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ArticleTEG founder launches app to tackle supply chain theft and fraud
An app which promises to transform compliance in transport and logistics and help prevent fraud and cargo theft has been launched by freight tech pioneer and Transport Exchange Group chief executive Lyall Cresswell. Trustd is a business ID and credentials app which promises to enables every single organisation in ...
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ArticleMP Stephen Timms tours Evri Beckton depot
Parcel delivery firm Evri hosted a visit by East Ham MP Stephen Timms to its depot in Beckton last week.The management team took the MP (pictured right) on a tour around the site and told him about the firm’s growth and innovation plans and its investment in sustainability initiatives.The Beckton ...
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ArticleShowcasing our commitment to more sustainable live events
KB Event, a specialist transport company for the entertainment sector, has joined forces with event creator Showcase to launch #DrivingSustainabiltyTogether, a campaign to promote sustainability in live events.With a professional relationship that spans almost 10 years and shared values regarding the impact their operations will have on future generations, it ...
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Daimler and Toyota ink deal to combine truck operations in Japan
Daimler Truck Holdings and Toyota Motor Corp have agreed to combine their truck manufacturing businesses in Japan.The deal sees Daimler Truck, Mitsubishi Fuso, Hino and Toyota Motor Corporation sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the merging of truck and bus manufacturers Mitsubishi Fuso and Hino Motors.The two companies will ...
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ArticlePeel Ports sinks £28m into major new Port of Liverpool warehouse
Peel Ports Group is investing £28m in a new warehouse at the Port of Liverpool with construction set to begin this week.The 240,000 square foot warehouse at the Alexandra Dock, will be used for the handling and storage of cargo at the port and will be the length of up ...
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ArticleFDC Holdings buys HQ and expands fleet
Preston-based logistics specialist FDC Holdings has acquired its headquarters from Harworth Group for £12.3m and boosted its fleet with the addition of two new Scania tractor units and ten new trailers. The company is also planning to invest a further £2m on capital equipment and a range of building improvements ...
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Thirteen people found in HGV on Ransomes Industrial Estate in Ipswich
Thirteen people suspected of entering the UK illegally have been found inside a lorry at a site on the Ransomes Industrial Estate in Ipswich.The individuals were found inside an HGV at about 10:40 BST on Thursday 25 May, Suffolk Police have revealed.Police were seen investigating the lorry, branded Romano, which ...
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UK CV manufacturing delivers best April since 2010, SMMT reveals
UK commercial vehicle (CV) manufacturing output increased by 33.3% in April following two months of decline, with 10,504 vans, trucks, taxis, buses and coaches produced, according to the latest figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). As recent supply chain shortages continue to ease, production ...
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ArticleCall for action to cut high level of smoking in logistics workers
More than one in five employees in routine manual and service occupations in England, which includes the logistics sector, are smokers - a rate three times higher than other industries.According to data from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) the employee smoking inequality gap has grown by ...
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ArticleCity West Commercials and Scarab launch Mercedes-Benz Atego sweeper
Mercedes-Benz truck dealer City West Commercials has joined forces with sweeper manufacturer Scarab to build a "one-of-a-kind" demonstrator vehicle.Based on a 13.5-tonne GVW Mercedes-Benz Atego chassis, and equipped with Scarab’s Magnum 72 Hydrostatic single-engine sweeper body, both companies believe the truck is unique.The vehicle has already been bought after receiving ...
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ArticleMobile ppl drives green agenda with carbon neutral certification
Transport and logistics operator Mobile People Powered Logistics (Mobile PPL) has been certified as a carbon neutral business under the UN’s internationally recognised standard ISO 14064.The Pallet-Track member is laying claim to being the only independent operator in the UK, and the first independent haulier and palletised delivery business in ...
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ArticleEcon Engineering launches versatile all-electric gritter truck
Gritter builder Econ Engineering has launched a new zero-emission electric gritter truck that can be operated all year round thanks to a range of demountable body options allowing it to switch between fleet roles.Developed in-house, the E-QCB uses hydraulic rams to enable the vehicle to switch between demountable bodies in ...
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ArticleFlexible working patterns increase as recruiters strive to keep staff
Warehouse and haulage companies are increasingly offering more flexible working hours to staff in a bid to ensure they have enough employees to fill all their shifts, according to a new poll.Digital staffing platform Indeed Flex said historically, companies in the sector have been reluctant to offer flexible work patterns, ...
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ArticleDriver strikes scheduled at concrete company Maen Karne
HGV drivers employed by aggregates firm Maen Karne in Cornwall will begin a series of strikes from 30 May in a fight to get union recognition.The drivers, who are represented by Unite, deliver fresh concrete across the county and the union claimed the strikes would cause severe to disruption to ...
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ArticleBallot for strike action at JLR plants on the cards following safety claims
DHL said it strongly refuted claims being made by the Unite union that management at its plants responsible for the Jaguar Land Rover contract were refusing to address serious safety concerns among workers.Unite said strike action was now looming at the Halewood site in Merseyside and additional plants across the ...
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ArticleBridgestone’s seven-figure investment boosts retread range
Bridgestone said its retread solutions would become some of the most advanced in the UK following a multi-million pound investment to upgrade its range.Its new ‘Bandag Hotread’ brand will cover the HGV and bus markets and it said there would be a greater shift in emphasis from cold to hot-cure ...
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ArticleGovernment review recommends scrapping current TC function
A review into the function of the traffic commissioners (TCs) has recommended they are replaced with one independent tribunal body headed up by a statutory president role.The department for transport’s (DfT) report into the work of the TCs also proposed overhauling the current fee structure in order that the operating ...
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ArticleNLH Logistics administration prompted by fuel prices, driver accidents and pest problems
The administrator handling Crewe-based NLH Logistics said the haulier battled major increases in fuel prices, high levels of driver accidents and even pest control issues at its depot before it collapsed.Insolvency practitioners at Dow Schofield Watts in Warrington were appointed to NLH Logistics on 17 March, however in a report ...
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ArticleFears raised that electricity required to charge HGVs could “melt cables”
Concerns over the “colossal” amounts of energy required to top up zero-emission fleets of trucks that could overpower the network and melt power cables have been brought to the attention of the transport minister.Conservative peer Lord Howell questioned where the enormous extra volume of electricity was going to come from ...
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ArticleJS Davidson in Holy Moly hummus contract deal
JS Davidson has dipped its toe in the hummus market by providing plant-based brand Holy Moly with an end-to-end fulfilment operation and delivering its new range into major supermarkets.The Peterborough operator is dispatching three new cold pressed hummus dips to over 8,000 stockists across the UK, including Waitrose, Sainsburys and ...