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Latest Industry news – Page 195
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ArticleWilson James awarded gold Fors for London Construction Consolidation Centre
Wilson James has been award gold in TfL's Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (Fors) for its London Construction Consolidation Centre in Silvertown. Bob Dempsey operations manager for Wilson James said: "We are delighted to have been awarded Fors gold standard and to be one of few construction related companies to have ...
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Driver CPC exposes recruitment challenge road transport faces, says FTA
The FTA has reiterated its warning that with the Driver CPC deadline now reached, the road transport industry is facing not only a short-term driver shortage but a more serious underlying recruitment problem.In a statement issued today [10 September] to mark the Driver CPC deadline, the FTA said that while ...
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Driver shortage takes hold
RHA research has revealed that the long-predicted driver shortage is now severely affecting operators as they gear up for the Christmas peak.According to a poll of its members, both subcontractors and agency drivers are in short supply: 96.4% of respondents said they had difficulty in sourcing agency drivers, while 85% ...
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ArticlePall-Ex streamlines European booking process
Pall-Ex has revamped its international pallet services, in a bid to allow customers and members to arrange overseas deliveries easily via a single booking transaction.The revamped Connect Europe service, which makes use of the pallet network’s IT system Twine, has been revised and expanded to make it, in theory, just ...
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ArticleRyder takes delivery of Euro-6 demonstrator fleet
Ryder has the largest rental, leasing and contract hire fleet above 3.5t GVW in the UKRyder has taken delivery of a multi-marque Euro-6 demonstrator fleet to enable its rental and contract hire customers to carry out their own road trials. The fleet, which is comprised of 13 trucks ...
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ArticleTransport Exchange Group adds more functionality
Transport Exchange Group has introduced two features to its freight trading platform to provide greater control of multi-deport activity, as well as improve the accuracy of available vehicles data.The first, Depotlink, allows members of Haulage Exchange and Courier Exchange that operate multiple sites to switch between these accounts, providing a ...
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Four weeks left to apply for longer semi-trailer permits
There are still 400 longer semi-trailer allocations available, the DfT has said, and operators only have four weeks to apply for them.The ten-year longer semi-trailer trial was launched in 2012 with operators bidding for 1,800 allocations of 14.6m and 15.65m variants. All allocations had been issued at the begining of ...
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Great Bear signs new contract with Cott Beverages
Great Bear Distribution, based in Chester, has announced a new contract with soft drinks producer Cott Beverages for warehousing services in the Midlands.The new contract, which extends a longstanding relationship between the two, will see existing operations for Cott Beverages transferred from a Great Bear facility in Derbyshire to one ...
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ArticleIndustry 'puzzled' by Johnson's tacho-'gaffe'
In a speech earlier this month London Mayor Boris Johnson singled out the drivers’ hours rules as the type of European legislation that he would like to see removed if the United Kingdom left the EU.Johnson described the weight of employment regulation as “back-breaking”, citing regulations ranging from the Collective ...
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ArticlePressure mounts on politicians to address the cost of fuel
The RAC has called on all major political parties to say in the run-up to the next general election what they intend to do about four key transport concerns – the high cost of fuel, the poor state of the UK’s roads, the need for better enforcement of driving behaviour, ...
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ArticleElliott named MAN Truck & Bus UK MD
MAN Truck & Bus UK has appointed Simon Elliott MD following the departure of Des Evans due to ill health. Elliott has been MD of Volkswagen Group Ireland for the past three years, responsible for cars and CVs. He was previously MD of VW Commercial Vehicles in the UK, and ...
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ArticleJimmy Beam Down Light system can be fitted to new build trailers
Two governmental bodies have dispelled operators’ fears by confirming that the Jimmy Beam Down Light (JBDL) system can be fitted to new-build trailers under current legislation and does not require type approval. Since 29 October 2012, trailer manufacturers have been required to produce trailers that adhere to whole vehicle type ...
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ArticleLogistics management course launched to train junior armed forces personnel
Logistics Learning Alliance (LLA) has launched an Institute of Supply Chain Management (IoSCM) Level 4 Certificate in managing logistics operations, aimed at developing the skills of junior armed forces personnel.Designed as a stepping-stone to a Foundation Degree in Logistics at the University of Lincoln for members of the Royal Navy, ...
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ArticleEnterprise buys Burnt Tree
Commercial vehicle contract hire and rental specialist Burnt Tree has been bought by car and van rental firm Enterprise Rent-A-Car. The purchase is "intended to increases the breadth of vehicles and services that Enterprise can provide to its customers under its flexible commercial vehicle hire division, Flex-E-Rent", the company said.The ...
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Transport Exchange reveals improvements to booking chain functionality
Transport Exchange Group has upgraded the booking chain functionality for its Haulage Exchange and Courier Exchange platforms.The company said it would allow member businesses with an improved means of managing and updating the status of loads when they carry out work on each other’s behalf.As a result,those using the exhanges ...
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TfL considers refusing congestion charge payments from unofficial sites
Transport for London (TfL) has proposed refusing to accept congestion charge payments from unauthorised third parties in an attempt to clamp down on ‘bogus’ services which often look like its official payment site but can charge vehicle owners excessively in order to pay for the charge.Unofficial websites can charge unsuspecting ...
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Scania offers free telematics for 10 years
Scania is offering free activation and a ten-year subscription to its OnBoard Monitor telematics package for all operators of its trucks manufactured in 2011 onwards.Existing users will automatically have their subscriptions extended to 10 years and operators running used Scania trucks can have their subscriptions transferred to their account, provided ...
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ArticleRyder buys Bullwell Trailer Solutions
Ryder Europe has completed the purchase of trailer repair and maintenance company Bullwell Trailer Solutions.Bullwell provides nationwide mobile trailer repair and maintenance services from a central location in Lichfield, Staffordshire.It will continue to operate as it has been prior to the deal, complementing Ryder’s own trailer service.David Hunt, vice-president and ...
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Tachograph and driving licence fees set to fall
Operators could see a reduction in the fees paid for digital tachograph cards later this year, as DVLA looks to return a £25m surplus.Under the proposals a raft of fees would change. A first GB driving licence would fall from £50 to £43 for a paper application and to ...
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Argos: week-long warehouse strike 'had no impact'
Retailer Argos has said a week-long strike by warehouse staff at five of its DCs had no impact on its service to customers.The strike, organised by union Unite at the retailer’s Basildon, Bridgwater, Castleford, Magna Park and Heywood DCs, came to an end on 26 July - the date that ...