All Industry News articles – Page 263
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MT ArticleDemand increases for average mileage vans
Used van dealers are reporting a drop in sales and expect the trend to continue over the coming months, according to George Alexander, chief CV editor at Glass’s Guide.Mileage has once again become a key concern for used buyers, who consider vehicles with 40,000 to 50,000 miles to be the ...
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£150m Northamptonshire logistics park given the green light
A £150m logistics park at Appleby Lodge in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, has been given the green light.The development, which will be situated alongside the Park Farm Industrial Estate, is expected to create over 2m ft² of warehousing and offices.Plans were submitted to the Borough Council of Wellingborough in April, who granted ...
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MT ArticleScania launches updated Customer Satisfaction Index system
Scania has developed an updated Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) system to help managers improve network performance and response times to customer queries.The system provides Scania’s managers with instant access to customers’ feedback via an online portal and individual managers are alerted when a customer wants an immediate response.The system was ...
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MT ArticleBiomethane the "best option" for decarbonising road transport
Burning methane (natural gas) as an alternative to diesel to power heavy trucks can reduce carbon emissions by around 16% - but switching to biomethane produces even more dramatic reductions of up to 65%. But if biomethane is to become a viable mainstream alternative to diesel for road transport there ...
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MT ArticleYellow line proposal raises red flag for truck operators
Commercial vehicles looking to load or unload on yellow lines may soon find themselves fighting for space after plans put forward by secretary of state for communities and local government, Eric Pickles, to let general motorists park for limited periods on yellow lines.Pickles has proposed allowing motorists to park free ...
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Fuel rebate scheme extension may not yield equal benefit
It has emerged that the Treasury’s plan to extend the existing island fuel rebate scheme to parts of mainland UK may not result in the same 5p/litre rebate enjoyed by those already in the scheme. Treasury officials have made clear to Motortransport.co.uk that the ‘extension’ to the scheme – which ...
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Further rural areas to be considered for fuel rebate
Plans to extend the island fuel rebate scheme have been announced by chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander.The move could see the fuel rebate of 5p/litre currently enjoyed by retailers of road fuel within the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles, the Islands of the Clyde and the ...
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MT ArticleLiverpool looks to regain status as northern logistics hub
Next summer an expected 250,000 international business people will converge on Liverpool for the International Festival for Business, a two-month showcase for UK plc.As part of the Festival, Mersey Maritime is holding a Maritime, Logistics & Energy Week, which will highlight the growing importance of Liverpool as a northern logistics ...
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Michelin rolls out fuel saving programme for LGV fleets
Michelin is introducing a fuel-saving programme for truck operators, offering a money-back guarantee if those savings do not materialise.Called Effifuel, it comes from a new Michelin subsidiary called Michelin Solutions. Franck Estoquié, marketing director at Michelin Solutions said the subsidiary was nothing to do with selling tyres.“We are dedicated to ...
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Big shed take-up denotes signs of modest recovery
A sharp increase in demand for storage space has been highlighted by a new report on the UK ‘big box’ warehousing market. The report, from Jones Lang LaSalle, shows take-up of warehouses of 100,000ft² or more during the first half of 2013 jumped 23% compared to the second half of ...
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MT ArticleSouthampton council invites tenders for sustainable DC
Southampton portSouthampton City Council is inviting local operators to run a sustainable distribution centre (SDC) and warehouse that will consolidate local deliveries. The aim is to cut lorry movements and congestion while boosting efficiencies. The council has been awarded £225,000 from a central government local sustainable transport fund to fund ...
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Transport Select Committee concerned about Vosa's performance
The Transport Select Committee has raised concerns about Vosa’s enforcement focus, the rapid introduction of ATFs, and its seemingly dysfunctional relationship with traffic commissioners (TCs).Speaking after the publication of the Work of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency report today (19 July), Transport Select Committee chairperson Louise Ellman said:“We were ...
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MT ArticleOFT branded 'complacent' over price manipulation claims
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has been branded ‘complacent’ and accused of carrying out a ‘continued whitewash’ after insisting that its study last year of the UK fuel market yielded no credible evidence of any market manipulation. Responding to a petition handed into it on Monday (15 July) by ...
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'No targets' in place for third party driving tests
The Driving Standards Agency has said it “is not currently seeking” to increase the number of third party sites that carry out vocational driving tests. A spokeswoman for the agency confirmed to Motortransport.co.uk recently that 10.5% of LGV driving tests were now being conducted at a total of 38 third ...
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MT ArticleMT Awards 2013: the movie!
The highlights from the 2013 Motor Transport Awards are now available for your viewing pleasure.If you missed the road transport industry’s Oscars on Wednesday 3 July, or if you were there and want to be reminded of what a great night it was, the movie features all the best bits ...
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FFUK to hand over petition urging OFT to investigate oil pricing
FairFuel UK (FFUK) and its supporters will hold a rall outside the London HQ of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) on Monday (15 July) as the campaign group renews calls for a fair and transparent investigation into oil pricing.Founder Peter Carroll, who won a service to the industry award ...
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MT ArticleDSA investigated 100 Driver CPC centres last year
The DSA had 100 Driver CPC audits referred to it by JAUPT last year after concerns about the standard of training provision were raised following general inspections.The figures were revealed at last month’s RHA National Training Conference at Warwick University by Peter Weddell-Hall, head of training accreditation services at DSA.Of ...
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Scottish hauliers fear independence effect
Scottish hauliers have expressed fears for the viability of their businesses following the revelation that they would have to pay to use UK roads if Scotland votes for independence.A Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) report revealed recently that operators based in an independent Scotland would need to pay ...
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Call to shift London freight deliveries outside of peak hours
Freight deliveries within the capital should be shifted outside of peak hours, according to a new report from the Roads Task Force (RTF).In its vision for London’s roads and streets, the RTF called today for more investment in infrastructure, as well as greater use of technology to ease congestion through ...
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ATF operators 'optimistic' they can fight Vosa clampdown
ATF Operators Association (AOA) president and Boleyn Transport MD Stephen Smith says he is optimistic plans by Vosa to clamp down on operators of authorised testing facilities can be thwarted, after taking legal advice on the matter. In June, Vosa revealed plans to reduce the number of testing sessions it ...