
A lorry driver who crashed his vehicle into the rear of a minibus on the M25 has pleaded guilty to causing the deaths of four people.
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YouTube star takes to trucks
MOBO award winner Chunkz got behind the wheel of the RHA’s truck training simulator this week at a careers fair in Manchester to promote jobs in haulage.
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Harlow’s Hoddesdon Distribution in administration
Hoddesdon Distribution, which runs more than 20 trucks out of its Harlow operating centre, has entered administration.
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10 days and counting: hauliers still lack crucial information on new EU border checks
Urgent clarification is still required from the government about how the new border checks will work and the cost implications for SMEs when they come into force on 30 April, according to food transport hauliers.
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West Ham director makes “opportunistic” bid for Royal Mail owner
A bid to buy Royal Mail’s parent company by the investor Daniel Křetínský – known as the ‘Czech Sphinx’ – has been rejected by the postal company’s board.
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Council drives sustainability efforts with new recycling fleet
The new Romaquip fleet supplied by SFS to North Devon Council
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Union warns of empty shelves as Morrisons logistics staff vote on strikes
Morrisons Frodsham, Cheshire
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EV hauliers can make money from their charging infrastructure
HGV operators could earn thousands of pounds a year by using their charging infrastructure as a revenue source, an energy storage firm has claimed.
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Industry welcomes Labour’s vision for ports
Logistics UK said it looked forward to working with Labour on plans to pump £1.8bn into the nation’s ports and end industrial decline, if the party was successful at the next election.
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Second weekend closure of M25 coming down the road
The M25 will be closed for a full weekend for a second time next month, as engineers continue with the junction 10 improvement scheme.
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HMT Group votes for Volvo with new FH delivery
Transport and distribution firm HMT Group has taken on seven new Volvo FH 460 Globetrotter XLs.
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Suckling Transport tanker drivers agree pay deal
Strikes involving Suckling Transport tanker drivers have been called off after the Unite union said it had secured a “significantly improved” pay deal.
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‘Most ambitious’ emissions reduction targets adopted by European Parliament
New CO2 emissions targets that will drastically reduce the number of diesel HGVs that can be sold have been adopted by the European Parliament.
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Logistics sector suffering from digital skills gap
First it was drivers, then HGV technicians; now the UK logistics sector is also suffering from a considerable digital skills gap, according to a new report.