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ArticleStewarts of Tayside orders 10 refrigerated trailers
A 16-year relationship between Stewarts of Tayside and Carrier Transicold shows no signs of thawing after the Perthshire fruit and veg firm took delivery of 10 new refrigerated trailers.The single-temperature Vector 1550 units are mounted to 13.6m Gray & Adams trailers and have been equally split between new additions to ...
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ArticleAcclaim Logistics signs Palletline deal
Acclaim MD Mark RobinsonAcclaim Logistics has partnered with Palletline, saying it will give customers greater choice in terms of pricing, pallet sizing and distribution options.The company offers flexible parcel and pallet distribution solutions in the Southampton area and with depots in Totton and on the Isle of Wight it can ...
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ArticleOctopus Energy joins Royal Mail and DPD in trialing LEVC's prototype electric van
Energy retailer Octopus is the latest company to trial LEVC’s VN5 electric van prototype. Joining similar tie-ins with Royal Mail and DPD, Octopus Energy engineers will use the vehicles to install the same electric chargers the vans use, which LEVC described as the “first-ever circular real-world trial”. ...
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ArticleDFDS using pandemic as excuse to cut jobs and make "brutal attacks" on workforce, Unite claims
The Unite union has accused DFDS of using Covid-19 as an excuse to make dozens of redundancies in its Immingham workforce and reduce overtime rates, potentially affecting freight routes.The union said the plan to cut 62 jobs from the 600-strong workforce were unnecessary given steadily increasing freight volumes.In June, DFDS ...
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ArticleOTC reveals details of 99 operators reported for bridge strikes
Nearly 100 operators involved in bridge strikes have been reported to the traffic commissioner in the last 12 months, figures reveal.The office of the traffic commissioner (OTC) said of the 99 firms involved in these incidents, 12 were subsequently called to public inquiries and 22 dealt with at preliminary hearings.Others ...
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ArticleDrivers claim some firms still ban them from using their toilets
Victory! Back in 2017, after campaigning from the Unite union and Truckers’ Toilets UK, the HSE ruled thatemployers in control of non-domestic premises (i.e. places of work) were required to allow all visitors to their premises, who were not employed by them, access to their toilets and washing facilities.No more ...
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ArticleDVSA adds 'e-learning' content to driver CPC courses
Driver CPC delegates can now take up to two hours of a seven-hour course as ‘e-learning’ content under changes brought in this week.So-called e-learning is not the same as distance learning or remote learning, which have been used as part of the emergency response to Covid-19 during the pandemic.Instead, the ...
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ArticleHighways England road improvement plan was heavily scaled back, review reveals
Highways England’s (HE) programme for major improvements on the road network was overly optimistic and had to be substantially reduced from 112 schemes to 73, according to a review of the agency.The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) also said too many people are still dying on the road network ...
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ArticleKuehne + Nagel Q2 turnover down 21.5% but volumes back to normal
Kuehne + Nagel said demand for domestic European transport had broadly improved to pre-crisis levels following a significant decline in order volumes in April and May.However, turnover for its road logistics division was down by 21.5% in Q2 2020 to CHF 721m (£611m), compared with the same quarter in 2019, ...
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ArticleDriver poll reveals Britain's best and worst motorways
The M11 in CambridgeshireThe M11 has topped the list of road users’ best motorways, with the M20 voted the worst, according to research by Transport Focus.The motorway from London to Cambridge had the highest overall satisfaction of 92%.The best A-road was the A66 route across the Pennines from Scotch Corner ...
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ArticleDPD beats green target by five months as electric fleet expands
DPD plans to trial a specially adapted 2.5-tonne electric van which it says will ‘revolutionise green logistics’ DPD has beaten its target of having 10% of its couriers emissions-free, achieving the ambitious goal five months ahead of schedule. The parcel firm said more than 700 of its ...
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ArticleGreen hydrogen dual fuel trial saves 14 tonnes of CO2
Over 14 tonnes of CO2 has been saved in a two year project by the Low Emission Freight and Logistics Trial (LEFT) involving just 11 urban trucks and vans running on green hydrogen dual fuel.With between 20-45% of the diesel fuel being displaced by green hydrogen on the various vehicles, ...
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ArticleCtrack by Inseego signs deal with MaxOptra to provide fleets with enhanced route-planning software
Ctrack by Inseego has teamed up with MaxOptra to meet the growing demand from multi-drop distribution operations for optimised scheduling and live transport management.The partnership will deliver telematics-enabled solutions that use highly accurate, real-time data to support dynamic route planning and planned vs actual performance monitoring.MaxOptra’s route planning software has ...
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ArticleNearly half of fleets admit low emission zones will impact their business
More than four out of 10 fleets believe that they will be affected by the introduction of Clean Air Zones (CAZ) across the UK and the Ultra-Low Emissions Zones (ULEZ) in London.According to the Arval Mobility Observatory research, 43% of all UK businesses said they will be impacted – but ...
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ArticleSpeedy Freight partners with ADAM Foundation to tackle Liverpool knife crime
Speedy Freight has announced a partnership with the ADAM Foundation, which aims to help educate young people across Liverpool on the dangers of knives and knife crime and bring justice to its victims.The national courier is donating £1 for every booking made by a Liverpool-based business from now until the ...
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ArticleMidlands broker launches vehicle management and leasing division
Financial services broker, Midlands Asset Finance (MAF), has announced the creation of a vehicle management and leasing division.Officially launching today (22 July), the team, known as MAF Leasing, will actively serve both consumers and businesses for the first time in the company’s history.The vehicle management arm of the division will ...
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ArticleEuropa turnover passes £200m but 2020 growth will be "limited"
Europa Worldwide Group has revealed its results for the year ending 31 December 2019, showing turnover increased from £176m to £205m and net profit before tax increased to £6m from £5.2m in 2018.The business, which has just opened a £60m logistics facility in Corby, Northamptonshire, has also reported an increase ...
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ArticlePML rides Covid-19 storm to win major fresh produce deal with Asda
Logistics specialist PML has won a major contract with IPL, Asda’s produce-buying arm, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.PML is a family-owned business based in Feltham, near Heathrow Airport, that provides import and export logistics for perishable and non-perishable goods by air, sea and road.The deal with IPL sees ...
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HGV testing regime set for shake up as government confirms major review
The government is to launch a major review of the DVSA’s HGV testing system which could clear the way for accredited private sector testers and break the DVSA’s grip on HGV tests by the end of the year.The review, exclusively revealed yesterday by motortransport.co.uk, was confirmed today in a letter ...
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Dutch haulier becomes first international FORS Gold member
Dutch specialist precast concrete haulier Driessen Speciaaltransport has become the first FORS member to attain FORS Gold outside of the UK.Based in Horst, Driessen Speciaaltransport, which became a FORS member in 2013, has a fleet consisting of a range of in-loaders, V-frame loaders, low-loaders, extendable flatbeds and diagonal loaders, ...