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ArticleScania to appeal against €881m European Commission cartel fine
Scania is to appeal today’s €881m (£771m) fine from the European Commission (EC) over price-fixing, after refuting the findings.In a statement the truck manufacturer said: “Scania has reviewed today’s decision by the EC concerning inappropriate exchange of information during the period of 1997-2011, and will appeal against it.“Scania strongly contests ...
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Join the Brigade at this year's Freight in the City Expo
Brigade Electronics will be returning to Freight in the City Expo this year with its demonstration vehicle showcasing a full suite of working products.On board the vehicle will be a 3G/Wi-Fi capable mobile digital recorder; the Backeye 360 camera monitor system; sidescan ultrasonic detection systems; White Sound warning alarms and ...
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DPD smashes through the £1bn turnover barrier for the first time
DPD topped £1bn of turnover for the first time in 2016 and the Motor Transport Award multiple winner said it is aiming for £2bn of turnover by 2025.Its DPDgroup UK division achieved a turnover of £806.2m in the year-ending 1 January 2017, up from £700.2m in the previous year. Pre-tax ...
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Renault Trucks Master aims to sign, seal and deliver for courier sector at Freight in the City Expo
Renault Trucks will be making a special delivery at this year’s Freight in the City Expo with a brand-new product launch aimed at the multi-drop courier sector.Making its debut at the urban logistics-themed event, the Renault Trucks Master Optilogistics van is designed to meet the challenging requirements of busy parcel ...
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Scania hit with €881m fine from European Commission over truck price-fixing
The European Commission (EC) has hit Scania with a €881m (£771m) fine after concluding that it broke EU antitrust rules.It means the commission has now levied fines approaching €3.8bn collectively against Europe’s major truck manufacturers.Last year it hit five manufacturers with a €2.9bn fine comprising Volvo Group, Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler, ...
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ArticleEddie Stobart adds driver training and recruitment strings to its business bow
Stobart's driver recruitment and training stand at Truckfest NorthwestEddie Stobart has relaunched its Training Academy and Driving School, offering would-be new HGV drivers finance to help fund their licence acquisition and a guaranteed interview with Britain’s best-known haulier.The company had an impressive display at Truckfest Northwest, both to recruit already ...
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LNG a 'vital' tool for tackling emissions challenge from HGVs, says Volvo Trucks
Volvo Trucks plans to intensify its development of gas-powered HGVS aimed at the regional and long-distance trunking market.The manufacturer said recent EU regulations continue to challenge the road haulage sector to reduce HGV emissions, with liquefied natural gas (LNG) or biogas offering a “vital part of the solution”.“Many of our ...
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Metropolitan Police offering security and compliance advice at Freight in the City Expo
The Metropolitan Police Commercial Vehicle Unit will be offering a free-of-charge safety and compliance surgery for operators and drivers at this year’s Freight in the City Expo.Officers will be on hand at the urban-logistics themed event to provide guidance on a number of common challenges that operators face delivering ...
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DfT considers offence for dangerous or careless cycling
The government is looking at introducing a new offence equivalent to causing death or serious injury by careless or dangerous driving for cyclists.Following recent high-profile cases involving cyclists and pedestrians, the DfT is to look at whether it should create such an offence to improve the safety of vulnerable road ...
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ArticleFleetstyle Distribution sold to Gateway to Wales after entering administration
Fleetstyle Distribution in South Wales has entered administration, 25 years after it first opened.The Swansea haulier, which had an O-licence authorising nine HGVs, appointed administrators on 11 September, but according to a spokesman at the firm its business and assets were then sold in a pre-pack deal.When MT contacted the ...
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Astra ClearView to bring retrofit, low-level passenger door windows to Freight in the City Expo
Astra Vehicle Technologies returns to the Freight in the City Expo this year to showcase its Astra ClearView range of low-level passenger door windows.The ClearView range is designed to improve HGV driver vision of vulnerable road users and to help reduce blind spots on the left-hand side of the vehicle.Director ...
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Interim star rating for Direct Vision Standard released as HGV safety standard proposal emerges
TfL has released interim tables showing the first batch of HGVs to be star-rated under the Direct Vision Standard (DVS), while seemingly also softening the impact of the scheme on hauliers.Revealed last year, the standard is seeking to introduce a rating system running from zero to five based on the ...
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ArticleTfL releases truck-star ratings and proposes softening Direct Vision Standard's impact on hauliers
TfL has released interim tables showing the first batch of HGVs to be star-rated under the Direct Vision Standard (DVS), while seemingly also softening the impact of the scheme on hauliers.Revealed last year, the standard is seeking to introduce a rating system running from zero to five based on the ...
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ArticleEddie Stobart's container business, O'Connor, takes a hit after national push
Eddie Stobart containerEddie Stobart Logistics subsidiary O’Connor Container Transport is set for further integration into the group after racking up a loss of £800,000.The loss, which the firm attributed to its strategy to turn the regional business into a national player, is laid bare in the company’s results for the ...
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ArticleLonger semi-trailers should be made permanent fixture, says FTA, as DfT hits trial target
The DfT has achieved its original target of getting 1,800 longer semi-trailers on the roads, albeit almost five years after the scheme was first launched.According to the DfT’s annual report on the trial, 1,806 longer semi-trailers were in circulation at the end of 2016.However, the number of operators taking part ...
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Competition intensifying as demand for data grows within transport, research finds
A majority of respondents in the transport and logistics sector believe competition has intensified in the past year, according to research from Menzies. As part of a research study of more than 1,000 SMEs, 30 road transport companies were quizzed on the current and future challenges that they face.Key findings ...
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ArticleLogistics on the cusp of new wave of robotic automation, report finds
A robot developed by the company Starship Technologies for parcel delivery company Hermes can be seen in Hamburg, Germany.One in five transport business leaders believe there is considerable potential for the use of robots working in the industry within the next decade.A report from the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) ...
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DX Group sells sites and borrows £2m from shareholder to repay loan
DX Group has sold five of its properties and taken a loan from its biggest shareholder to pay back a bank loan.The group has committed to a sale and leaseback of its sites in Thatcham; Basildon; Rotherham; Northampton and Nottingham. The deal with Chancerygate (Livingston) is due to complete on ...
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Government urges applications for share of £15m low emission vehicle fund
Companies have been invited to bid for up to £15m in funding to develop low emission technology for road freight vehicles.The funding, supplied by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles, Innovate UK and the Faraday Challenge (a project led by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy), will challenge ...
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ArticleSterling's fall from grace hurts Laser Transport International
Laser TransportLaser Transport International suffered a "savage" financial hit due to the devaluation of the pound in 2016 after the UK's vote to leave the EU, newly published accounts show. In its results for the year to 31 December 2016, the Hythe-based international freight company and former MT Haulier of ...