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    Operators and manufacturers give thumbs up to DfT driving licence proposal to aid alternative fuel vans

    2017-09-13T08:10:00Z

    Operators and manufacturers have given strong support for a DfT proposal, currently under consultation, to allow category B (car) licence holders to operate heavier vans if they are fitted with alternative fuel systems.It has been welcomed by those firms wishing to increase their use of low-emission delivery vehicles without losing ...

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    DHL Supply Chain wins uniform and equipment deal from West Midlands Police

    2017-09-12T15:37:00Z

    DHL Supply Chain has been awarded an initial six-year contract by West Midlands Police (WMP) to join the National Uniform Managed Service (NUMS).As part of the contract with what is the second largest police force in the UK, DHL will design and deliver police uniforms and equipment for WMP, based ...

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    New Transport Committee members named

    2017-09-12T15:11:00Z

    The members of the Transport Committee, which will serve under chairwoman Lillian Greenwood, have been announced.The select committee will comprise of a mixture of Labour, Conservative, SNP and DUP politicians.The members are: Ronnie Cowan (Scottish National Party) – Inverclyde Steve Double (Conservative) – St Austen and Newquay ...

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    Abbey Logistics Group to end general haulage and pallet work and focus on tanker business

    2017-09-12T14:26:00Z

    Abbey Logistics Group will close its general haulage and pallet network business to concentrate on the tanker business where it first made its name.In a statement today (12 September), the firm, which was originally known as Abbey Road Tanks, said it had grown rapidly in the last two years through ...

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    NFT promotes Ross Eggleton to chief executive role as part of growth plans

    2017-09-12T11:45:00Z

    Chilled food logistics specialist NFT has announced a management restructuring that will see chief operating officer Ross Eggleton become chief executive at the firm in January.As part of the restructuring, current CEO David Frankish will become NFT vice- chairman with responsibility for strategic customer development and acquisition and merger opportunities.He ...

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    Illegal waste carriers targeted by joint DVSA and Environment Agency operation

    2017-09-12T11:19:00Z

    Up to 150 operators believed to be operating illegally in the London waste sector are to be targeted in a joint operation between the DVSA, Environment Agency (EA) and the Met Police.The goal is to either put these serially non-compliant operators out of business or force them to run legally.The ...

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    HSE conducts further maximum pallet-weight tests after initial data found to be inaccurate

    2017-09-12T10:45:00Z

    Further tests to establish the safe maximum weight of a pallet for tail-lift deliveries have been carried out after the previous results from the HSE were found to be inaccurate.Concerns have been growing that delivery drivers are expected to handle pallets that are sometimes more than 1,000kg in weight, placing ...

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    Northern Irish border can't be a “test case” for UK's future customs relationship with EU

    2017-09-11T16:56:00Z

    The UK cannot use the Northern Irish border as a “test case” for its future customs relationship with the EU, Brexit chief negotiator Michel Barnier has warned.However Barnier also said the imposition of a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland needed to be avoided.Speaking at a ...

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    Pallet-Track passes 20 millionth pallet milestone

    2017-09-11T16:42:00Z

    Pallet-Track marked a milestone this month after processing the 20 millionth pallet through its network since it first opened for business 13 years ago.The pallet network, which recently opened a £10m hub in Greater Manchester, said it had recorded an increase in the volume of traffic through its UK locations ...

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    Leon Daniels to leave TfL by year's end

    2017-09-11T14:14:00Z

    Leon Daniels (left) with London's mayor Sadiq Khan.Leon Daniels, head of TfL’s surface transport, is leaving his role towards the end of this year, it has been confirmed.Daniels, who has held the role for seven years, is responsible for TfL’s bus and tram services and has also played an integral ...

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    Truck cartel compensation action passes 2,000 operator mark

    2017-09-10T23:05:00Z

    A price-fixing compensation action has attracted more than 2,000 hauliers since it went live in June of this year, the RHA said today.According to the association, which is leading the action before the Competition Appeal Tribunal in London with support from legal counsel Backhouse Jones and Exchange Chambers, 650 other ...

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    UK start-ups urged to tackle transport challenges through Intelligent Mobility Accelerator

    2017-09-08T20:27:00Z

    Start-up businesses are being encouraged to tackle key urban transport challenges, such as congestion, emissions and road safety, through a new scheme announced yesterday at the Cenex-LCV event.The Intelligent Mobility Accelerator will focus on areas such as connected and autonomous vehicles, connected infrastructure and transport data and analysis.It is designed ...

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    DVSA calls for more operators to come on board its earned recognition trial

    2017-09-08T13:52:00Z

    The DVSA has conceded it needs more operators to join up to its earned recognition pilot to advance the project, after its its timetable for going live with the full version suffered further delay.Speaking at the RHA’s Autumn Conference yesterday (7 September), DVSA head of enforcement policy Gordon Macdonald hinted ...

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    First vehicles now ready for £20m Low Emission Freight and Logistics Trial

    2017-09-08T13:15:00Z

    Vehicles taking part in the first two projects from the government’s £20m Low Emission Freight and Logistic Trial are now ready to hit the roads.In January this year, funding was announced for 20 firms that came up with innovate ways to deploy more low- and zero-emission freight vehicles in ...

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    Number of HGV driving tests taken plummet 11% year-on-year, but remain ahead of recent low point

    2017-09-07T14:03:00Z

    The number of people taking HGV category C and C+E driving tests has fallen 11% year-on-year, and stands almost a quarter lower than a decade ago.After three years of improving fortunes for the transport sector, there were 58,018 tests taken in the year to 31 March 2017, compared with 65,127 ...

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    Grundon showcases ULEMCo hydrogen DAF at Cenex

    2017-09-07T13:07:00Z

    Waste firm Grundon has taken delivery of a DAF truck converted to run on hydrogen fuel by ULEMCo.On display at today’s Cenex show at Millbrook Bedforshire, ULEMCo said while it had previously retro-fitted a number of trucks and vans in the public sector, this was its first private sector contract ...

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    Utility companies face hourly roadwork fee in bid to reduce congestion

    2017-09-07T12:13:00Z

    Plans to introduce hourly lane-rental charges for utility companies when roadworks are carried out are in the pipeline after pilot schemes in London and Kent saw a decrease in congestion.The proposals, published this week in the DfT consultation paper Roadworks: the Future of Lane Rental, seek to cut the number ...

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    Royal Mail workers to be balloted for industrial action over pension and pay row

    2017-09-06T17:03:00Z

    Royal MailAs reported by MT earlier this week, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has today confirmed it will ballot members for industrial action over a host of issues including pensions at Royal Mail.Terry Pullinger, CWU deputy general secretary (postal), said: “Talks have been taking place since April 2016, but the ...

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    The opportunities and challenges of autonomous trucks and the UK platoon trial

    2017-09-06T10:53:00Z

    With the news that the UK is to get its first platooning trial underway next year with DAF supplying the vehicles, MT took a closer looks at the feasibility study published alongside the funding announcement itself to understand how the technology might work.Produced via a partnership between the Transport Research ...

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    Faccenda Foods and truck tyre retreader Bandvulc build on relationship

    2017-09-06T09:12:00Z

    Poultry supplier Faccenda Foods has awarded truck tyre retreader Bandvulc with a contract extention.The extention, which runs to March 2019, will take Bandvulc’s partnership with Faccenda Foods into its 11th year.The deal sees BVPlus+, the firm’s fleet management division, deliver tyre management services to Faccenda’s fleet of 166 trucks and ...