All Industry News articles – Page 213
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FTA: "There is no excuse for poor standards in truck and van fleets"
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is urging operators to prioritise safety and compliance, following a Metropolitan Police operation in London on Monday (18 November), which saw more than 20% of lorries stopped issued with fixed penalty notices totalling £2,300.Of the 70 LGVs stopped in the police operation - which focused ...
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ArticleTransport Committee to investigate cycling deaths
cycle safety under the spotlightThe Transport Committee is to hold a follow-up inquiry next month into cycle safety, after the sixth cycling death in London within the past fortnight.Yesterday’s (18 November) incident saw 60-year old man killed after a collision with an LGV on Camberwell Road in south-east London.The committee, ...
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Top 100 in a better place
The MT Top 100 largest operators in the UK run on an average margin of just 2.6%, and this comes after the industry became more profitable in 2012.In 2011, average return on sales was just 0.86% as operators struggled in a weak economy, but 2012 saw a major rebound.This has ...
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Funds from HGV road levy should be ringfenced
The Unite union has called on the government to ringfence money raised from foreign truck operators by the HGV Road User Levy for investment in the UK’s transport infrastructure.In a transport strategy document published last week, the union suggested any funds raised by the levy, which is due to come ...
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ArticleIf tankers are your trade - Tank-ex 14 is the show for you
The tanker industry has a new show dedicated to it: Tank-ex 14. The show will run alongside Tip-ex 14 at Harrogate International Centre on 29-30 May.Exhibitors confirmed include: Crossland Tankers; Feldbinder (UK); Fort Vale; Gardner Denver; Integrated Tanker Services; Jost UK/Edbro; Maine Group/Parcisa; MAN; PFS Fueltech; TCL Tanker Rental; TIP ...
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Industry working to avoid more cycling deaths
There must be greater separation of cyclists from other traffic, more education of the risk large vehicles pose, and continuing efforts by LGV operators to enhance vehicle safety if more cycling deaths are to be avoided.Speaking after the death of the fifth cyclist on a London road in the last ...
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ArticleDawsonrentals expands van rental business
Dawsonrentals has ditched the Hiregate brand name and renamed its van rental business Dawsonrentals vans as part of a drive to grow its light commercials division.Although Dawson has rented vans for decades, it launched Hiregate three years ago and by the end of this year the company will have a ...
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Monday 2 December will be busiest day, says Amazon
Online retail giant Amazon has predicted that the busiest day for online shopping orders will be Monday 2 December, which is likely to trigger an increase in volumes handled by parcel carriers.Amazon saw around 3.5m items ordered on last year’s ‘Cyber Monday’, which fell on 3 December 2012, and estimated ...
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ArticleIFB shines anti-fraud spotlight on claims companies
The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) has called for a greater focus on the role played by claims management companies (CMCs) in so-called ‘crash-for-cash’ incidents, in which accidents with innocent parties – often LGV drivers – are engineered in order to make a fraudulent motor insurance claim. Speaking at a forum ...
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FTA: cyclist safety not just a truck operator issue
The FTA has welcomed a new safety initiative by insurance firm Aviva aimed at reducing the number of collisions between cyclists and LGVs - but has stressed that cyclist safety is not just a matter for truck operators. From the beginning of November, Aviva has begun working on two initiatives ...
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ArticleTransport Committee looks into local transport funding
An inquiry is to be held by MPs in the Transport Select Committee into local decision-making on transport expenditure. Among the key issues to be looked at are: whether the government’s proposal to devolve decision-making on transport expenditure to a local level makes sense; whether local bodies like local authorities ...
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ArticleMC Rental opens dedicated Maidstone facility
MC Rental has opened a multi-million-pound premises in Maidstone, Kent offering all makes and models of commercial vehicle to rent on daily through to long-term contract hire deals.The three-acre site will include workshops and a jet wash facility to maintain the expanding fleet. There is also a new reception ...
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Senior TC welcomes DfT's forum pledge
Senior traffic commissioner (TC) Beverley Bell has welcomed the DfT pledge to make greater use of the Compliance Forum in influencing Vosa enforcement policy.Regarding the Work of the Vehicle Operating Standards Agency report and last week’s government response, she said: “TCs will consider carefully the government’s response to the Transport ...
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ArticleRHA concern at Northamptonshire road narrowing proposal
The RHA is concerned about proposals to reduce the width of roads in Northamptonshire to prevent lorries using them.The county council has said it has to save £140m over the next four years due to government cuts and that innovative ideas, such as narrowing, some roads would help save money.A ...
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ArticleTreasury role for Peter Carroll
Peter CarrollFairFuelUK (FFUK) founder Peter Carroll has taken up a new role as special adviser to chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander.FFUK will continue to fight for a fairer deal on fuel with Howard Cox, former FFUK head of communications, at the helm, supported by Lynne Beaumont.Commenting on the ...
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Ecotax suspension leaves international hauliers in limbo
International truck operators have been left in limbo after the French government announced a further – this time indefinite - suspension of its Ecotax road user charging scheme. The scheme, which has been delayed twice already, was due to apply from 1 January 2014 to goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes ...
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EC proposes tighter control over container weights
Container hauliers may soon find themselves being brought to book less frequently for being inadvertently overloaded, following a new EC proposal to tighten up on the declared weights on shipping containers. The new proposal, put forward for inclusion in the EC’s directive (96/53) on vehicle weights and dimensions, seeks to ...
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ArticleCILT launches new corporate look
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) has unveiled a new corporate identity to provide worldwide recognition for its 33,000 members. The new branding incorporates eight arrows to depict the eight different sectors the CILT represents (supply chain, transport planning, rail, active travel and travel planning, bus and coach, ...
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Get your MT despite strike threat
Due to the threat of industrial action by Royal Mail staff, readers may experience a delay in receiving the 4 November issue of Motor Transport.To make sure you continue to keep up to date with all the key news in road transport, we have created a digital edition of that ...
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ArticleComic Relief supports Transaid with £1m
Comic Relief - which this year raised over £100m from its flagship event Red Nose Day - is backing Transaid with £1m of support over the next five years.The tie up was announced last night at a reception at Buckingham Palace in the presence of Transaid patron HRH The ...