All Industry News articles – Page 229
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MT ArticleFresh call for action as migrant problems delay new rail freight service
The FTA has reiterated previous calls for action over migrant build-ups in northern France after a new rail freight service to the port of Calais was postponed due to safety concerns. VIIA, a subsidiary of French rail network operator SNCF, was due to begin operating a new rail freight service ...
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MT ArticleMicrolise starts search for 2016 drivers of the year
Telematics firm Microlise has launched its annual search for the top HGV drivers in the UK transport industry.Winners will be chosen purely through the analysis of telematics data and manager feedback. A judging panel will select drivers for the shortlists and the winners are selected on anonymised telematics data and ...
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New international partnership will tackle road freight emissions
Scania, Nestlé, UPS and Route Monkey have signed up to a new international partnership focused on tackling road freight emissions.Launched at last month’s COP21 climate change forum in Paris The Low Carbon Technology Partnership aims to explore the “currently untapped and unmapped potential” for reducing emissions through better fleet optimisation ...
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MT ArticleMotor Transport Power Players: 1 - Beverley Bell
Beverley Bell was president of CILT in 2015-161) Beverly Bell Title: Senior Traffic CommissionerRespected by the compliant and disrespected by the non-compliant in equal measure, Bell wields the ultimate power in the industry, deciding whether you have a business or not.As senior traffic commissioner she has responsibility for the licensing ...
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MT ArticleVolvo announced as sponsor of Haulier of the Year
Volvo Trucks has become the sponsor of the Haulier of the Year in the 2016 Motor Transport Awards.For the past 30 years, the Motor Transport Haulier of the Year has been the most sought-after accolade in the road transport industry.“It gives me great pleasure to welcome Volvo Trucks as sponsor ...
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MT ArticleLDV brand back in the UK this year
The LDV brand will return to the UK this year, following a seven-year absence.The vans, which are built in China by SAIC Maxus (part of the Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corporation), are being imported into the UK by Dublin-based Harris Group - which already has a deal to distribute LDV in ...
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Motor Transport Power Players: 2 - George Osborne
2) George Osborne MPTitle: Chancellor of the ExchequerTo put it simply, the chancellor makes this list as he decides operators' cost-bases.UK GDP has outperformed France, Germany and the Eurozone in 2013, 2014 and all of 2015 that has been measured to date. For that reason alone Osborne is respected among ...
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Motor Transport Power Players: 3 - Boris Johnson
3) Boris Johnson MPTitle: Mayor of London; MP for Uxbridge and South RuislipOn 5 May 2016, Johnson will find himself without one of his jobs when Londoners go to the polls and elect a new Mayor.During his two four-year terms running the capital Johnson has effectively defined urban logistics. He ...
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Motor Transport Power Players: 4 - Perry Watts
4) Perry Watts Title: CEO, DHL Supply Chain UK and IrelandWith a turnover of pretty much £4.3bn in 2014 DHL Supply Chain is the biggest beast in logistics in the UK by some considerable distance (and is bigger than Wincanton, XPO Logistics and Kuehne + Nagel in the UK combined).At ...
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Motor Transport Power Players: 5 - Bradley Jacobs
5) Bradley Jacobs Title: CEO XPO LogisticsJacobs has been shaking up the road transport and logistics market in the US since he bought Express-1 Expedited Solutions in 2011 and renamed it XPO Logistics.He believes that the industry is ripe for consolidation due to its fragmented nature and he’s been sourcing ...
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MT ArticleAssociations fear new Dunkirk migrant camp will increase drivers' danger
A proposed new migrant camp in Dunkirk, just 30 miles from Calais, has been criticised by the RHA and the FTA. The French government is to commit a proposed £1.1m to the camp, which is located about five miles east of the port of Dunkirk.The RHA said the dangers faced ...
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Motor Transport Power Players: 6 - Andrew Jones
6) Andrew Jones MP Title: Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Department for TransportIf you knew Andrew Jones before he became freight minister you were either well plugged in to the world of politics in North Yorkshire, or were familiar with him from his days working at Bettys and Taylors ...
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Motor Transport Power Players: 7 - Richard Burnett
7) Richard BurnettTitle: Chief executive RHAFor the general public, Richard Burnett is the face of the road transport industry. When he became chief executive of the RHA in summer 2014 Burnett would hardly have believed he would have to be a man for a crisis. But life isn’t always that ...
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MT ArticleStuart Jackson joins Bridgestone UK's senior management team
Stuart Jackson has been appointed as business development director for northern Europe at Bridgestone.As part of his new role Jackson will work in support of all departments in the UK and Ireland, and will manage the delivery of a number of projects intended to transform the sales and profitability of ...
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Motor Transport Power Players: 8 - Ray Ashworth
8) Ray AshworthTitle: MD Daf Trucks UKOne in every three trucks registered every month is a Daf, which means arguably, he is man who ultimately dictates the price of anywhere between 26% to 30% of new trucks bought in the UK.In August 2015 Daf celebrated 20 consecutive years of topping ...
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MT ArticleMotor Transport Power Players: 9 - David Hunt
9) David Hunt Title: vice-president and managing director at Ryder EuropeWith some 12,500 truck assets on its books Ryder remains the largest truck rental firm in the UK - which means it’s one of the biggest truck buyers as well as one of the biggest truck suppliers in the UK.Ryder’s ...
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Motor Transport Power Players: 10 - Dwain McDonald
10) Dwain McDonaldTitle: Chief executive, DPDgroup UKFive MT Awards in one night? Only McDonald has managed that. He might not like us saying it, but McDonald has led the biggest success story in UK road transport in not just the past year, but the past decade.Back in August 2006 the ...
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MT ArticleMotor Transport Power Players: 11 - Violeta Bulc
11) Violeta Bulc Title: European Commissioner for TransportSlovenian Bulc was described by the press as “not your average commissioner” – she has studied as a shaman and is a trained fire-walker and wrote a blog about her interest in positive energy forces. That to one side… she’s the most influential ...
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Nearly all Northern Ireland own-account operators have an O-licence
Almost every operator in Northern Ireland that should have a restricted O-licence has been issued one, three years after updated O-licensing rules came into force.According to figures published by the Department of the Environment, just two temporary permits were awaiting conversion into a full restricted O-licence at the end of ...
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Motor Transport Power Players: 12 - Margrethe Vestager
12) Margrethe VestagerTitle: European commissioner for competitionFormerly the Deputy Prime-Minister of Denmark Vestager makes this list because she has one decision in her hands that could reshape the road transport industry, namely approving FedEx’s acquisition of TNT.The commission had until 7 December to “make sure that FedEx's takeover of TNT ...