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MT ArticleAnother great night as we reveal the winners of the 2023 Motor Transport Awards
A great night was had by all at the 37th Motor Transport Awards held on September 6 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s West End. DPD UK were again the big winners on the night, picking up another three trophies – Home Delivery Operator of the Year, Urban Operator ...
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Uncertainty remains over proposed £50 charge to enter Cambridge in rush hour
Plans to charge operators £50 every time their HGVs enter Cambridge city centre look likely to be abandoned after concerns were raised by business groups and politicians about the impact of a proposed peak time congestion charge amid a cost of living crisis.The RHA said it welcomed the scrapping of ...
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Economic headwinds blew Cross Transport off course
Cross Transport failed due to the Covid pandemic and rising costs, according to documents recently released by its administrator.The Birmingham haulier, which provided road transport services across the UK and Ireland, brought in financial experts on 5 June after being hit by a series of economic headwinds. The company was ...
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Satnavs have changed our world - but could still do better
GPS is the most famous of the four global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) and one of the marvels of the modern world. A GNSS constellation consists of a number of satellites that circle the globe to provide worldwide position, time and velocity information. Since these are low power signals and ...
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MT ArticleProton Motor unveils fuel cell production facility to meet growing demand
Proton Motor Fuel Cell inaugurates its fuel cell production facility in Fuerstenfeldbruck.
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MT ArticleCummins’ venture with Daimler Truck and PACCAR to elevate battery cell production in the United States
Cummins Inc.’s zero-emission division, Accelera by Cummins, is teaming up with Daimler Trucks & Buses US Holding LLC (a Daimler Truck Group Company) and PACCAR to expedite and localise the production of battery cells and the battery supply chain within the United States.
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MT ArticleZepp.solutions secures €2 million grant for hydrogen fuel cell systems factory in Europe’s hydrogen hub
Zepp.solutions secures grant funding from the European Just Transition Fund to establish an hydrogen fuel cell systems factory in Europe’s strategic transport hub.
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Plans to widen A9 "just another dream" say campaigners
The Scottish government said it was pressing ahead with long delayed plans to dual more of the A9 trunk road between Perth and Inverness, with a £150m construction contract notice expected to be awarded next summer.The project to dual Scotland’s longest road can be traced back to 2008 when the ...
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Waste firm hit with £3m fine after two fatal accidents
Waste management firm Valencia has been fined £3m after two lorry drivers died in separate incidents.The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated the deaths of Michael Atkin and Mark Wheatley and subsequently prosecuted Valencia, formerly known as Viridor Waste Management.Atkin, a 63-year-old HGV driver employed by RT Keedwell, died while ...
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Port One Logistics Park to be fully carbon neutral
Four new, pre-let warehousing units are approaching completion at East Anglia’s first carbon neutral logistics park, following a £20m commercial property loan from Secure Trust Bank (STB).Developer Curzon De Vere said the units at Port One Logistics Park in Great Blakenham, near Ipswich, were constructed with eco credentials in mind, ...
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Reinvestment strategy puts Palletline on track for “record profitability”
Palletline saw total turnover increase by almost 68% to £301.2m in the 18 months ending 31 December 2022.Revenues generated by its logistics subsidiaries rose by £40.1m to £70.1m during the period.The network said its extended accounting period followed a review of Palletline’s internal processes in 2022, when the board and ...
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Lloyd Fraser toasts fashion division’s contract renewals
Logistics provider Lloyd Fraser said it had enjoyed an “unprecedented” number of contract renewals in its fashion transport division this year.The company said taking into account the current economic climate, it was testament to the culture of the business and its employees that it had renewed a high number of ...
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Creditors of stricken firm confront boss at his home
A young entrepreneur who set up a haulage firm in Malton when he was just 17 had to contend with angry creditors at his home address when the firm hit financial problems.Charles Morgan Transport entered administration on 4 July, seven years after it was first launched, after increasing overheads and ...
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Freight Management European’s collapse prompted by range of factors
A Burton-on-Trent haulage firm that failed last month was crippled by a host of problems, including Brexit, Covid-19 and an expensive fraudulent incident involving a customer, according to its administrator.Freight Management European (FME) had traded since 1998 and held an international licence authorising 40 HGVs, but in a report to ...
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GXO slashed costs in first year of logistics partnership with BT Group
GXO has delivered "substantial" cost savings through increased efficiencies in the first year of its contract to manage telecommunications giant BT Group's logistics and transport operations.BT Group outsourced its logistics to GXO last year as part of its wider strategy to simplify and modernize its operations. The deal saw more ...
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Wishart Transport sees rocketing orders with pallet pooler IPP
Wishart Transport has seen the number of annual orders with wooden pallets pooler IPP increase by 4,600% in just six years, the company revealed this week.The County Armagh-based company collects and distributes wooden pallets on behalf of IPP from a range of customers, including manufacturers and retailers, and has ...
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Fleets need unplanned repair work every 10 weeks, r2c research shows
Commercial vehicles suffer on average around five defects each year - equivalent to approximately one every 10 weeks - which may need them to be taken off the road, illustrating the huge number of unscheduled repairs that affect fleet operations, research by r2c Online has shown.r2c, which provides connected software ...
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Unlock £3.9bn in economic growth by investing in logistics and tackling border delays, sector tells government
Greater government investment, an improved flow of goods across borders and a closer partnership between government and the logistics sector could boost Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by £3.9bn by 2030.The findings are revealed in a new report by Oxford Economics for Logistics UK, dubbed Logistics: Delivering a Solution to the ...