All Industry News articles – Page 63

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    Port of Liverpool workers threaten strike action over "inadequate" 7% pay offer

    2022-08-18T10:17:00Z

    The port of Liverpool said strike action among staff in a row over pay would be “bad news” for businesses relying on the container terminal, with the impact felt for months to come.It was responding to a recent ballot among port operatives, with Unite saying 99% voted to strike over ...

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    DAF Trucks sees management reshuffle and launch of new EV sales and service division

    2022-08-16T16:47:00Z

    DAF Trucks has undergone a major management reshuffle and launched an electric vehicle (EV) sales and service department to support its transition to low and zero emission vehicles.The management restructuring has seen business planning director Nigel Beckett, who joined DAF Trucks in 2005, appointed UK parts sales and marketing director, ...

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    Traffic Commissioners to headline Logistics UK Transport Manager 2022

    2022-08-16T13:56:00Z

    The Traffic Commissioners will be the star turn at this year’s Logistics UK’s Transport Manager 2022 autumn conference series where they will be delivering updates on their latest guidance.A Traffic Commissioner will be presenting at each of the ten event locations, with the exception of Belfast, where there will be ...

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    Loop Energy expands into UK in move targeting European hydrogen sector

    2022-08-16T10:19:00Z

    Hydrogen fuel cell manufacturer Loop Energy is expanding into the UK this month as demand for hydrogen fuelled commercial vehicles grows.The company is opening a facility at Grays, Essex, close to the HQ of its client Tevva Motors, which manufacturers hydrogen and electric trucks, and is currently recruiting production support, ...

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    Schmitz Cargobull doubles production to meet rising demand and tackle UK trailer shortage

    2022-08-16T09:46:00Z

    Schmitz Cargobull is doubling production at its UK manufacturing plant to tackle increasing demand and ensure new trailers ordered within the next fortnight can be in operation before the year’s end.The Manchester-based trailer manufacturer is increasing production capacity so it can deliver standard versions of its S.BO Pace and S.CS ...

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    Obituary: Parcel delivery entrepreneur and former CityLink chief Bob Thomas dies

    2022-08-15T16:18:00Z

    Bob Thomas, former CityLink MD, logistics pioneer and entrepreneur has died at the age of 83.Thomas began his career at United Carriers, which he joined as a 16-year-old school leaver.A year later in 1956, he joined Lep Transport, a firm of international freight forwarders, where he worked in their Scandinavian, ...

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    Malcolm Logistics to host Scottish UKWA event in September

    2022-08-15T15:21:00Z

    The UK Warehousing Association is to hold a regional event in Scotland on 20 September at Malcolm Logistics Heritage Centre in Glasgow.This is the latest in a series of events that UKWA has been rolling out across the UK in the run up to its UKWA National Conference in March ...

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    Marshall Fleet Solutions opens supersite in Tamworth

    2022-08-15T14:41:00Z

    Marshall Fleet Solutions is expanding its UK operations with the opening of a new flagship depot in Tamworth, West Midlands.The multi-million-pound facility, totalling 26,000 sq m, was declared officially open for business with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday of last week (11 August) at Tamworth’s Birch Coppice Business Park.The ...

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    Logistics business failures leap 14% since arrival of pandemic, new study reveals

    2022-08-15T11:08:00Z

    The number of transportation and storage businesses that have failed since Covid-19 hit the UK has risen by 14%, according to a study by the School of Marketing.The research analysed the latest ONS and government data on the number of businesses that were launched and the number that have failed ...

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    Leadership race masks “highway robbery” at the pump, claims FairFuelUK

    2022-08-12T15:38:00Z

    British businesses and consumers are continuing to suffer at the hands of the big oil companies as the government focuses on the “self-absorbing, overlong” Tory party leadership election.The accusation was made this week by campaign group FairFuelUK which is demanding the government and the next Prime Minister cut fuel duty ...

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    London Medway reports soaring demand for unaccompanied freight service

    2022-08-10T09:43:00Z

    London Medway, part of the Peel Ports Group, has reported a substantial increase in trade on its unaccompanied freight service between the UK and France in recent weeks amid ongoing Dover delays.The cross-channel service sees trailers and containers shipped without a driver, potentially sidestepping customs delays, driver shortages and storage ...

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    Panattoni set to build two major logistics units in Rotherham

    2022-08-10T09:07:00Z

    Panattoni has secured planning consent for a 710,000sq ft speculative logistics development in Rotherham.Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council has approved a reserved matters planning application for two facilities adjacent to junction 1 of the M18 at Rotherham, one of 630,000sq ft, which will be one of the largest-ever speculative logistics buildings ...

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    Supply chain disruption on cards after Unite members at Felixstowe Port reject new pay offer

    2022-08-09T16:16:00Z

    Container hauliers are facing severe disruption at Felixstowe Port after last ditch pay talks between management and the unions broke down yesterday.More than 1,900 members of Unite will strike for eight days, from Sunday 21 August until Monday 29 August, after rejecting the 7% pay rise offered by Felixstowe Dock ...

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    HGV driver who killed cyclist given eight years

    2022-08-09T09:08:00Z

    A tipper lorry driver in Oxford under the influence of cocaine and who caused a fatal road traffic collision that led to the death of a cyclist on a roundabout has been jailed for eight years.Robert Whiting, 40, had earlier pleaded guilty to one count of causing death by dangerous ...

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    Concrete operator TGA Haulage mixes it with another two Mercedes-Benz Arocs

    2022-08-08T14:02:00Z

    Peterborough-based TGA Haulage is adding another two Mercedes-Benz eight-wheeler Arocs to its fleet after being impressed by the vehicles' running costs and the "amazing" aftersales service from dealer Intercounty Truck and Van.These latest additions are part of an ongoing fleet refresh which has seen the company phase out one brand ...

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    APN strengthens voice with appointment of Paul Sanders to RHA board

    2022-08-08T12:25:00Z

    Paul Sanders, the founder and chairman of the Association of Pallet Networks (APN), has been appointed to the board of the RHA.Announcing his appointment to the board, Sanders said the two organisations have a natural synergy which will benefit both entities. He added that his appointment will also help raise ...

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    Industry gives cautious welcome to plans for car drivers to operate 7.5 tonne trucks

    2022-08-08T11:49:00Z

    Government proposals to allow car drivers to operate 7.5 tonne trucks, to help tackle the UK's severe commercial driver shortage, have been given a cautious greeting by the logistics industry this week.Under the proposals, revealed last week in a DfT Call for Evidence paper, car drivers could be given the ...

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    Government extends funding for HGV driver training

    2022-08-05T16:37:00Z

    Government funding to train HGV drivers has been extended for another year in a move aimed at tackling the ongoing skills shortage in the sector.The funding was announced last year as part of government plans to train 4,000 new HGV drivers. Three thousand were to be trained through skills bootcamps ...

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    UK road freight prices hit by falling demand, inflation, Ukraine war and Brexit, report reveals

    2022-08-05T14:07:00Z

    Inflation, weakening demand, social instability and the war in Ukraine are leading to tumultuous developments in road freight prices, according to the Road Freight Rate Benchmark for Q2 2022.Against this backdrop, rates on routes between France and the UK have grown “significantly less” than others around Europe, according to the ...

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    Government may allow car owners to drive 7.5-tonne trucks to tackle skills shortage

    2022-08-05T13:31:00Z

    Car drivers could be given the right to get behind the wheel of large vans and lorries up to 7.5 tonnes as part of a range of government proposals aimed at tackling the skills shortages in the logistics industry.Other measured mooted in a DfT Call for Evidence paper published today ...