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ArticleFree meals for drivers as TPN looks to improve image of industry
The Pallet Network (TPN) is seeking to tackle the crisis in driver recruitment and a poor industry image by offering free evening meals to all its trunking drivers.The network said it wanted to inspire the UK logistics industry to improve conditions for HGV drivers at a time when firms were ...
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ArticleAmey puts eVivaro to the test
Services company Amey is trialling 10 Vauxhall eVivaros across its highways, waste and facilities management businesses to understand the scale of the transition required to go fully electric.Working with Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions, the firm intends to reduce its carbon emissions through the adoption of alternative fuel vehicles across its ...
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ArticleCoventry warehouse and lorry park get the go ahead
A 24/7 lorry park with 173 spaces and a 106,000 sq ft warehouse on Coventry’s Lyons Park industrial estate have both been given planning approval by the local council.Developer Goodman Logistics Developments said the Lyons 106 facility will offer customers high-quality shed space in a strategic Midlands location, with 75% ...
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ArticleMalting firm goes green by switching fleet to vegetable oil
Simpsons Malt, the fifth-generation family malting business, is the latest to switch its fleet from diesel to HVO fuel in a bid to reduce its CO2 and NOx emissions.The synthetic paraffinic hydro-treated vegetable oil (HVO) fuel, made from renewable raw materials, will power 28 DAF trucks in the firm’s fleet ...
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ArticleEnd of red diesel duty discount should prompt switch to fridges powered from truck engine
Temperature-controlled operators need to act now to avoid an overnight increase in fuel costs when the red diesel rebate is withdrawn, refrigerated systems manufacturer Hultsteins is warning.In less than a year, new laws to clean up air will be introduced, which involves the removal by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) ...
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ArticleTruck seized and driver arrested after suspected scrap metal theft
Police in Kent seized a truck after the driver was stopped and arrested in connection with a robbery of scrap metal in Chatham.Rural officers were out working with local partners to tackle fly-tippers when they came across a suspicious vehicle on 27 May.Kent police said the 23-year-old driver was arrested ...
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ArticleThe Pallet Network launches risk assessment for tail-lift deliveries
A driver risk assessment for tail-lift deliveries has been launched by The Pallet Network (TPN) as part of its ePOD application.It said the checklist should be used by drivers to do dynamic risk assessments of each tail-lift delivery in order to ensure their own and the public’s safety.TPN said it ...
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ArticleBirmingham Clean Air Zone to launch on 1 June, operators warned
The country’s second clean air zone (CAZ) launches in Birmingham on Tuesday (1 June) and the BVRLA is reminding fleet operators to assess the impact on their business.Pre-Euro-6 diesel vehicles will be required to pay a daily £50 charge to enter the zone, which lies within the A4540 ring road.Non-compliant ...
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ArticleHauliers slam "appalling" standard of rest stops in major new survey
Hauliers have delivered a damning verdict of the security, quality and availability of rest stops in the UK, with most rating them ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’.In a survey of more than 1,000 freight and coach firms, 59% described rest stop facilities on motorways and major A roads as inadequate.A further ...
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ArticleHireco to supply Breezemount Group with 72 new vehicles
Two-man home delivery firm Breezemount Group has signed a contract with Hireco for 72 new Ivecos, MANs and Renault Masters.The agreement is for 51 x 7.2-tonne Iveco Daily box vans; 4 x 12-tonne MAN box tail lifts and 16 x Renault Master 3.5-tonne low floor Luton bodied vans.All are on ...
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ArticlePanattoni names new director of finance and operations
Logistics developer Panattoni has appointed Oliver Choppin as its director of finance and operations in the UK.He will be responsible for the structuring of debt finance, maintaining lending relationships and deploying capital allocations, while also managing the operations of the UK development business.Read more Panattoni to deliver three new ...
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ArticleGasrec collects 10,000th tanker load of LNG from Isle of Grain terminal
Gasrec has collected the 10,000th tanker load of LNG from the National Grid facility on the Isle of Grain, as demand for the environmentally-friendly fuel soars.In total, 2,149 tankers filled up at the facility in 2020 and it expects utilisation to increase by 80% this year.Nicola Duffin, Grain LNG commercial ...
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ArticleL Lynch Plant Hire brings in Scania tippers for HS2 project
L Lynch Plant Hire and Haulage has taken delivery of a number of Scania tippers with low height L-series cabs for muckaway work on the HS2 rail project.The 32-tonne vehicles are based on Scania’s L 360 B8x4NB rear-steer double drive chassis and are equipped with 14 cu m Loadmaster Lite ...
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ArticleCollapsed haulier could recoup £8m if cartel claim is successful
Deben Transport’s claim for damages in relation to the truck cartel could be as much as £8m and, if successful, would potentially result in a payout to trade creditors, according to the administrator.The Felixstowe haulage firm collapsed in 2015, with an estimated £2.4m owed to unsecured creditors and more than ...
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ArticleMoreton Cullimore becomes youngest ever RHA chairperson
Cullimore Group MD Moreton Cullimore has followed in his father’s footsteps after being appointed the new chair of the RHA.Cullimore becomes the association’s youngest ever chairperson and he will work with vice-chairperson Tim Slater, along with the RHA’s management team, to help move the industry along the road to recovery.Cullimore’s ...
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ArticleDawsongroup Finance portfolio tops £150m
(From left) Dawsongroup Finance MD Kevin Wills and internal sales manager Matthew Bull pictured outside their HQ in Ringwood, HampshireAsset financiers Dawsongroup Finance is celebrating after its portfolio of businesses surpassed £150m.The Ringwood-based company said approximately £100m of the business is with Dawsongroup Plc customers and includes trucks, trailers, sweepers ...
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ArticleAsset Alliance Group supplies Law Distribution with DAF tractors
Asset Alliance Group has won a competitive tender to supply family-run warehouse and distribution firm Law Distribution with five new DAF XF 530 tractors with Super Space Cabs.The fleet upgrade for the Haydock, St Helens haulier is based on a two-year, full maintenance contract hire arrangement and Asset Alliance came ...
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ArticleMediterranean Shipping Company to open transport yard at Port of Liverpool
Global shipping firm and logistics company Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) said it was opening a new transport yard at the Port of Liverpool to support its growing landside volumes.It said the new facility will be fully operational this year with the MSC owned haulage fleet increasing by up to 40 ...
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ArticlePolice release footage of bridge strike that wedged van under truck
Photo: Surrey PolicePolice in Surrey have shared dramatic footage of a bridge strike that also resulted in a van becoming stuck under an HGV.The dashcam footage shows the lorry collide with the bridge in Epsom and then career into a nearby van, almost crushing it.The video was shared by the ...
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ArticleIsuzu Truck adds second RHCV dealership to its UK network
Truck manufacturer Isuzu Truck UK has added RH Commercial Vehicles' (RHCV) Newark facility to its truck dealer network, just eight months after appointing RHVC as its Northampton dealer.RHCV Newark, which is sited on a 3-acre site close to the A1, A17 and A46 road network in north-eastern Nottinghamshire, will be ...