All Industry News articles – Page 190
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ArticleSir Peter Hendy steps down from TfL
London transport commissioner Sir Peter Hendy has stepped down to take the role of chairman at Network Rail. Hendy was at the helm of the transport organisation at TfL for nine years, having first joined the then London Transport 40 years ago as a graduate trainee.He was instrumental in the ...
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ArticleDart Charge issues raise concerns over Highways England privatisation
Labour transport minister Richard Burden (pictured) has accused the government of washing its hands of the Strategic Road Network (SRN), following the creation of Highways England in April.Highways England, the successor to the Highways Agency, has responsibility for the motorways and major roads in England and Wales. Its rebranding was ...
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Stowaways still arriving at UK ports in force
Almost 80 stowaways were discovered inside two lorries in separate incidents last week, just days after scores were found hiding in four lorries in Harwich.A Home Office spokeswoman said Border Force officers conducted a “proactive search” of a Hungarian-registered HGV, which had arrived on a freight vessel at Humber Sea ...
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"Help us to help you," RHA urges government with driver shortage petition
“Help us to help you” was the message when the RHA delivered a petition to Downing Street last week (18 June) calling on the prime minister and chancellor to sign off on a £150m HGV driver training fund in next month’s emergency budget.Faced with a driver shortage of more than ...
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Highways England appoints new chief executive
Highways England has appointed Jim O’Sullivan as its chief executive, following its transformation from the former Highways Agency earlier this year. An engineer by trade, O’Sullivan comes from a background working on “safety critical transport projects”, as well as working with British Airways and Heathrow Airport Holdings.He replaces Graham Dalton, ...
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Rail freight must respond to evolving road transport sector says minister
Secretary of state for Transport Clare Perry has told the rail freight industry that it must respond to developments such as the autonomous truck, and electric vans, in order to retain its ‘green’ credentials.In a speech to the rail engineers forum on 15 June Perry said that "the automotive sector ...
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ArticleGMB claim hearing against Marks & Spencer likely "sometime in 2016"
A judgement in the legal claim being brought by the GMB union against four companies involved in the operation of Marks & Spencer’s South Marston, Swindon DC over agency staff pay could take months to be made. The union revealed it had lodged a claim against DHL, Wincanton, Twenty Four ...
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RHA to make emergency submission to government on driver shortage
The RHA is to make an emergency submission to the government this week demanding that it steps in and sorts out the industry’s driver shortage, before it undermines the fragile economic recovery.It comes as a survey from the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) revealed that 74% of its ...
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FSDF dismisses claim stowaways may cause supply chain collapse
Claims that the UK supply chain is “in danger of collapsing” as a result of delivery failures and delays caused by migrants attempting to stow away in vehicles passing through Calais are “an exaggeration”, according to the Food Storage & Distribution Federation (FSDF). The claim was made by the FTA ...
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ArticleIndustrial action by DVSA testing staff averted
Industrial action by DVSA vehicle testing staff looks to have been averted after a positive meeting between the government agency and trade union Prospect last week. The meeting covered union concerns about the new contracts vehicle testers are being asked to sign up to as part of the introduction of ...
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Alastair Peoples to leave the DVSA in October
The DVSA has announced that its chief executive, Alastair Peoples, is to retire from the civil service in October.Peoples has been chief executive at the DVSA since its formation and was previously chief executive at Vosa, which was merged with the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) to create the DVSA in ...
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Freight Compliance Unit to target London hauliers
TfL is to launch a Freight Compliance Unit (FCU) this summer which will act as the central point for enforcement activity against HGVs in the capital.A key part of its strategy will be a shared intelligence unit based in central London manned by staff comprising a Metropolitan Police officer, a ...
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GMB launches legal claim over pay of agency workers
The pay logistics firms award agency staff has been brought into sharp focus after the GMB launched a legal claim against four companies involved in the operation of Marks & Spencer’s DC in South Marston, Swindon. The GMB is bringing a group claim against four firms on behalf of ...
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ATF test staff and DVSA to hold crunch strike talks next week
Authorised testing facilities (ATFs) could still be left without vehicle test staff as a result of industrial action if talks taking place on Monday 8 June between union Prospect and DVSA chief executive Alastair Peoples do not go well. The union and the government agency are meeting next week to ...
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Fors scheme aiming to triple its size during national roll-out
The Fors Community Partnership is seeking to treble membership levels as part of its strategy to take the scheme national.Aecom, supported by CILT and Fleet Source, took over the day-to-day running of Fors in February following a TfL tender process that saw them awarded a five-year concession.Steve Agg, chief executive ...
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ArticleTfL calls for balanced approach to enforcement in London
A balanced approach to enforcement for all road users was a key message to emerge from speakers at the FTA’s Managing Freight in London conference on Tuesday (2 June).It is also imperative that all road users addressed road safety issues to reduce serious or fatal incidents, said Rob Lowe from ...
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ArticleAndrew Jones MP says industry must attract more women
The DfT’s new transport minister, Andrew Jones MP has said that the industry “has some catching up to do” as the number of women working in road transport is “tiny” compared to the number of men.Jones (pictured) told last week's 2015 FTA Everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards in London ...
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ArticleTfL, Met Police and DVSA to jointly tackle non-compliant operators in London
TfL will be launching the Freight Compliance Unit (FCU) this summer to serve as the central point for all enforcement activity against HGVs in the capital.A key part of its strategy will be a shared intelligence unit based in central London manned by staff comprising a Metropolitan Police officer, a ...
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FTA: UK supply chain 'in danger of collapsing'
The UK supply chain is “in danger of collapsing” as the migrant problem continues to worsen in Calais, the FTA has warned.Reacting to the intensification of migrant activity in and around the French port in the last few weeks, Don Armour, FTA international affairs manager, told Motortransport.co.uk: “The whole thing ...
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Rail freight on the slide as volumes fall 5%
The volume of goods carried by rail in Great Britain fell last year by 5.5%, new figures from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) have shown.According to the latest statistics, 29.9 million tonnes of freight were carried by rail in the final quarter of 2014-2015, leaving the annual total ...