Industry news – Page 143
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MT ArticlePolicemen left with 'lifelong serious injuries' after jailed HGV driver did U-turn in fog
An HGV driver who attempted a U-turn on a “dark and foggy” road, resulting in a collision with a police car, has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.Andrei Stan (pictured) was found guilty at Reading Crown Court of causing serious injury by dangerous driving after the incident on an unlit stretch ...
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MT ArticleTransport industry divided over Spring Budget
The transport industry has given a mixed reaction to today's (3 March) Spring Budget.Logistics UK welcomed chancellor Rishi Sunak's moves to support the recovery of the economy, including a freeze in fuel duty and extension to the furlough scheme, but said the industry needed to see greater investment in training ...
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MT ArticleDrivers’ Professional Development Plan celebrates accreditation from the CPD Standards Office
Road Skills Online has announced that, following recent assessment by the CPD Standards Office, its drivers' Professional Development Plan (PDP) is now formally recognised as four hours of CPD training for each year of eLearning completed.Road Skills Online said professional development in the freight transport sector is being increasingly recognised ...
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MT ArticleFuel duty freeze a victory over ill-informed green lobby, insists FairFuelUK
FairFuelUK has welcomed an announcement by chancellor Rishi Sunak in today's (3 March) spring Budget that the goverment is to again freeze fuel duty.Commented Howard Cox, founder of FairFuelUK, secretary for the APPG for Fair Fuel: “It would be churlish not to thank the chancellor and the prime minister for ...
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MT ArticleBrexit UK-EU logistics 'teething problems' could take years to resolve
Frank Zapper once commented that the world might not end in fire or ice, but in paperwork. For much of the international logistics sector, January felt exactly like slow death by paperwork, with customs clearances piling up in their software systems, and the freight piling up in the warehouses.As freight ...
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MT ArticleBrexit 'abyss' looms for GB-Northern Ireland trade
Photo: ShutterstockWhile prime minister Boris Johnson dismisses custom delays between Britain and Ireland as “teething problems”, hauliers are telling a very different story.At a recent session of the Northern Ireland Infrastructure Committee, operators spelt out the reality of the new trading rules in stark detail. Ballymena haulier McBurney Transport employs ...
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MT ArticleLogistics UK joins forces with City & Guilds to launch transport manager CPC
Logistics UK is partnering with City & Guilds to offer the transport nanager CPC qualification.The move follows the withdrawal of awarding body OCR from the transport manager CPC market in March this year and ensures another avenue for operators and their transport managers to access training, which is on offer ...
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MT ArticleThree new units to be built at Panattoni Park in Northampton
Industrial developer Panattoni is set to start work on the second phase of its 1.6 million sq ft industrial park in Northampton.Panattoni Park Northampton, which is on junction 16 of the M1 motorway, will see three new units built measuring 250,000 sq ft, 380,000 sq ft and 430,000 sq ft, ...
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MT ArticleNew year sees commercial vehicle manufacturing continue to slide
The ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Brexit fallout and weak demand all conspired to result in the fourth consecutive month of decline in UK commercial vehicle production, according to the SMMT.UK CV manufacturing fell 31.5% in January, with 5,616 units rolling off the production lines, marking the worst start ...
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MT ArticleNew ruling on deliveries to Northern Ireland will have "severe impact", Parcelhero warns
Draconian measures that will significantly increase red tape and delays for goods sent between the UK and Northern Ireland will go ahead on 1 April, after the government failed to extend a grace period.A meeting of the UK-EU Joint Committee this week ended without agreement on a waiver of customs ...
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MT ArticleGovernment urged to repair key Scottish road link after landslips lead to record breaking level of closures
Business leaders in Scotland are demanding the government commits to fixing a notorious stretch of road on the A83 plagued by major landslips.The road, near the Rest and Be Thankful in the Highlands, is a key transport artery that provides vital links to communities across Argyll and Bute and connects ...
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MT ArticleNew Crewe logistics park will create 300 jobs
One of the biggest speculatively developed sites in Crewe is about to begin construction and is expected to provide around 300 jobs on completion.Developer Panattoni said ‘Crewe 305’ on the Crewe Commercial park would include 27 dock doors, five level access doors and a yard with parking for 49 HGVs.The ...
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MT ArticleNew all lanes running motorway plan branded "arrogant and reckless"
The decision to remove the hard shoulder on 10 miles of the M6 and turn it into an extra lane reveals the government’s “reckless disregard” for the public’s safety, according to a road safety campaigner.Claire Mercer, whose husband was struck and killed by an HGV on a smart motorway, warned ...
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MT ArticleImmigration service detains 18 stowaways after new refrigerated truck incident
Police rescued 18 people from the back of a refrigerated lorry near Peterborough on Tuesday (23 February), less than a week after a similar incident on the A14.Officers in Cambridgeshire said they received a call from an HGV driver who had noticed the people on his vehicle and was concerned ...
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UK and EU must agree three key moves to ease NI shipping delays, Logistics UK demands
Logistics UK is calling for the government and the EU to agree three key changes to speed up the movement of goods between Northern Ireland and the UK.The call was made last week at a government roundtable attended by Logistics UK’s Northern Ireland policy manager Seamus Leheny and chaired by ...
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MT ArticleTraining to help HGV drivers avoid cargo theft launched by NAVCIS and surveillance experts AnteVorte
The National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NAVCIS) has joined forces with surveillance experts AnteVorte Group to give HGV drivers training to avoid becoming victims of freight crime.The course launches as hauliers continue to be dogged by high levels of cargo theft this year.Latest figures from NAVCIS, which is the police ...
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MT ArticlePolice track down refrigerated truck after desperate phone calls from trapped stowaways
A hunt for a refrigerated lorry on the A14 and M11 this week began after three men called the police to say they were suffocating in the back and struggling to breathe.The vehicle, thought to have travelled from France, was eventually found at Brampton Hut services just before 4.30pm on ...
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MT ArticleWebfleet Solutions enhances PRO Driver Terminal with new features
Webfleet Solutions has upgraded its PRO Driver Terminal, the PRO 8475, which it said would give fleet operators improved workflow efficiency, enhance customer service and boost productivity.The upgrade includes LTE connectivity and Google services, as well as combining features such as order management and two-way communication between drivers and fleet ...
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MT ArticleRadiohead join industry call for a fair deal for UK concert hauliers
Musicians have joined forces with concert hauliers to urge Boris Johnson to ensure the survival of the events haulage industry amid new post-Brexit trade restrictions.In a letter to the prime minister, the group, which includes luminaries from the music industry, said he needed to secure a “cultural easement” to allow ...
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MT ArticleFORS cuts subscription fee to help hauliers
FORS is reducing its annual subscription fee for members from next month in a move aimed at helping hauliers during the pandemic.The reduction, for new and existing members, is based on fleet size and means an operator with between six and 10 HGVs will see the fee cut by 4.8%; ...