All Industry News articles – Page 12
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MT ArticleHauliers hit back over claims their greed has caused HGV driver shortage
Hauliers have reacted angrily to claims from truck drivers that their “greed” and refusal to pay higher wages has led to a shortage of suitable jobs.
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MT ArticleSeven-figure fine after man crushed by reversing HGV
A company has been fined £1m after a banksman was killed by a reversing HGV during a delivery in Manchester.
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MT ArticleBad handwriting and manual processes undermining operators’ profitability
Transport managers are wasting £51,000 a year manually processing PODs and are attracting complaints from customers about drivers’ poor handwriting, according to a report into hauliers’ profitability.
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MT ArticleMulti-million pound transport injection for Scotland’s roads
Scotland will get £66m of investment in its transport links including extra funding to explore upgrades to the A75 in Dumfries and Galloway, the Treasury announced.
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MT ArticleCV traffic helps boost M6 toll income
A focus on HGV and vans helped increase revenues on the M6 toll last year despite overall traffic decreasing, new figures revealed.
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MT ArticleDriver caught flouting three of the ‘fatal five’ offences
An HGV driver has been banned for a total of four years after the police stopped him for using his mobile phone at the wheel and not wearing a seatbelt – and then he tested positive for cocaine.
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MT ArticleDeep water terminal plans for Great Yarmouth
The Port of Great Yarmouth on the east coast is set to be expanded after its owner began preparing plans to develop it into a deep water terminal.
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MT ArticleBuilding begins on new Bolton logistics park
Work on a 327,000 sq ft logistics development north of Manchester will commence shortly after developer Arrow Capital Partners appointed a contractor.
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MT ArticleDrivers: we’re leaving because hauliers are getting greedy
HGV drivers are leaving the industry in droves because pay has not been adequately addressed and hauliers have been behaving like “dictators”, according to drivers contacting Motor Transport.
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MT ArticleRHA Future Forum to tackle the “big issues” facing the sector, says MD
RHA’s Future Forum event, which is taking place at The Vox in Birmingham on 11 September, will explore the many challenges the industry faces and the opportunities that businesses can seize as technology evolves at pace.
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MT ArticleJD Logistics to open major hub in Coventry in UK expansion drive
Chinese e-commerce giant Jingdong Logistics, which also trades as JD Logistics, is strengthening its UK operations with the launch of a major new warehouse at Apollo, Ansty Park, near Coventry.
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MT ArticleThe Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport elects three new board members
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport UK (CILT) has elected Dr Sarah Shaw, Richard Atkinson and Dr Hajar Fatorachian to its board.
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MT ArticleWeight errors see van drivers rack up £400k in fines, Go.Compare research reveals
Van drivers are facing thousands of pounds in penalties for carrying too much weight, as official figures show over £390,000 in fines were handed out for overloaded or unsafely loaded vans in the past year alone.
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MT ArticleLogistics UK pleads for Chancellor to cut fuel duty
The logistics industry is today (21 July) urging Chancellor Rachel Reeves to avoid hiking fuel duty in her Autumn Statement.
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MT ArticleAssetGo approved as DVSA Earned Recognition systems provider for drivers’ hours
The DVSA has approved fleet and compliance management systems provider AssetGo as a systems provider for drivers’ hours under its Earned Recognition (ER) scheme.
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MT ArticleTata Motors in the frame to buy Iveco
Iveco’s owners, the Agnelli family, are in talks over its sale - with Indian conglomerate Tata Motors a contender, according to a report by news agency Reuters.
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MT ArticleAnalysis predicts ‘total absence’ of lorry drivers by 2029
There could be no more HGV driving jobs within four years, according to an alarming new study conducted by leasing firm Nationwide Vehicle Contracts.
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MT ArticlePolice come after M54 rubberneckers
Police in Staffordshire said they would be contacting over 100 drivers – including 20 HGV drivers – seen taking photos of the scene of a lorry crash on the motorway this week.
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MT ArticleNew Welcome Break opens in Leicestershire
Welcome Break opens its 61st service area next week in Hickling, near Melton Mowbray.
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MT ArticlePressure mounts on collapsed haulier after staff demand payment
The former boss of a Norfolk haulage firm that collapsed last year said it hadn’t yet entered insolvency proceedings because he had struggled to raise the funds to pay for it.