All Industry News articles – Page 115
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MT ArticleSigns driver shortage is waning, but fundamentals still need to be addressed, warns Pallet-Track chief
There are promising signs that the worst of the driver shortage crisis could be over as 2022 gets underway, according to Pallet-Track chief executive Caroline Green (pictured).However Green warned that underlying causes for the shortage such as the unpopularity of the Driver CPC among older drivers and poor facilities have ...
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MT ArticleWelsh council playing "Russian roulette" with safety amid pay row with gritter drivers
Crunch talks between road gritters in Carmarthenshire and the local authority will take place on Monday (17 January) in an attempt to end strike action over pay and conditions.Council gritters first downed tools on 5 January after the GMB union claimed the council had failed to adhere to a collective ...
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MT ArticleKrone extends trailer parts service
Krone said its parts supply service was continuing to expand amid peak sales levels of its trailers.Trailer parts for the UK and Ireland can be ordered using its online catalogue, either by part number or by scanning the QR code stamped on the trailer’s registration plate.Krone said all consignments from ...
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MT ArticleKrone trailer sales on the rise
Sales of Krone trailers increased by 17.8% last year and its owner said he was optimistic revenues would rise again in 2022.Despite the pandemic, its commercial vehicles division reported sales of 1.37m euros in the year ending 31 July 2021, an increase from 1.17m euros the previous year.During the period, ...
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MT ArticleTraining firm offers virtual reality simulations to help HGV drivers pass tests more quickly
HGV driver candidates are now being offered virtual reality (VR) technology to help them pass their test and get behind the wheel quicker.Training firm Easy As HGV said it was improving driver training with the use of “fully immersive VR simulations” in order for prospective drivers to learn and practice ...
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MT ArticleNew 21-acre Peterborough logistics park to be completed by end of year
Half a million square feet of logistics space across three units is being developed this year on an industrial estate in Peterborough, in what has been described as one of the UK’s fastest growing regions.The 21-acre site at the Peterborough South logistics park is expected to be completed by the ...
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MT ArticleDriver CPC best delivered through eLearning not classrooms, say hauliers
Bite-sized eLearning is seen by operators as a more valuable method of delivering Driver CPC than classroom-based courses, according to a survey of 1,000 haulage firms.Training provider Road Skills Online (RSO) said the results revealed an “unequivocal response” from the industry to the government that the current professional development regime ...
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MT Article'Unbelievable' response from public as HGV driving bootcamps get off to a flying start
The HGV driver training ‘bootcamps’ launched last year with £34m of government funding have got off to a flying start, according to Mark Currie, CEO of the National Logistics Academy (NLA) and Manchester training firm Mantra Learning.The target for the 200 16-week bootcamps is to bring around 11,000 HGV drivers ...
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RHA welcomes pause to smart motorway rollout
The RHA has welcomed an announcement from the DfT that the rollout of new all-lane smart motorways is to be suspended.New schemes will be paused until there is a full five years of safety data on current projects.The news came alongside a £900m government pledge for additional safety measures for ...
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MT ArticleHGV driver jailed for eight years after causing fatal crash while trawling dating sites
A lorry driver who was looking at dating websites on his phone whilst driving at 58mph has been jailed for eight years and ten months for causing a crash that killed three people.HGV driver Ion Nicu Onut was driving a 3.5 tonne Scania LGV, carrying fertilizer, when he "ploughed" into ...
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MT ArticleMicrolise Driver of the Year 2022 opens for nominations
Microlise is calling for nominations as it launches its search for this year’s best truck driver.The Microlise driver of the Year event, now in its eighth year, shortlists drivers by analysing a year’s worth of Microlise telematics performance data to reveal the most talented short, medium, and long-distance drivers.The process ...
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MT ArticleRoad freight prices soar as impact of inflation and Brexit kicks in, new research reveals
Inflation and Brexit sent December road freight prices soaring, new research from Transport Exchange Group (TEG) shows.The hike in road freight prices comes as operators brace for further supply chain disruption in 2022 as Covid-19 continues to cause economic strain and new EU custom checks kick in on imports.The latest ...
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MT ArticleMaritime Transport offers new intermodal service between Birmingham and Felixstowe Port
Maritime Transport has launched a new intermodal service from Birmingham to the Port of Felixstowe to provide additional capacity in response to the UK’s HGV driver shortage.The service, hauled by GB Railfreight, connects Maritime’s Birmingham Intermodal Freight Terminal (BIFT) with the Port of Felixstowe.Maritime, which operates a fleet over 2,000 ...
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MT ArticleGovernment playing ‘Russian roulette’ with road user safety, warns Unite
The government is failing to monitor how many foreign lorries are entering and leaving the UK under revised cabotage rules introduced in October last year, Unite has discovered.The union warned this week that failure to monitor foreign lorries under the revised rules, which were introduced to help tackle the UK’s ...
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MT ArticleTwo Midlands builders' merchants see operating HGV licences revoked
Two builders’ merchant companies have been disqualified from holding HGV licences by the West Midlands Traffic Commissioner and their licences revoked.M K Builders' Merchants, which held a restricted operator’s licence for two trucks, came before traffic commissioner Nick Denton after concerns were raised about its maintenance record following an investigation ...
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MT ArticleCost of AdBlue hits new record as natural gas prices surge
Soaring natural gas prices have helped push the cost of AdBlue up to record highs, with producers unable to predict when the value will stabilise.The cost of the additive began to increase last year, in parallel with wholesale gas price rises, as countries emerged from their Covid lockdowns.Demand soon led ...
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MT ArticleTraffic commissioners offer guidance on new customs rules
The traffic commissioners have made operators aware of the help and advice available about new customs rules that came into effect at the beginning of January.Anyone moving goods between Great Britain and the European Union (EU) through a goods vehicle movement service (GVMS) border location must now be registered to ...
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MT ArticleForeign HGV drivers caught in police speed trap after complaints from public
Non-GB registered HGV drivers speeding on the A55 were stopped and handed on-the-spot fines after the public raised concerns about their behaviour.Police officers from the North Wales roads policing unit carried out an operation shortly before Christmas to crack down on lorry drivers travelling through roadworks at Tal y Bont ...
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MT ArticleGovernment plan to extend relaxation of drivers' hours “dangerous”, warns Unite
Union Unite has slammed government plans to further extend the relaxation of regulations governing how long lorry drivers can work.The union is calling on the government to scrap the new proposal and tackle the long hours, irregular shifts and lack of parking facilities which it argues have created the lorry ...
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MT ArticleTransport for the North sets out freight and logistics strategy for the region
Transport for the North (TfN) is calling for comment on its newly launched Freight & Logistics Strategy for the North of England.The draft proposal, which is out for public consultation until 31 January 2022, highlights the key role the sector plays in the North of England, with more than 33% ...