62% of SME owners in the transport and logistics sector are concerned that multinationals and other large corporates ‘have too much say’ over the future viability of their business, according to research compiled by accountancy firm, Menzies LLP. In order to address this, 17% of SME owners in the transport… Read more »
Incohesive regulation is harming haulage
The Road Haulage Association has once again warned against locally created safety standards regulating haulage. The warning comes as Transport for London launches its next phase of consultation on its controversial Direct Vision Standard (DVS) which categorises HGVs by a driver’s vision from the cab. The RHA is concerned about… Read more »
Collett & Sons deliver a 170 Tonne Hyundai transformer to Eaton Socon Substation
From Port Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire to St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, Collett & Sons‘ deliver a 170 Tonne Hyundai transformer to Eaton Socon Substation. With the transformer arriving at Port Sutton Bridge our Team carried out all port services including stevedoring, lift plans, crane hire and CPA Contract Lift by mobile crane,… Read more »
Clean air zones could prompt operators to quit city centre accounts
A new report launched this week (April 30th, 2019) by Asset Alliance Group reveals a majority of operators would consider quitting work for city centre-based customers should new urban environmental legislation prove too costly. Results from the Industry Monitor 2019 – a survey of managing directors, owners and senior managers… Read more »
First border crossing to use United Nations e-CMR Electronic Consignment Note involving the UK, France and the Netherlands
A pilot project grouping France, the Netherlands and the UK was handled in February and March involving Transports FIOLET in France, International Road Ferry in the Netherlands, Brian Yeardley Continental in the UK, under the supervision of FNTR, FTA, TLN/ Beurtvaartadres and the UK Department for Transport. It marks… Read more »
New Diesel HGV Ban feasible with Government support, says FTA
A ban on the sale of new diesel HGVs by 2040 is a feasible target for the logistics industry if appropriate support is given, according to the Freight Transport Association (FTA). Reacting to the launch of today’s (17 April 2019) report by the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), the association, which… Read more »
Driver shortage – parliamentary group needs to hear from hauliers
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Road Freight and Logistics needs to hear how the skills shortage is affecting hauliers. Firms are struggling to recruit staff as the industry faces a growing shortage of drivers, which the RHA believes stands at more than 55,000. The APPG, chaired by the Rt… Read more »
Turntable Tech for Severfield Girders
As part of the Highways England M20 Junction Improvement Scheme, Severfield UK, on behalf of principle contractor VINCI, appointed Collett to facilitate delivery of six paired plate girders. Required to travel half of the length of the country, each of the six loads originated at Severfield’s structural steel facility in… Read more »
MD of South West/Midlands transport & aggregates business, Moreton Cullimore, will take up post on Board of Directors of the RHA
For over 90 years, The Cullimore Group’s name has been prominent across the aggregates and road haulage sector. Now its MD is poised to be part of driving the UK industry further forward, with Managing Director Moreton Cullimore being successfully elected for two key roles within the Road Haulage Association’s… Read more »
Amended EU mobility package a concern to hauliers, says FTA
The European Parliament’s position on the revision of road haulage rules, agreed this week (4 April 2019), is damaging to international road haulage, according to FTA. The leading business organisation, which speaks on behalf of the logistics industry, is urging EU Member States to amend critical elements of the package… Read more »
