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Latest Industry news – Page 215
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ArticleCV Show 2013: Ford reveals new Transit Courier
Ford has unveiled the new Transit Courier at the Birmingham CV Show, the last of its new Transit models. The small panel van completes a four-vehicle line-up, that the company hopes will boost sales by over 50% by 2016.Based upon the company’s B-segment platform, the new Transit Courier uses the ...
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ArticleSlow economy drags on property demand
Total industrial and logistics floorspace take-up fell 22% last year due to weak economic conditions and a shortage of good quality stock, according to property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle’s latest UK Industrial Property Trends Today report. Subdued economic activity in 2012 “acted as a drag on property demand”, said the ...
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ArticleLeading haulier calls for stiffer penalties on illicit fuel
Prominent Northern Ireland LGV operator Willie Oliver has called for stiffer penalties to be applied to those found using laundered fuel. Oliver, who is MD of Coleraine-based Oliver Transport Services and a board member of the RHA, has also thrown his weight behind the recent suggestion by RHA director of ...
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ArticleBlitz shows compliance still a pressing issue in van sector
Standards of compliance remain a pressing problem in the light commercial vehicle sector, judging by a recent crackdown on the M4 in which more than 100 fixed penalties were issued for a range of road traffic offences.In the four-day blitz in March involving Wiltshire Police and HM Revenue and Customs, ...
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ArticleHazchem extends coverage in Europe with new members
Redhead International delivers internationally for HazchemPalletised chemicals distribution specialist the Hazchem Network has added three new members to extend its coverage in to Europe.Pan-European operator P&O Ferrymasters will cover the Benelux region, while Bradford, West Yorkshire-based Redhead International will handle loads to and from Austria.Allen Logistics, which has depots in ...
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ArticleScania: The Next Generation
Scania has taken the unusual step of introducing second-generation Euro-6 engines nine months before Euro-6 emissions legislation is fully implemented at the end of this year. When it unveiled its first Euro-6-compliant 12.7-litre engine two years ago, Scania said that testing showed fuel consumption was comparable with Euro-5’s. But now ...
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ArticlePall-Ex: pallet networks gaining from shrinking own-account fleets
The UK’s continuing economic malaise is creating new business opportunities for pallet networks as own-account operators look to slim down their vehicle fleets, according to the boss of Pall-Ex. Pall-Ex MD Adrian Russell told MT that a number of national own-account fleets had contracted as the UK’s economy continued to ...
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UK fuel usage remains broadly stable
Consumption of road transport fuels fell fractionally during 2012, latest statistics from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have shown.A 5.4% fall in petrol sales over the year being almost entirely offset by a 2.36% rise in diesel sales, according to DECC. In the fourth quarter of 2012, ...
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Ireland duty rebate may lead to greater use of illicit fuel, warns RHA
The introduction of a rebate on fuel duty for goods vehicle operators in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) this summer may tempt more UK operators to use illicit fuel, the RHA has conceded. RHA policy director Jack Semple said the 7.5 cent rebate, which fully licensed vehicle operators in the ...
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News Extra: It's freezing out there
Last month to the collective relief of the road transport industry, chancellor George Osborne froze duty once again, announcing September’s 3ppl increase would not happen.He said the decision in the past two years to freeze duty meant fuel was 13ppl cheaper than it would have been if no action had ...
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ArticleThink Logistics a big hit in Nelson
Think Logistics, a group of operators led by Abbey Logistics MD Steve Granite, has held a second successful pilot of its project to get school leavers to think of a career in logistics.Matthew Kibble, MD of local haulier Matthew Kibble Transport, presented to around 30 students doing business studies at ...
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ArticleScheme to help hauliers shift mode expanded to include short sea shipping
A “trail blazing” scheme for hauliers that pays £75 for each container moved by rail has expanded to offer a coastal and short sea shipping solution as well.The Haven Gateway Partnership said its Low Carbon Freight Dividend (LCFD) project, aimed at hauliers in the east of England, will help them ...
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ArticleHireco adds 500 new trailers to rental fleet
Trailer hire specialist Hireco has ordered almost 500 new trailers from SDC, Lawrence David and Dennison for delivery during the first half of 2013. “These new high spec trailers have been ordered to meet steady demand for quality equipment,” said Hireco MD James Smith. “Hireco is now well placed to ...
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Lavazza chooses Bibby Distribution for coffee deliveries
Bibby Distribution has won a warehousing and distribution contract with coffee company Lavazza.The new contract, which will see the operator deliver coffee, biscuits, chocolates, crockery and promotional materials, will be run out of Bibby’s multi-user warehouse in Stoke-on-Trent.Around 160 orders per week will be packed and delivered to Lavazza’s food ...
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ArticleEU welcomes plans for dramatic increase in alternative fuel stations
The EU Transport Council has welcomed plans to dramatically extend the number of alternative fuel stations around Europe. In a debate on 11 March attended by UK secretary of state for transport, Patrick McLoughlin, ministers broadly welcomed the initiative.The initiative, which was put forward by the European Commission in January, ...
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IFB and ACPO to share intelligence on insurance fraud
The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) have signed a formal intelligence sharing agreement.The agreement should make it easier to identify the organised criminal gangs engaged in cross-industry insurance fraud such as crash-for-cash scams. The concord, signed by the IFB’s head of intelligence Stephen ...
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ArticleFreight let down by Wales
Severn CrossingAn influential group of MPs has slammed the Welsh government for effectively ignoring a cross-industry group set up to deliver the country’s freight strategy.In its Crossing the Border report, the Commons’ Welsh Affairs Committee said it was disappointed that the Welsh government had failed to convene a meeting of ...
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ArticleBudget 2013: Operators support fuel duty freeze
More operators have reacted to the chancellor’s Budget this afternoon (20 March), with both DBL Logistics and parcel firm APC Overnight supporting George Osborne’s decision to scrap the planned fuel duty rise.Sheffield-based haulage company DBL Logistics, which estimates that it uses around 50,000 litres of fuel per quarter, said the ...
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ArticleIndustry welcomes fuel duty freeze, but claims more needs to be done
George Osborne, chancellorThe industry has welcomed the chancellor’s decision to cancel the planned September fuel duty rise, but says more still needs to be done to get the economy on the road to recovery.The RHA, FTA and FairFuelUK welcomed the duty freeze, but were disappointed that George Osborne did not ...
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Budget 2013: No fuel duty increase this September
Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed in the Budget there will be no rise in fuel duty this September.Speaking today at parliament, Osborne said he had "listened" and name checked PetrolPromise.com founder Robert Halfon MP and Alan Reid, MP for Argyll and Bute (Conservative and Liberal Democrat respectively) as he revealed ...