Industry news – Page 120
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MT Article"Half-baked" plan to bring in 4,700 HGV drivers from Europe sees take-up stall at around 200, minister reveals
The government scheme to bring 4,700 HGV drivers over on a temporary three month visa has attracted approximately 200 drivers in total and is now closed to new applicants, according to Home Office migration minister Kevin Foster.Appearing before the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee last week ...
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MT ArticleYusen Logistics snaps up Leeds warehouse from Onward Holdings
Yusen Logistics has taken a 10-year lease from commercial property specialist Onward Holdings for a refurbished warehouse at the Cross Green Industrial Estate in Leeds.Part of the Mitsubishi Group, Yusen is expanding in the UK to meet demand from the rapidly growing e-commerce sector.It will be using the warehouse space ...
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MT ArticleA quarter of Renault Trucks sales in UK to be electric by 2025
Renault Trucks expects 10% of all its new vehicle sales to be full electric within three years, with the UK leading the take-up in Europe, and exceeding this figure.“In fact, we feel that a quarter of all our sales [in the UK] could be electric by 2025,” said Renault Trucks ...
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Removal of London congestion charge fleet discount will cost operators 'thousands of pounds'
Transport for London’s (TfL) decision to remove the fleet autopay discount from the congestion charge will add thousands of pounds a year in costs to some operators and has been slammed by business groups as an additional tax on hauliers.TfL said it was making changes to the congestion charge in ...
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MT ArticleNatural gas refuelling returns to Scotland with new CNG Fuels biomethane station
CNG Fuels has opened the first renewable biomethane HGV refuelling station near Glasgow, able to service 450 lorries a day.The renewable gas supplier said the station would cut 70,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions each year and puts Inverness and Aberdeen within range of its low carbon refuelling network for ...
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Police foil thieves as they slash trailer curtains in A1 layby
Police patrolling the roads in Nottinghamshire caught thieves red-handed after pulling into a layby and finding lorry trailers with their curtains slashed.Four men aged between 19 and 24 were arrested after their car was searched and items including gloves, an angle grinder and a metal wrench were recovered.Officers said they ...
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MT ArticleIveco and Air Liquide join forces to develop hydrogen trucks
Iveco said it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with gas firm Air Liquide to develop hydrogen mobility in Europe.Both partners are expected to investigate and study the roll-out of heavy-duty, fuel-cell electric long-haul trucks, along with the deployment of a network of refuelling stations along the main trans-European ...
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MT ArticleRHA offers olive branch to Shapps and mulls "internal restructuring"
RHA chairman Moreton Cullimore (pictured) has written to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps this week to inform him that Richard Burnett has resigned as chief executive in the hope the association can resume direct communications with the minister.Relations between the RHA and Shapps soured in October this year after claims were ...
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MT ArticleStoneacre becomes Maxus dealership for Chesterfield and district
Maxus has partnered with Stoneacre Motor Group and added another dealership, this time in Chesterfield.From this month, Stoneacre Vanworld will offer dedicated sales, servicing, and aftersales services to Maxus customers throughout the area.Mark Barrett, GM of Harris Maxus, said: We always look for partners with a solid track record, not ...
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Average truck runs 88,000 miles between DVSA checks
The DVSA has defended its intelligence-led approach to roadside enforcement after statistics were released showing an average truck is inspected once every 88,000 miles.The figures were obtained in a freedom of information request by the Unite union, which has used them as evidence that on-the-spot checks are now “vanishingly rare”.The ...
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MT ArticleThree-quarters of operators plan to spend on fleet vehicles during 2022, MT reader research reveals
Operators answering the latest Motor Transport and Commercial Motor ‘Hot Topic: Sector Insight 2022' survey showed a renewed confidence for the year ahead, with 75% planning to invest in fleet vehicles.The figure is up 12 percentage points on last year’s survey, when operators were in the midst of Covid-19 lockdowns ...
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MT ArticlePD Ports unveils quayside warehouse on River Trent
PD Ports has unveiled its latest investment at Groveport on the River Trent - a £500,000 warehouse facility aimed at boosting trade efficiencies and reducing costs for port customers as part of a long-term plan to continue growing business on the Humber.The 10,000sq ft transit warehouse – an interim storage ...
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MT ArticleDP World launches technology products to simplify post-Brexit border process
DP World is introducing a range of technology products aimed at simplifying and solving some of the post-Brexit import and export challenges.The border requirements introduced in January 2021 led to confusion on what documentation was required for each journey and how to generate it, which resulted in incorrect paperwork being ...
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MT Article“Drivers' hours bureaucracy is beyond ridiculous,” claims ArrowXL boss
Leading operators have hit out at current drivers’ hours rules, branding them overcomplicated and meaningless.The enforcement agency recently published non-compliance data naming more than 1,400 UK companies including Eddie Stobart and Saint Gobain Construction.The data showed offences detected at the roadside and did not include those it found during visits ...
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MT ArticleDVSA chief executive is first speaker named ahead of Microlise Transport Conference 2022
Loveday Ryder (pictured), chief executive of the DVSA, will address delegates at the Microlise Transport Conference on 18 May 2022, at the Coventry Building Society Arena (formerly the Ricoh Arena) in Coventry.Registration has opened for the free-to-attend event, which will showcase innovations and trends the organisers believe will disrupt the ...
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MT ArticleHauliers who were fined for carrying stowaways may be repaid
A stowaway passenger climbs down from a lorry trailer helped by UK Border Control after being discovered hiding behind boxes in the back of the trailer at Calais Ferry Port in France.Hauliers that have been fined after stowaways were discovered in their trucks could be repaid after the court of ...
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MT ArticleOperators and agencies face prosecution for gaining unauthorised access to driver data, DVLA warns
The DVLA is launching a campaign to warn operators, employers and driver agencies that it is a criminal offence to gain unauthorised access to driver data via the View Driving Licence (VDL) service.The campaign follows concerns raised by an HGV driver that a driver agency had used his National Insurance ...
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Operator appetite growing for alternatives to diesel HGVs, latest Motor Transport research shows
One-in-five operators are now either using alternative fuels already (13%) or plan to do so within the next 12 months, according to the latest research carried out by Motor Transport and sister title Commercial Motor.This is more than twice as many that answered the same question one year ago, showing ...
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Hauliers again warned not to tamper with exhaust after treatment systems
Hauliers could end up before a traffic commissioner at a public inquiry if they’re found to have tampered with the exhaust emissions values on their manufacturer’s plate, the DVSA has warned.The agency said its vehicle standards assessors have picked up on small numbers of HGVs being presented for annual test ...
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MT ArticleClipper Logistics takes two trophies at Logistics UK awards
Clipper Logistics was the big winner at the Logistics UK annual awards held in London last night (December 9), winning the Public Services Operator of the Year and Most Innovative Company of the Year categories.Stagefreight retained its title as the Road Freight Operator of the Year while Nicola Foley, assistant ...