Latest fleet news – Page 301
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MT ArticleTrucksters launches app to improve mental health of HGV drivers
Freight start-up Trucksters has teamed up with healthcare app Cristobal to provide lorry drivers with a programme to improve their mental health.Trucksters said it was also putting together a driver experience team whose job is to ensure that drivers achieve a better life-work balance, spend more quality time with their ...
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MT ArticleVolvo Trucks unveils raft of electric options for FH, FM and FMX models
Volvo Trucks has expanded its range of vehicles and launched electric rigid versions of its Volvo FH, FM and FMX models.The OEM said the new heavy rigid trucks can be designed to carry electric superstructures for a range of transport assignments, including goods distribution, refuse collection and construction work.Roger Alm, ...
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MT ArticleEV Cargo reports surge in 2021 profits as net zero strategy gathers pace
EV Cargo said revenues sailed past £1bn last year, an increase of 70.5% for the global freight forwarding firm.Announcing its full year results for 2021, the company said gross profit had increased by 47.1% to £144.5m and pre-tax profit rose from £6m in 2020 to £35.6m last year.EV Cargo added ...
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MT ArticleRHA Benevolent Fund offers support to non-members
An RHA charity supporting people in times of financial difficulties is for the first time offering support to non-members, in response to the cost-of-living crisis.The haulage business group said it had a “moral responsibility” to support the industry and help those facing hardship.The Benevolent Fund, set up in 2000, has ...
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MT ArticlePalletways profits slip but turnover edges higher
Turnover at Palletways has increased by 4.1% to £230m, but the largest UK pallet network also saw a reduction in profit to £21.7m, new figures showed.During the year ending 30 June 2022, the network said volumes had fallen slightly as it experienced a full financial year of no significant Covid-19 ...
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MT ArticleWoodland Group hails benefits of new rail route for freight
Woodland Group helped a customer reduce its inbound supply chain carbon emissions by 82% after introducing a rail route at its Doncaster facility.The logistics firm said putting freight for Ball Beverage Packaging on to rail resulted in 4.35 times less emissions, which equated to 886 fewer tonnes of carbon than ...
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MT ArticleAztek Logistics hits FORS gold standard for sixth year running
Aztec Logistics has secured a gold standard FORS award for safety and environmental best practice in the supply chain for the sixth year running.The Letchworth transport firm said the gold award was seen as increasingly significant in many sectors, including the construction industry where it works with customers involved in ...
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MT ArticleSCH signs lease deal to extend Port of Liverpool storage and transporter park
Logistics firm SCH has agreed a multi-year lease with Peel Ports Group as part of an expansion of a car storage and transporter park at the Port of Liverpool.The facility will increase in size from eight to 10 acres to deal with growing demand for the processing of vehicles at ...
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MT ArticleEuropean trade body ACEA calls for relaxation in vehicle weights and dimensions to aid carbon zero vehicle uptake
The European automobile manufacturer’s association ACEA has issued a positional paper calling for an increase in the weight and length allowances for zero emission trucks to assist the industry in its journey to decarbonisation. The move comes as the European Commission is expected to release details of the plans to ...
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MT ArticleFoton accelerates towards European markets with new electric light commercial vehicle
Chinese automotive company, Foton has entered into an agreement with Piaggio of Italy to build a new electric light commercial vehicle. The deal formalises the two companies’ September 2017 collaboration to create new solutions for the light commercial vehicle sector. The two parties will finish the project’s technical paperwork and ...
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MT Article50 eActros LongHaul battery electric trucks are set to go into service with German logistics giant Dachser
Mercedes-Benz and Dachser of Germany have signed a letter of intent which will see 50 eActros LongHaul 6x2 swap body trucks join the fleet. The vehicles are expected to be in full series production by 2024. “Dachser is a very valuable customer for us in sustainable transport. Dachser was already ...
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MT ArticleLogistics UK gives cautious welcome to return of Operation Brock
The reinstatement of traffic management system Operation Brock in Kent will provide certainty to hauliers but must not result in lengthy queues for HGV drivers, according to Logistics UK.The Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) said it had decided to bring back the measure between junction 8 and 9 of the M20 ...
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MT ArticleEFS Global acquires two more hauliers to take turnover to £165m
EFS Global has finished 2022 the way it started the year and bought another two haulage companies: sister firms Eminence Transport and Floryn.Both are based in Maidstone, Kent and provide pallet network, general haulage, warehousing and fulfilment services.The value of the deal was not disclosed but EFS said the fulfilment ...
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MT ArticleUnpicking the price variations in electricity supply and how transport can benefit
Our energy correspondent, Janet Wood, outlines how the volatility in the market for electricity supply and demand is seeing some huge price fluctuations.
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MT ArticleThe Algorithm People partners with Teesside University for game-changing development in fleet optimisation
The Algorithm People (TAP) and Teesside University have joined forces to bring a revolutionary level of optimisation to road transport
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MT ArticleArrowXL in delivery deal with Premium Christmas Trees
ArrowXL is working with Premium Christmas Trees (PCT) to help deliver over 1,000 trees per week for the festive period.Utilising ArrowXL’s 48-hour delivery service, customers can select a nominated delivery day and will receive the standard room of choice service.Christmas trees are an unusual product type and ArrowXL said its ...
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MT ArticleLloyd Fraser Holdings reports slump in profits despite healthy turnover
3PL Lloyd Fraser Holdings saw turnover rise to £44m in the year ending 28 February 2022, a 20.6% increase on the previous year.The company said it had performed well in a challenging market and attributed the increase to its fashion logistics seeing a positive recovery as the country exited pandemic-related ...
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MT ArticleXPO to transport building materials for Hanson UK
XPO has struck a deal with Hanson UK to distribute packed cement and related materials to the builders’ merchants.XPO said it would manage more than 30,000 deliveries annually from Hanson’s facilities in Warwickshire, the East Midlands, North Wales, and Lancashire.It added that it could provide Hanson with enhanced delivery visibility, ...
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MT ArticleCouncils struggle to recruit gritter drivers to tackle cold snap
Nearly two thirds of councils in England are struggling to recruit HGV drivers to grit the roads this winter, according to data from the local government association (LGA).It said 63% of authorities had struggled or were struggling to find skilled drivers for winter resilience activities.Among those struggling, the most common ...
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MT ArticleHauliers face clampdown on repeated switching of vehicles on and off licence
The senior traffic commissioner is consulting on plans to amend statutory guidance closing a loophole that enables hauliers to ‘draw down’ HGVs not specified on an operator licence.The move was prompted by a recent decision in the upper tribunal concerning a company swapping vehicles on and off its licence.The tribunal ...