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Trade associations welcome driver shortage investigation
Trade associations have welcomed the announcement that the Transport Committee has launched an investigation into skills and workforce planning in the road haulage industry. The investigation, announced at the end of last week, will address what the government has or has not done to tackle the UK’s HGV driver shortage.The ...
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Fife Council to trial ULEMCo's dual-fuel hydrogen-diesel refuse vehicles and vans
ULEMCo is converting two refuse collection vehicles and five Ford Transits operated by Fife Council to run on its dual-fuel hydrogen-diesel technology.The system was being showcased at last week's Low Carbon Vehicle 2015 event at Millbrook, and was developed through the Levenmouth Community Energy Project (see below) - which has ...
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XPO, Con-way and Norbert Dentressangle - three's company
It’s been an eventful week at XPO Logistics – owners of the former Norbert Dentressangle business.Firstly, it emerged that former ND chief Hervé Montjotin had left his position as chief executive of XPO’s European business less than three months into his new role – posing some awkward questions as to ...
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UPS to trial range-extended electric vehicle on London operation
UPS has launched its first range-extended electric delivery vehicle for initial trials in the UK, developed in collaboration with TEVVA Motors.Range-extending technology allows electric vehicles to go further, serving routes that would otherwise be beyond the capability of a conventional electric vehicle.Since June 2014, UPS has worked with TEVVA Motors ...
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Grafton becomes first builders' merchant to gain both Clocs champion and Fors gold accolades through £1.2m focus on cycle safety
Grafton Merchanting GB has invested £1.2m in cyclist safety equipment and training for its fleet and drivers and has now achieved the highest level of accreditation in two industry safety and compliance initiatives.The plumbing and builders' merchant group operates a 750-strong fleet across its business, which includes famous brands such ...
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ArticleWincanton adds Renault Range T to its fleet
Wincanton is continuing its fleet expansion at pace with the addition of 21 Renault Range Ts for its construction division and 85 for its container business.This latest expansion follows on from the addition of 80 new Renault and Mercedes-Benz trucks and 276 curtain-sided trailers to Wincanton’s fleet in December of ...
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ArticleGrafton Merchanting invests £1.2m to safeguard cyclists
Grafton Merchanting GB (GMGB) has spent £1.2m on driver training and fitting safety equipment to its fleet, as part of its commitment to the Construction Logistics and Cyclist Safety (Clocs) certification.The builders and plumbers' merchant has fitted alround camera system, as well as reversing sensors, to its fleet of 750 ...
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ArticleCountrywide Freight opens ninth depot in record time
Countrywide Freight Group has sourced and opened a new depot in just eight weeks to meet a major client’s urgent request for a dedicated logistics operation to service the Dudley, Walsall and Wolverhampton areas.The 21,927ft² site on the Pensett Estate in Kingswinford is Countrywide Freight’s ninth depot.The firm’s other depots ...
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ArticleListen to the Motor Transport Podcast
Never mind if you can’t read, download or browse Motor Transport on your commute to and from work – you can now listen to it! Subscribe on iTunes to our new, regular podcast to hear our journalists discuss and debate the hot news of the past week.In our launch edition ...
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XPO Logistics can take the heat with extended Kidde Safety contract
XPO Logistics has renewed its warehousing and distribution contract with fire safety equipment manufacturer Kidde Safety for a further two years.Under the terms of the contract, XPO will continue to run the manufacturer’s logistics operation, including the storage and distribution of products such as smoke alarms, fire extinguishers and fire ...
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Calais migrant problems 'not going away overnight'
No end to the migrant crisis appears to be in sight for international vehicle operators crossing the Channel to the UK via Calais, after the town’s mayor Natacha Bouchart warned the problems there were not going to go away anytime soon.Her comments came as the UK’s Border Force confirmed there ...
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Further industrial action hangs in the balance at Indesit
Union Unite has warned further industrial action could be on the cards by drivers and warehouse staff at white goods manufacturer Indesit UK, if a ballot on the company’s latest pay offer leads to it being rejected. The union, which staged the last of three strikes over pay and conditions ...
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ArticleYearsley comes in from the cold
Frozen food specialist Yearsley Logistics is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. The firm, which is now based in Heywood, Lancashire, started in 1955 on a farm in Rochdale. It is still owned by the Yearsley family and led by MD Harry Yearsley.The Yearsley Group turned over £174m in 2014, ...
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BIS calls for new HGV driver apprenticeship bid
The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) is urging the industry to put forward a HGV driver apprenticeship bid under a fast-track system launched last week.The call follows BIS’s decision in July to reject the logistics industry’s bid for an HGV driver apprenticeship under the government’s Trailblazer programme.The BIS ...
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Driver CPC compliance very high one year on
Compliance with Driver CPC legislation has been very high, MT has learned, as the first anniversary of the completion deadline arrives today (10 September). Figures from an Freedom of Information request revealed that of 82,458 roadside encounters since the deadline for CPC ended at the close of play on the ...
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CM Downton to open new office and warehouse as growth continues
CM Downton is opening a new office and warehouse following growth this year. The office, which is close to the company’s HQ in Moreton Valence, Gloucestershire, will house 20 staff, previously based at the company’s offices at Quedgeley West.CM Downton has also taken on a 47,000ft² warehouse in Tuffley to ...
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Intelligent Energy displays zero-emission range-extended light commercial vehicle at LCV 2015
A zero-emission range-extended (ZERE) light commercial vehicle is being showcased today at the LCV 2015 event in Millbrook.The prototype features a fuel cell providing range extension capability to a factory-fitted battery electric driveline.It marks the first stage in a UK consortium project, led by Intelligent Energy, to develop a new ...
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Warnings issued over Scottish blanket LEZ plan
Both UPS and the FTA have raised “serious concerns” with the Scottish government about its proposal to introduce a blanket Euro-6 low emission zone (LEZ) strategy across the country.The Scottish government said LEZs were a “potentially effective measure that could help to improve local air quality”. It added that a ...
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Dalkeith Transport and Storage acquired by Palletways
Palletways bought Dalkeith for the second time this year, after it went into administration in August.Scottish haulage company Dalkeith Transport and Storage has been acquired twice in two months by Palletways.The pallet network bought Dalkeith on 27 July but was forced to put it into administration on 21 August after ...
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ArticleAction Express directors officially launch driver training school
The directors of Action Express launched a driver training school last week, with the promise that it will fully fund the training of 100 new drivers with a guaranteed job for those who pass their tests. Although the company was set up in April this year, directors Elaine Harries and ...