Smart Tachographs, which were introduced from 15th June 2019, will aid compliance with the drivers’ hours rules but any claims of financial benefits to businesses are misguided, according to FTA. The business organisation, which represents the interests of the logistics sector, refutes claims made by the European Commission when the… Read more »
Samskip fine tunes multimodal network for post-Brexit hard choices
Pan-European multimodal service provider Samskip says experience gained up to March 31, 2019 find it fully prepared for a North Sea container traffic surge, as attitudes harden in the run up to October’s revised Brexit deadline. Europe’s largest multimodal transport group by freight volume expects UK exporters and importers to… Read more »
A new Volvo FH is a gilt-edged investment for UK Lift & Haul
FORS Gold-accredited UK Lift & Haul of Rochford, Essex, has put a new Volvo FH-500 6×2 tractor unit with pusher axle into operation, supplied with a Volvo Gold Service Contract. Supplied by Ian Reed, Area Sales Manager at Volvo Truck and Bus Centre East Anglia, the FH comes with a… Read more »
UK steers towards truck platooning trials
The Department of Transport has been given the go-ahead for HGV platooning trials, which is being jointly funded by Highways England. A convoy of three trucks will be tested on vehicle control to enable goods vehicles to drive in close proximity and improve fuel consumption. The trial will be carried… Read more »
Fly By DAF
Fly By Nite, the international transport and logistics haulier for the entertainment and events industry, has added another five DAF XF 480 FT low-deck tractor units to its high-profile fleet. The 4×2 trucks, all fleet additions, join around 160 tractors and rigids, of which over 75% are now DAF, based… Read more »
Economic outlook for Western Europe worsens – A ten percent drop in trailer demand is forecast
CLEAR International has just issued its latest forecast for the West European Trailer Market. Since the last report published in March several West European economies have had their forecasts for 2019/20 economic growth downgraded yet again. As a consequence, the forecast of a slowdown in demand for trailers in the… Read more »
Leading non-emergency ambulance provider Falck chooses MAN TGE for their Patient Transport Service (PTS) function
Leading International Ambulance and Healthcare provider Falck has just boosted its UK Patient Transport Service function with the arrival of a fleet of New MAN TGE Ambulances. The 92 new Patient Transport Service (PTS) vehicles will be operated by Falck Ambulance UK and will be based from their new Wembley… Read more »
Lengthy ban for licence lending
Scottish waste firm wasn’t scheduling work, covering maintenance costs or paying drivers for vehicles on its licence. The lending of O licences is an issue which traffic commissioners take very seriously. “First off, it’s a matter of trust. If a licence is being used by someone else, we don’t know who’s… Read more »
Independent warehousing and logistics entrepreneur commences visionary energy project
An independent warehousing and logistics entrepreneur, who is the third-generation owner of a renowned national warehousing and distribution company, is commencing work on a visionary energy project which will revolutionise not only his own business model but those of businesses across the UK. Mark Pepper, CEO, Carlton Forest Group in… Read more »
Major fleet investment for Energy Assets Utilities
Energy Assets Utilities (EAU), one of Britain’s leading multi-utility network construction companies, is making a significant investment in a new fleet of low-emission vehicles. The first 33 new vans to be replaced in the company’s commercial fleet of over 200 vehicles will be based at EAU’s Alva base in Scotland,… Read more »
