Latest fleet news – Page 443
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MT ArticleAsset Alliance wins bid to supply Isuzu Grafter to Pearsons of Duns
Asset Alliance Group has won a competitive tender to supply a new Isuzu Grafter to building materials supplier Pearsons of Duns to support deliveries to customers with difficult access.Supplied on a hire purchase basis, the 3.5 tonne truck will be used for the supply and delivery of home heating fuels ...
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MT ArticleLogistics industry in crisis talks with DfT as driver shortages hit food supplies
The RHA is meeting with transport minister Baroness Vere and DfT officials tomorrow to demand urgent action on the driver shortage crisis as goods continue to disappear from supermarket shelves across the country and the hospitality industry struggles to get sufficient supplies.The meeting comes as wholesalers and suppliers warned this ...
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MT ArticleMajor wholesalers warn of food shortages and wage and price inflation as HGV driver crisis worsens
Food wholesaler BidCorp and the National Buying Consortium are calling on the government to take urgent action to tackle the shortage of HGV drivers and warehouse operatives or face worsening food shortages and price inflation across the UK.The warning comes ahead of a meeting tabled for tomorrow (June 15) between ...
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MT ArticleGlasgow City seals £7m deal with Farid Hillend Engineering and Arcola for 19 hydrogen-powered RCVs
Recycling vehicle manufacturer Farid Hillend Engineering, in partnership with Arcola Energy, has won a £7m contract by Glasgow City Council to deliver and maintain 19 hydrogen fuel powered trucks.The deal, revealed at a recent council meeting, will see the fleet of 26-tonne hydrogen fuel cell electric refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) ...
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MT ArticleBRC Haulage and director fined almost £10,000 for illegally dumping waste
A haulage company and its director have been fined £9,923 for moving waste in and out of an illegal waste site in Fineshade, Northamptonshire.Peterborough firm BRC Haulage and its director Robert Canavan pleaded guilty to a number of charges at Northampton Magistrates Court last week.These included three charges of illegally ...
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TPN opens second pop-up hub in Coventry to meet demand surge
The Pallet Network (TPN) has launched a second pop-up hub at Coventry, transforming an unoccupied industrial unit into a fully operational site in just one week.It replaces TPN’s first pop-up hub which it created in the unoccupied NEC during the first Covid-19 pandemic lockdown in 2020.TPN said the pop-up hub ...
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MT ArticleBuoyant pharma sector helps Kammac triple profit in 2020
Kammac saw its pre-tax profit more than triple last year, with turnover up by over 70%, driven by “new opportunities” in the pharmaceutical sector.The family firm, which was founded by MD Paul Kammac in 1988, operates depots in Burton, Knowsley, Manchester, Worksop and its Skelmersdale headquarters near Liverpool.Reporting its latest ...
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MT ArticleNew five-year deal sees Unipart Logistics strengthen ties with Jaguar Land Rover
Unipart Logistics has landed a five-year deal to run the new, custom-built Jaguar Land Rover global parts logistics centre at Appleby Magna in Leicestershire, which will open in 2022.Unipart has been selected by Jaguar Land Rover to provide aftermarket parts logistics for both the Jaguar and Land Rover luxury automotive ...
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MT ArticleLack of electric vans threatens economic recovery, warns BVRLA
The vehicle rental and leasing industry is sounding the alarm on a lack of vans which it warns could hamper the UK’s economic recovery.Findings from the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association’s (BVRLA) latest Business Impact Survey show that, whilst the sector is much more optimistic about economic recovery than ...
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MT ArticleCall for army to help deliver food supplies as HGV driver shortage deepens
UK distributors are calling for the army to be mobilised to prevent the imminent breakdown of the country’s food supply chain, due to a critical shortage of HGV drivers.The Federation of Wholesale Distributors (FWD) warned this week that its members are struggling to get food deliveries out to the supermarkets, ...
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MT ArticleX2 (UK) secures one-stop-shop 4PL packaged oils distribution contract
X2 (UK) has won a £4.5m contract for the distribution of packaged oils across the UK and Ireland for manufacturer ADM in Purfleet.The 4PL said the three-year contract would simplify ADM’s current multi-haulier solution by providing a single management function, with X2 overseeing the planning, optimisation, customer booking in, delivery, ...
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MT ArticleWasteCare adds Isuzu 3.5 tonners for gas cylinder collection
Recycling firm WasteCare has continued its 20-year relationship with Isuzu by adding 10 new 3.5-tonne Grafters to its fleet for the first time.The N35.125 (E) dropside rigids have been put to work in the company’s gas cylinder recycling division where they are repatriating used gas cylinders from local authorities, waste ...
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Hauliers urged to object to 'ludicrous' plan to prevent HGVs stopping on any road in Kent
The RHA has accused Kent County Council (KCC) of “an abuse of process” following its attempt to permanently ban HGVs from stopping on roads in the county.A temporary ban introduced in January in seven Kent boroughs was widely criticised, with Logistics UK complaining that both the DfT and the council ...
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MT ArticleFerguson Transport expands business with metal fabricator
Cramlington-based Fergusons Transport has expanded its partnership with design specialist Universal Wolf, following a successful tie-in to build and deliver 750 NHS Covid beds.The haulier said the manufacturer now uses Fergusons trucks and trailers to transport its goods across the country and its “strong business collaboration” has resulted in it ...
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MT ArticleNWF trading benefits from higher demand for fuels and food
NWF Group, the fuel, food and feed distributor, said pre-tax profit is now expected to be ahead of market expectations following a strong trading performance in the fourth quarter.In a trading update, it said all its divisions had remained fully operational throughout the period ending 31 May 2021 and it ...
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MT ArticleSSO joins Pallet Track to cover part of Warrington postcodes
SSO Logistics on Merseyside has become the latest member of the Pallet Track network, a move it said would create 12 new jobs.The St Helens company also said it would be able to cut its carbon footprint through vehicle load optimisation and its proximity to Pallet-Track’s northern hub, as it ...
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MT ArticleRoyal Mail cuts emissions with 3,000 more electric vehicles
Royal Mail is significantly boosting the number of electric vehicles it operates across its UK fleet, with the addition of 3,000 low emission vans.The company said it was also introducing charging points at all the delivery offices set to receive the vehicles, with the roll-out concentrating on ultra-low emission zones ...
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Driver Require think tank calls on industry to improve conditions and stop "squandering" new drivers
An industry think tank put together by HGV driver recruitment firm Driver Require believes that the key to solving the long-term shortage of drivers lies in stopping existing drivers leaving the industry as well as recruiting and training more new drivers.The first report from the think tank, led by Driver ...
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MT ArticleHitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions 'leading the charge' on EV adoption
Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions (HCVS) generated a pre-tax profit of £19.7m in the year ending 31 March 2021, despite a challenging year for the leasing market.It said it increased its overall fleet by 17% during the period, despite a 29% decline in new car registrations.The expanded fleet of HGVs, vans, ...
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MT ArticleEFS swoops for Courier Connections as acquisition spree continues
North West logistics firm EFS Global shows no signs of leaving the acquisition trail after announcing its latest purchase – Scottish-based Courier Connections.The deal marks the latest in a growing line of businesses EFS has bought and will also act as a springboard for future growth north of the border.It ...