Latest fleet news – Page 53
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MT ArticleAssetGo approved as DVSA Earned Recognition systems provider for drivers’ hours
The DVSA has approved fleet and compliance management systems provider AssetGo as a systems provider for drivers’ hours under its Earned Recognition (ER) scheme.
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MT ArticleTata Motors in the frame to buy Iveco
Iveco’s owners, the Agnelli family, are in talks over its sale - with Indian conglomerate Tata Motors a contender, according to a report by news agency Reuters.
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MT ArticleWilliam Stobart snaps up the Alternative Parcels Company
William Stobart has taken ownership of the APC delivery network (APC) via his holding company WS Holdco.
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MT ArticleAnalysis predicts ‘total absence’ of lorry drivers by 2029
There could be no more HGV driving jobs within four years, according to an alarming new study conducted by leasing firm Nationwide Vehicle Contracts.
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MT ArticleChallenge Logistics sold, saving thousands of jobs
Wigan haulier Challenge Logistics and its recruitment arm have both been sold after the group collapsed into administration last week.
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MT ArticlePolice come after M54 rubberneckers
Police in Staffordshire said they would be contacting over 100 drivers – including 20 HGV drivers – seen taking photos of the scene of a lorry crash on the motorway this week.
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MT ArticleDemand drives Lymers Assist to new larger premises
Specialist haulier Lymers Assist has acquired a new site in Melton to house its expanding Hull-based operations.
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MT ArticleNew Welcome Break opens in Leicestershire
Welcome Break opens its 61st service area next week in Hickling, near Melton Mowbray.
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MT ArticlePressure mounts on collapsed haulier after staff demand payment
The former boss of a Norfolk haulage firm that collapsed last year said it hadn’t yet entered insolvency proceedings because he had struggled to raise the funds to pay for it.
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MT ArticleMontracon acquired by Martin Group
Trailer builder Montracon has been snapped up by investment firm Martin Group.
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FCZ ArticleThe electric lorry clocking 1,000km a day
A German logistics firm is testing electric long-haul lorries on a 1,000-kilometre daily cross-country route, charging at its own depot and en route at public facilities.
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MT ArticleEngland’s riskiest roads get multi-million-pound safety boost
Two of the most high-risk roads in England are to receive £9.5m in funding to improve safety, including carriageway stabilisation, improved visibility and signage.
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MT ArticleClimate change risks particularly acute for transport workers
People working in transport and storage are increasingly at risk from harm posed by increasing global temperatures, extreme weather and air pollution, according to a new report.
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MT ArticleKnowles’ ‘bold’ transformation project comes to fruition
Knowles Logistics has completed one of its biggest ever single investments, with the expansion and transformation of its March head office.
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MT ArticleCPC course not keeping up with changing role of transport managers
The traffic commissioners have called for the transport manager CPC qualification to be examined amid concerns it has not kept up with the technological developments and modern demands of the role.
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MT ArticleHGV driver died after falling asleep at wheel
A lorry driver who died after his vehicle left the road and overturned on the A74 in Scotland is likely to have fallen asleep, a fatal accident inquiry found.
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MT ArticleEuropa Road offers hauliers end to “inland customs nightmare”
Europa Road has launched a service which puts an end to the “inland customs nightmare” of detours and delays that hauliers face getting goods into Europe.
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MT ArticleFleet operators offered £1m of government funding to install depot charging points
Fleet operators have five months from today (16 July) to apply for up to three quarters of the cost of installing depot charging points for electric vehicles, up to a maximum of £1m across all sites, under a newly launched government scheme.
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MT ArticlePremier Logistics shrugs off bad debt to deliver resilient performance in 2024
Premier Logistics has overcome the impact of a major bad debt to deliver a 4% increase in turnover in 2024 and further investment in its fleet and infrastructure, according to its latest annual results.
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MT ArticleRHA calls on Amazon, Tesco and Greggs to increase HGV parking at new fulfilment centres
The RHA has raised its concerns about plans to open major fulfilment centres by Amazon, Greggs and Tesco, warning that, without sufficient HGV parking, truck drivers will be put at even greater risk of being targeted by criminal gangs.