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ArticleMiniclipper takes on new finance director Laure Filippi
Bedfordshire-based Miniclipper Logistics has taken on new finance director Laure Filippi, who will join sales director Jayne Masters as the second woman on the board.Filippi's most recent role was with nuclear fuel cycle products and services specialist Orano Group, where she was the company's UK chief financial officer, overseeing the ...
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Clowes Developments inks £100m deal to launch six major logistics facilities around M1
Plans are in train for six new logistics facilities around the M1 which will provide a total of one million square foot of storage space.NFU Mutual is investing £100m with Clowes Developments to fund the project which will see the delivery of six new Grade A logistics warehouses, let across ...
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BSI launches standard to help prevent trucks being used in terrorist attacks
The British Standards Institution (BSI) has launched guidance aimed at preventing trucks, vans, buses and plant machinery from being used as weapons in a terrorist attack or by organised crime gangs.The standard, launched this week, is sponsored by the DfT and the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) ...
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ArticleEuropa seeks second batch of sales trainees to start on over £22,000 a year
Logistics and warehousing operator Europa Worldwide Group is on the hunt for another cohort of graduates and school-leavers to join its career development programme.Under the company’s Rapid Career Development programme, candidates will be given the chance to join the Europa Road sales team and become a trainee road account manager.The ...
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MT Awards 2020: Listening carefully helps DPD take fourth Home Delivery Operator of the Year title
If you’re named Home Delivery Operator of the Year for four years running, you must be doing something right. And what DPD UK did right was to make exhaustive efforts to get proper feedback from customers and then act on it.For DPD UK to have won the MT Home Delivery ...
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ArticleGive lorry cargo thefts higher priority, RHA tells crime minister
The RHA is calling on the government to give greater importance to lorry cargo thefts, which currently fall under the same category as the theft of a pair of sunglasses from a motor vehicle.In a letter sent today (10 May) to Kit Malthouse, minister of state for crime and policing, ...
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ArticleProcon Readymix begins roll out of Wheely-Safe technology across fleet
Cemex UK subsidiary Procon Readymix has installed Wheely-Safe tyre safety technology on two of its 32-tonne DAF multi-wheelers with plans to extend the roll-out to all of its 18-strong fleet this year.The Wheely-Safe kit combines a tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS), a wheel loss sensor and a brake temperature sensing ...
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ArticleNew training body run by former STC Beverley Bell reveals course details
Former senior traffic commissioner (STC) Beverley Bell (pictured) has launched a training company offering operator licence awareness, Driver CPC and transport manager courses.Beverley Bell Training will begin rolling out its first courses in the North West in June while Covid restrictions remain in place, but the intention is to offer ...
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ArticleAnger over "unrealistic" plan to slap huge fines on hauliers found with stowaways
Hauliers will stop bringing goods into the UK if the government ploughs on with proposals to levy fines of £2,000 per stowaway found in vehicles, regardless of the security measures taken, Logistics UK has warned.A consultation into the controversial plans ended yesterday (6 May) with ministers wanting to overhaul the ...
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ArticleMT Awards 2020: A love of growing businesses takes Thomas van Mourik to Service to Industry award
Through shrewd acquisitions, Culina Group chief executive Thomas van Mourik has built a logistics business boasting a turnover of over £1bn. But as far as he’s concerned, it’s all just an enjoyable hobby.A year as challenging as the last one has only served to enhance the reputation of Culina Group ...
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ArticleTraining bodies hit out at DVSA as HGV test backlog builds
More than 118,000 HGV tests are required to take place over the next 12 months if a skills black hole caused by the pandemic is to be plugged, according to research carried out by the Logistics Skills Network (LSN).In 2020, just 15,547 professional drivers passed their test, compared to a ...
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ArticleNew figures reveal shocking truth behind overhead power line incidents
Nearly half of all overhead power line incidents last year were caused by haulage firms, according to UK Power Networks (UKPN).The energy firm has now launched a campaign to remind people working near power lines to concentrate on their safety and plan properly.It said the four groups with the highest ...
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ArticleSuffolk police slam HGV drivers after recording 350 offences in five days
Police in Suffolk said it was “extremely frustrating” that large numbers of HGV drivers are breaking the law, after officers detected over 350 traffic offences in just five days.A joint Norfolk and Suffolk roads and armed policing team used a lorry cab to monitor truckers on the A14, A11 and ...
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ArticleVolta Trucks expands electric portfolio
Electric HGV maker Volta Trucks has announced an increase in its line-up by launching ECVs ranging from 7.5 to 19-tonnes.Building on the trials of its Volta Zero, the first purpose-built, full-electric 16-tonne truck, it plans to expand its product portfolio with three additional variants within the medium to lower end ...
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ArticleShipley Transport Services adds Volvo FH tractor units to fleet
Family-owned haulier Shipley Transport Services has rewarded the first class service it receives from Volvo and extended its relationship with four new fuel-efficient FHs with I-Save tractor units.The Bradford full loads, part loads and pallets specialist specified the 460hp 6x2 tractors with Globetrotter XL cabs from Crossroads Truck and Bus ...
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ArticleDPD vehicles take part in new project to monitor urban air quality
DPD’s vehicles are being used as mobile air quality monitors, measuring the amount of harmful particles in six UK cities to help councils with their policy making.Project BREATHE is already in full swing in London, with 100 sensors on the roofs of DPD vans and 20 fixed units on the ...
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ArticleRevealed - the top ten costliest routes for international hauliers
The most expensive route for truckers in Europe is the A6:A7 Paris to Marseille toll road, with a one-way journey costing just over £305, according to hire firm Northgate.It researched 44 countries and looked at toll roads, bridges and tunnels and found that the Great St Bernard tunnel, connecting Western ...
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ArticleKingdon Wessex DAF bought by Adams Morey
Adams Morey MD Kevin Swinnerton said he was excited to welcome Kingdon Wessex DAF to its dealer network, adding that he was "looking forward to more prosperity".The acquistion provides Adams Morey with an area of operation across the whole south-west of England from Cornwall to Basingstoke and its headquarters at ...
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ArticleNewell and Wright Transport (NWT) reopens rail terminal and plans recruitment drive
Newell and Wright Transport (NWT) has reopened a disused rail terminal in a bid to cut its carbon footprint and increase rail freight services.The Tinsley Marshalling Yard, which sits half in Rotherham and half in Sheffield, welcomed its first train into the yard this week from Maersk, since it fell ...
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ArticleHydrogen lobby pumps up the volume
Two specific issues have been identified with hydrogen that the truck sector needs to deal with: firstly, the development and construction of efficient fuel cells. Then secondly, the distribution of hydrogen to ensure that trucks can be refuelled safely and quickly.By coincidence, two significant developments took place recently to address ...