All Industry News articles – Page 122
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ArticleVision Techniques develops "unbeatable" night camera technology
Vision Techniques has launched the VT Night-Sight 24 Ultra high-performance camera.The company claims it is one of the best performing night vision cameras in the commercial vehicle market, offering "unbeatable day-time HD clarity with the addition of unprecedented night vision capabilities".This allows the camera to capture clear, high-resolution coloured images ...
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ArticleGoods entering EU will need customs checks even if trade deal agreed
Goods entering the European Union from January will be subject to full border customs checks, regardless of whether or not a trade deal is reached, according to the EU’s chief negotiator.Michel Barnier confirmed that from 1 January 2021, every UK product imported into the EU will face checks.He also said ...
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ArticleSector gives mixed reaction to government's £160bn support package
Logistics business groups have welcomed the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s series of measures to get the economy back on its feet, but warned that further initiatives are needed to prevent a slew of job losses.Rishi Sunak announced a £160bn support package, which includes supporting over a million businesses through grants, ...
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Cardiff haulier folded after key personnel became ill
Cardiff Container Link entered into administration after “key personnel” at the company became ill and were absent from the business.The background to the Roath Docks-based container haulier’s financial woes is contained in a report to creditors, which explained that it had expanded and traded well up until January 2020.At this ...
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Article£1m motorways study launched to assess performance of autonomous vehicles on motorways
A new £1m project will see Loughborough University team up with Highways England to assess the challenges that connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) will face on the UK’s motorways.Researchers will assess how roadwork operation, lanes, junctions and lane markings could impact on the performance of CAVs.The project, named CAVIAR (Connected ...
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ArticleLord Attlee tables amendment to break DVSA monopoly on HGV testing
Conservative peer Lord Attlee has weighed in on the side of the logistics industry by tabling an amendment which could end the DVSA’s monopoly on HGV testing.Lord Attlee’s amendment to the government’s Business and Planning Bill calls for the government to allow Authorised Testing Facility (ATF) operators to carry out ...
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ArticleFTA calls for Apprenticeship Levy to be used to retrain staff threatened by redundancy
The FTA is calling for the government to switch the logistics industry’s Apprenticeship Levy payments to a Skills Levy so firms can retrain staff in new roles rather than make them redundant.The call comes as the logistics industry braces itself for redundancies as the government winds down the furlough scheme.Elizabeth ...
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ArticleDriver CPC changes leave too many unanswered questions and could be outdated, says fleet specialist
Government changes to the Driver CPC rules have left too many questions unanswered and do not take into consideration the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the industry, according to a CPC training provider Fleet Source.It argues that while the changes are welcome they are based on a consultation which ...
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ArticleMoto ends offer of free meals to HGV drivers as operations return to normal
Moto’s offer of free meals for HGV drivers parking overnight at their facilities, launched at the start of the pandemic lockdown, comes to an end this week.In its place the motorway services operator has relaunched an upgraded, cut-price food voucher scheme.Moto launched the free meal scheme at the start of ...
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ArticleIT system handling post-Brexit HGV freight still not built
An IT system that allows freight on HGVs to be “pre-declared” before being exported when the country splits from Europe has yet to be built, raising concerns of snarl-ups at the border.With less than six months before the current transition period ends, HM Revenue & Customs is racing to set ...
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ArticleFirms delivering Covid-19 testing kits have "achieved the impossible"
A consortium of companies, including Yodel, Menzies Distribution and UPS Healthcare, are managing the collection and delivery of Covid-19 home testing kits into laboratories.Created by The Delivery Group in Warrington, The Carrier Consortium, which also includes DX and Diamond Transport, said it had “achieved the impossible” and was working to ...
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ArticleHydrogen a key technology for decarbonising road transport but no 'silver bullet'
There is growing support for the view that green hydrogen made with renewable electricity could play a key role in decarbonising heavy road transport, but it should not be seen as a “silver bullet” that will address all the industry’s carbon concerns.In a webinar looking at the potential for the ...
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ArticleDriver First Assist launches plan to provide low-cost defibrillators for road transport industry
Driver First Assist has moved one step closer to achieving its pledge to provide an automated external defibrillator (AED) at a fraction of the cost of existing products.With development and certification completed, the not-for-profit community interest company, which has so far delivered over 7,000 training courses on basic roadside first ...
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ArticleEngland's best motorway services revealed in new survey
Extra and Westmorland have been voted England’s best motorway service operators by almost 10,000 visitors.Extra, which operates six sites in the survey conducted by independent watchdog Transport Focus, and Westmorland, which operates four, achieved the joint highest overall satisfaction score of 97%.Transport Focus said that across the country as a ...
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ArticleBoost for Earned Recognition during lockdown, FleetCheck reports
The earliest months of the Covid-19 lockdown saw a marked increase in the number of commercial vehicle fleets adopting the DVSA’s Earned Recognition scheme, FleetCheck has revealed.From March to June, 64% of new corporate customers coming to the fleet management software company cited Earned Recognition as a primary factor, compared ...
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ArticleBritish International Freight Association offers free customs training for younger members
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is offering free online customs procedures training for members of its Young Forwarder Network (YFN).The training session, on Wednesday 8 July, will be focused around customs procedure codes and will be available exclusively to members of the YFN.BIFA launched the YFN last year to ...
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ArticleLifetime Achievement winner named in Microlise Driver of the Year Awards 2020
Gary Bellamy (pictured) from Forterra Building Products has been named the Lifetime Achievement winner in this year's Microlise Driver of The Year Awards.The nomination-based awards received more entries than ever before and telematics-based categories contained an initial eligible pool of over 225,000 drivers.The 2020 winners triumphed after a process of ...
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ArticleHGV Road User Levy suspended to help hauliers during pandemic
The Treasury has suspended the HGV Road User Levy for a year to help hauliers recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.The 12-month suspension, which was passed without consultation to speed up its implementation, kicks in on 1 August this year.It applies to UK registered keepers of HGVs and ...
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ArticleGovernment launches £100m road improvement scheme as part of pandemic recovery plans
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged £100m of investment aimed at improving local roads as part of a bid to reignite the economy in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.The twenty-nine projects range from fixing deteriorating roads to flood mitigation measures and repairs to key bridges. They also include improvements ...
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ArticleNew law gives “breathing space” to operators pushed to brink of insolvency
Transport firms facing collapse in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic have been thrown a lifeline in the form of a new law.The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act, passed last week, marks the most significant change to the UK’s corporate insolvency regime in more than 20 years.Announcing the new law, ...