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Latest Industry news – Page 205
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LLCS: plans to demand more cycle safety equipment on LGVs progress
London Councils is to push ahead with plans to change the conditions of the London Lorry Control Scheme (LLCS) to mandate the fitting of side guards and uprated mirrors to LGVs making deliveries in LondonAt a meeting last week (12 December), London Councils’ Transport and Environment Committee said it would ...
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FTA tells DfT to speed up Thames crossing decision
The FTA has called on the government to speed up its decision over a new lower Thames crossing, after transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin ruled out one of the three possible locations and said a final announcement would be made “as soon as possible”. The option rejected would have seen a ...
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FTA: London Councils could ease cycle safety by relaxing London lorry ban
London Councils could improve cycling safety by relaxing the London Lorry Control Scheme (LLCS) to enable more deliveries to be made at night, the FTA has told Motortransport.co.uk.Instead, The Transport and Environment Committee of London Councils is meeting today (12 December) to discuss introducing new conditions to the LLCS that ...
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Cyclist safety still a political hot potato
LGV operators should not feel they are being singled out in the drive to cut cyclist deaths and injuries in London, as modifications to make construction vehicles safer are just part of a package of measures being introduced to improve cycle safety, London major Boris Johnson said on Monday (9 ...
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ArticleJaupt to administer Driver CPC for another two years
Jaupt has had its contract to manage the Driver CPC extended by two years.A spokesperson for the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), formerly Vosa and the DSA, confirmed that a tendering process for the future management of training and accreditation services had begun earlier this year as the ...
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ArticleEuropa Worldwide boss welcomes fuel duty freeze
The freeze in fuel duty until the end of the current parliament will deliver “significant benefits to the British freight industry” according to the MD of one of the UK’s largest haulage firms.Andrew Baxter, who took a 90% controlling stake in Europa Worldwide in August, said that duty rises ...
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Goodwill says there will be no hasty cycle safety changes
The government will not introduce “knee jerk” regulations requiring trucks to be fitted with additional cycle safety equipment such as detectors or cameras without scientific evidence that they are effective, roads and freight minister Robert Goodwill MP has pledged.Giving evidence to the House of Commons Transport Committee enquiry into cycle ...
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Chancellor freezes fuel duty - but no cut leads to 'massive disappointment'
Chancellor George Osborne has cancelled the planned fuel duty rise in September 2014, confirming a commitment to a duty freeze he made at the Conservative Party Conference in September.The rise was expected to be 1.61ppl, and in freezing this rise the chancellor will have frozen duty for the duration of ...
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DVSA 'unsurprised' by perceptions of Driver CPC
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) – also still known separately as the Driving Standards Agency and Vosa – has said it is not surprised that under 10% of respondents to its recent Driver CPC consultation felt the new qualification had significantly improved road safety. Last week, a DSA ...
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Access to finance still holding transport sector back
Over half the transport firms planning to secure bank lending in the next 12 months fear their request will be turned down, according to the results of the latest Close Brothers Business Barometer. Around four in 10 UK transport firms plan to seek lending for business growth in the next ...
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TCs underline change in financial standing limits
The Office of the Traffic Commissioner has issued a reminder to vehicle operators about the new financial standing levels that will apply from next month. On 1 January, minimum financial standing limits for standard national and international operating licences rise from £7,200 to £7,400 for the first vehicle and ...
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Williams-Sonoma chooses Wincanton for UK launch
Wincanton has won a contract with homeware retailer Williams-Sonoma, which is launching in the UK this month.The operator’s two-man delivery arm will assemble and deliver furniture to homes across the country when the US retailer opens its first UK store under its West Elm brand this month.The contract will also ...
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ArticleTfL not convinced London lorry ban is a good idea
TfL is studying the implications of a peak hours ban on LGVs in the capital, but remains unconvinced of its desirability.Speaking at the Transport Committee’s evidence session on cycling safety yesterday (2 December), Andrew Gilligan, the mayor of London’s cycling commissioner, TfL, said such a ban could have saved the ...
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ArticleWincanton wins Paul's Boutique contract
Wincanton has won a warehousing and distribution contract with fashion label Paul’s Boutique.The contract will see the operator deliver products to department stores across the UK, as well as store its range of women’s clothing, accessories and perfume.Paul’s Boutique has taken some space at Wincanton’s 500,000ft² shared-user DC in Greenford, ...
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ArticleCV operator numbers continue to decline
The decline in the number of O-licences in circulation continues, according to the latest report from the traffic commissioners.The number of licences in issue fell by 3,000 last year, from 84,072 in 2011-12 to 80,894 in 2012-13. Licence numbers have been falling since 1999-2000 when there were 110,067 in circulation, ...
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ArticleIveco unveils Euro-6 Eurocargo middleweight contenders
Iveco has unveiled its Euro-6 Eurocargo line up, which follows the Italian manufacturer’s SCR-only policy, with larger four and six-cylinder engines and up to 11,000 ex-factory variations of engine, transmission and chassis options.There is no Stralis-style facelift: the new Eurocargo looks the same as Euro-5 models, inside and out. In ...
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ArticleLabour enters cycling debate with HGV Safety Charter
Ahead of the Transport Committee’s cycling safety evidence sessions next week, Labour has involved itself in the debate with the launch of an HGV Safety Charter.Detailing a series of safety measures it expects hauliers to take to ensure the safety of cyclists after a recent series of deaths on the ...
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Over 2,000 FPNs issued in London road safety initiative
The Metropolitan Police issued over 2,000 fixed penalty notices (FPNs) to cyclists, LGV and car drivers during the first three days of its road safety crackdown in London this weekA combined total of 1,392 FPNs were issued to car and LGV drivers for offences such as skipping red lights, crossing ...
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Government ports policy branded 'confused and flawed'
Government policy on who should pay for transport infrastructure relating to ports is “confused in practice and conceptually flawed,” the Commons Transport Committee has warned.In a new report on access to UK ports, the committee said there should be a presumption that significant improvements to access to ports would be ...
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Goodwill calls for more flexibility on Driver CPC training
Transport minister Robert Goodwill has called on the European Commission to consider introducing greater flexibility in the rules about Driver CPC (DCPC) training when it comes to the minimum seven-hour training periods currently required. In its official response to an EC call for evidence about the effectiveness of the DCPC, ...