A Staffordshire company is forecasting further growth in 2019 after signing a deal to carry goods for online giant Amazon and developing industry leading technology to attract new customers. The Dulogis Group has developed a customer portal (portal.dulogis.com) which offers a single point on the internet to compare same… Read more »
Delivering Kype Muir Wind Farm
Utilising our Nooteboom triple extendable Super Wing Carriers, deliveries of the 78 turbine blades (26 turbines in total) destined for Kype Muir Wind Farm are now complete. Our Teams undertook the planning and delivery of 494 components including blades, towers, nacelles, drive trains and hubs required for the development of… Read more »
Leeds clean air zone charge puts hauliers at risk
The Road Haulage Association warns that hauliers and other businesses will be at risk after Leeds City Council announced government approval for their clean air zone plans. Around half the lorry fleet is pre-Euro VI and will have to pay £50 per day to enter the zone in a move… Read more »
Businesses need clarity on Leeds Clear Air Zone
Businesses operating in and around Leeds urgently need clarification on Leeds City Council’s newly-approved Clean Air Zone (CAZ), according to FTA (the Freight Transport Association), to understand how to access funding to replace banned commercial vehicles when the low emission zone comes into effect in February 2020. Without this funding,… Read more »
FTA response to Oxford Zero Emission Zone
Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council announced an update to the Zero Emission Zone (ZEZ) plans this week. The new city centre Zone will allow ultra-low emission cars that are capable of being zero emission while in the Zone, but in effect would not allow the same flexibility for… Read more »
SsangYong appoints ECM as its new transportation and logistics partner
SsangYong Motor UK has announced a new partnership for its vehicle deliveries with the appointment of ECM (Vehicle Delivery Service) Ltd, which will become an integral part of the brand’s vehicle logistics operation at Avonmouth. Commented Doug Lincoln, aftersales director of SsangYong Motor UK, “The new ECM service will increase… Read more »
Increasing pressure on small businesses as London Mayor’s ULEZ Deadline approaches
London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) would damage small businesses while delivering limited air quality improvements, according to the Freight Transport Association (FTA), the only business representing all of logistics. With just three months until the scheme’s introduction in the Congestion Charging Zone, FTA is renewing its calls for Sadiq… Read more »
Dorenell’s 59 Turbines Delivered by Collett & Sons
After being awarded our largest renewables project to date, our Team began delivering Dorenell Wind Farm, near Dufftown, currently the largest Contract for Difference (CfD) project in the UK for onshore wind. The task of transporting all the components and ancillary equipment for 59 Vestas V90 turbines would certainly prove… Read more »
Europa Nottingham speeds ahead
The Nottingham team of leading logistics provider, Europa Worldwide Group, is celebrating its best-ever quarter and looking ahead to a prosperous 2019. The team of seven, which is based at Colwick Quays Business Park, has achieved a record number of new customers in the last quarter of this year, from… Read more »
Additional tax hikes for hauliers will put businesses and the economy at risk
The Road Haulage Association is shocked at Labour’s Shadow Treasury team’s call for even more taxes be piled upon the haulage industry – the sector responsible for the movement of 98% of all goods consumed in the UK. Commenting, RHA chief executive Richard Burnett said: “Britain’s hauliers already pay… Read more »
