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Minister puts onus on freight industry to prepare for no-deal Brexit and avoid cross-Channel delays
The prospect of long delays to freight traffic heading through Kent to the Channel ports has again been raised in a letter from Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove MP - seen by the BBC - warning that there could be queues of up to 7,000 trucks in the event of ...
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ArticleCM Show 2020: Download a Tech Talk and discover the latest fleet innovation
If you are looking for the latest vehicle and management technology to keep your fleet ahead of the curve, then make sure to explore an exhibitor Tech Talk at the virtual Commercial Motor Show next week.From electric trucks and smart tyres through to digital fleet compliance and cash-flow management, it’s ...
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XPO Logistics strikes five year Border Force transport and storage deal
XPO Logistics has landed a major logistics and warehousing deal which will support the Home Office’s Border Force operations.Under the five year agreement, which is expected to begin in March 2021, XPO will transport and store goods and vehicles for Border Force.The deal comes as the UK prepares to leave ...
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Windfall of work in pandemic helps SDC Trailers offset impact of Brexit on costs
SDC Trailers is working “flat out” to fulfil new orders created by demand from the internet retail sector, as online shopping during the pandemic continues to grow, and by the recent demise of rival trailer manufacturer Cartwright Group.The company is predicting this latest boost to its order book, combined with ...
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ArticleNikola chief resigns amid claims that firm’s electric truck technology is an “intricate fraud”
Trevor Milton, chief executive of electric and hydrogen-powered truck start-up Nikola Motor Company, has resigned amid claims the company made fraudulent claims about its technology.The resignation comes just two weeks after Nikola signed a $2bn (£1.6bn) partnership with General Motors.Nikola also has a joint venture with Iveco to produce an ...
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ArticleAztek Logistics sees unprecedented volumes as pandemic drives up kerbside home deliveries
Hertfordshire-based Aztek Logistics is reporting “record-breaking” volumes thanks to a sharp rise in kerbside home deliveries during the Covid-19 pandemic.The Pallet Track member said that the pandemic, combined with an increase in home working and a rise in DIY, is driving a sharp rise in b2c deliveries, resulting in record ...
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ArticleLogistics and transport sector must build on a new level of awareness created by the Covid-19 pandemic
Back in February, before the UK’s nationwide Covid-19 lockdown, internet sales as a percentage of total retail sales stood at just 18% and few people understood (or cared) how the goods they ordered online, or picked from the supermarket shelf, actually arrived at their final destination.On 16 March, when the ...
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EFS Global expands postcode coverage during Covid-19 pandemic
Burnley-based EFS Global has grown its business to take on additional postcodes in the Stockport area, just nine months after joining Palletways.EFS Global’s services include general haulage, pallet and parcel deliveries, refrigerated transport and specialist pharmaceutical, medical and hazardous logistics.It operates a 200-strong fleet and employs over 325 members of ...
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Plummeting pollution levels prompt Leeds and Sheffield to review CAZ plans
Falling levels of air pollution during the Covid-19 pandemic could see Leeds and Sheffield City Councils drop their plans for charging Clean Air Zones.In April this year the government announced the suspension of all Clean Air Zones until “no earlier” than January 2021, as a result of the impact of ...
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ArticleLogistics firms missing out on government grants for R&D
We find that companies from all sectors have the potential to claim UK R&D tax relief. For tax purposes the definition of R&D is very broad.We know that logistics businesses of all kinds are benefitting from innovative technology which is constantly streamlining their processes and allowing them to work more ...
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ArticleArrowXL appoints new director to drive staff recruitment and retention
Delivery company ArrowXL has appointed Nicola Waring as director of people services.Waring joins Wigan-based ArrowXL, which specialises in two-person delivery, from JW Lees Brewery where she was people and logistics director of operations.She has also held a number of senior HR roles at The Kraft Heinz Company and webuyanycar.com.ArrowXL said ...
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ArticleMatlock Transport Company ceases trading
Matlock Transport Company, the family run general haulier founded more than 70 years ago, has ceased trading.Insolvency practitioners from Sheffield-based Hart Shaw LLP were appointed on 11 September to help liquidate the business.The company was founded in 1946 by Richard Lowe, before brothers Eric, Alf, George and Charles took an ...
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Kent Access Permit scheme to be enforced with £300 fines
A permit system for trucks leaving Kent for continental Europe after the EU transition period will be enforced by the DVSA with £300 fines and vehicle impoundings.The Kent Access Permit (KAP) is expected to significantly reduce the number of unready HGVs reaching Kent from 1 January and reduce pressure on ...
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ArticleHow the pandemic has accelerated the changing role of the HGV driver
Photo: Johnny Bambury/Fennell PhotographyThe life of a professional driver has changed dramatically over the last few years, with technology playing a huge part in this. One man and his truck has turned into one person, their truck and their digital toolbox.Drivers are now part of a hyper-connected organisation joined up ...
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ArticleHGV drivers warned not to use A5 during closure
Highways England (HE) has warned HGV drivers not to ignore road closures on the A5 in Warwickshire after receiving reports of vehicles flouting the law.Essential maintenance between Redgate and Higham has meant the A5 is closed in the evenings, but HE bosses said lorries were attempting to access the route ...
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'Do not back down' when faced with unfair parking fines
An Essex haulier that stood up to a parking firm threatening to take it to court for non-payment of a parking charge has urged other companies to persevere and not back down.KBC Logistics refused to pay the initial £60 parking charge notice (PCN) issued by UK Car Park Management (CPM) ...
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ArticleTPN signs logistics specialist CWM Transport
The Pallet Network has signed Basingstoke-based CWM Transport as its owners look to diversify in the wake of the pandemic.The two-year-old company, which provides full-load haulage between depots for major logistics groups, such as Fedex/TNT and Amazon, went live on 14 September.CWM director Carl Wood said drops in freight volumes ...
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ArticlePolice save HGV driver's life after motorway crash
Two hero police officers helped save the life of an HGV driver, who suffered a heart attack at the wheel on the motorway and collided with the central reservation.Shane Sharkey entered cardiac arrest on the M60 and lost control of his lorry, which then hit the concrete central reservation causing ...
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ArticleKuehne + Nagel uses new Volvo gas tractors on Whitbread and Costa contracts
Kuehne + Nagel has put eight new Volvo FH Globetrotter LNG tractor units into 24/7 operation on two major contracts with Whitbread and Costa, as part of a drive to reduce emissions and improve the sustainability of its transport operations.Their arrival marks the first Volvos to enter service in Kuehne ...
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ArticleUnite calls for leaked document on "post-Brexit chaos" in Kent to be released
Unite has called for the public release of a government document leaked to the Guardian which details potential queues of up to 7,000 lorries across Kent after the Brexit transition period ends on 31 December.Unite said the report – as well as information on potential post-Brexit disruptions around other coastal ...