All Industry News articles – Page 227
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MT ArticleAssociations give thumbs up to Scotland’s rail freight strategy this week
Both the FTA and the RHA have welcomed the launch of the Scottish government’s rail strategy Delivering the Goods.The strategy document makes the case for an increase in rail freight by shifting road freight onto the tracks. It also suggests tapping into new markets to counteract the declining rail freight ...
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MT ArticleOnline freight consolidation system for Heathrow to launch later this year
A Web-based freight consolidation system, allowing hauliers servicing Heathrow Airport to notify members of spare capacity on their vehicles, is to launch this year to clean up the air around the complex.The airport said its proposed WebPortal would provide companies with an opportunity to exchange and share information about loads ...
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Palletforce purchases first member-haulier to strengthen London proposition
Palletforce has purchased its first network member in a bid to strengthen its service provision in London and the surrounding area.The pallet network has bought Belvedere, south-east London-based UK Freight Masters. The company was founded 25 years ago by David Bland, who will remain with the business for the next ...
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MT ArticleGovernment confirms HGV platooning trial on UK roads
The government has confirmed that it plans to trial truck platoons on the UK’s strategic road network in the 2016 spring Budget. The budget document added that it will “consult on sweeping away regulatory barriers within this Parliament to enable autonomous vehicles on England’s major roads” over the coming summer.It ...
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RHA: Devolution will “drive nothing but cost and confusion”
Continued devolution in the UK will “drive nothing but cost and confusion” for the haulage industry, according to RHA chief executive Richard Burnett.The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne (pictured, main), announced plans to devolve further powers to parts of the UK in his 2016 Budget announcement today, including the ...
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Fuel duty frozen again in the Budget
Fuel duty has been frozen for a fifth year in a row in today’s Budget.The chancellor George Osborne confirmed the news earlier, meaning that following a 1ppl cut in 2011 fuel duty has now been frozen for each successive year since.Following the autumn statement late last year, it looked like ...
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MT ArticleGoodyear Fuelmax tyres come up trumps in Mercedes-Benz Efficiency Run
Goodyear has reported that its rolling-resistance-optimised Fuelmax tyres helped reduce fuel use by 14% on those trucks taking part in the Mercedes-Benz Efficiency Run 2015.The Efficiency Run was designed by Mercedes-Benz to show how fuel consumption and CO2 emissions can be significantly reduced by focusing on the performance of the ...
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FairFuelUK warns chancellor over fuel duty increase
FairFuelUK (FFUK) has warned chancellor George Osborne that ending the five-year freeze on fuel duty in the Budget this Wednesday (16 March) would slow down UK economic growth.The campaign group fears that fuel duty is seen as a soft target for additional tax revenue by the chancellor who is faced ...
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MT ArticleCM editor saddles up for Transaid Cycle South Africa
Will Shiers, editor of MT’s sister magazine Commercial Motor, has agreed to change his lifestyle and ignore his prejudices for one year, having reluctantly signed up for Transaid’s Cycle South Africa 2017.Shiers, who said that his longest bike ride to date was a 2-mile round-trip to the local pub, will ...
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UK's pallet networks deliver another year of growth
The continuing rise in internet shopping and an increase in the carriage of hi-tech and high-value goods helped members of the Association of Pallet Networks (APN) deliver a strong performance in 2015.The eight members delivered a total of 22.4 million pallets in 2015, up more than 8% on 2014's volume. ...
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Moving Calais camp could lead to migrant 'free-for-all'
Moving the ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais to UK soil in the event of the UK leaving the EU would simply encourage more migrants to attempt to reach Britain by any means and could lead to a "free-for-all", the FTA has warned.Speaking after a warning from French economy minister Emmanuel Macron ...
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MT ArticleDfT considers scheme to retrain military leavers to plug driver skills gap
The government is looking at funding HGV driver training for those leaving the military to help alleviate the skills shortage.According to transport minister Lord Ahmed, speaking at the Transport Committee hearing into the haulage industry’s skills shortage, the government has a key role to play in removing any barriers to ...
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Motor Transport Podcast: Brexit Special
The Motor Transport team considers what impact the UK coming out of the EU might have on road transport in a special edition of the Motor Transport Podcast.The Motor Transport Podcast: Brexit Special is now live on iTunes and Soundcloud, and discusses what areas of the road transport industry are ...
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Registration now open for fifth Clocs progress event
TfL is inviting operators to head to London’s Excel for the fifth Clocs progress exhibition taking place on 23 March.This free one-day event will run from 10am to 3pm and will feature the latest safer vehicles on offer from leading manufacturers that provide improved driver visibility, which have been developed ...
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Government rules out HGV driver training fund
The government has ruled out funding HGV licence acquisitions to ease the current driver shortage in the UK, according to DfT minister Lord Ahmed.Speaking at the third and final evidence session for the Transport Committee’s Road haulage sector: Skills and workforce planning inquiry, Lord Ahmed told the committee: “The principle ...
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MT ArticleGreen Party says rush hour HGV ban "is not that simple"
Declaring a blanket ban on HGVs in London’s rush hours is too simplistic, according to the Green Party’s Mayor of London candidate Siân Berry. Berry said she agreed with the Liberal Democrats’ candidate, Caroline Pidgeon’s, move to reduce HGV traffic in the city’s busiest hours, but that “it’s not as ...
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Motor Transport Podcast: Overview of the Commercial Vehicle Industry report special
In this special edition of the Motor Transport Podcast, managing editor Chris Walton and news editor Chris Druce discuss the state of the UK road transport nation! Join Walton and Druce as they pick out some of their highlights from our free Overview of the Commercial Vehicle Industry report, supported ...
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Amazon to open new fulfilment centre in Coalville this autumn
Online retailer Amazon has announced it will open a 304,800m² fulfilment centre in Coalville, Leicestershire later this year. The site, which it said would create 500 new permanent jobs over three years, should begin operating this autumn.“Amazon has a dedicated and enthusiastic workforce who play a crucial role in delivering ...
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MT ArticlePidgeon backs London mayor's call for retrofitting side panel windows
Liberal Democrat London mayoral candidate Caroline Pidgeon has pledged to continue Boris Johnson’s push for mandatory retrofitting of additional passenger-side windows in HGVs operating in the capital. She also called for more safety training for drivers to protect "vulnerable road users", as she launched her campaign for a rush-hour HGV ...
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FTA accuses London Assembly of "not thinking" after call for cut in van traffic
The FTA has accused the London Assembly of “not thinking things through” after its Transport Committee called for a cut in LCV traffic in the capital, just months after it demanded a ban on HGV traffic in the rush hour. In a letter to TfL transport commissioner Mike Brown, signed ...