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Bosses at Stena Line have slammed the lack of investment in the roads to and from Cairnryan and have claimed that events over the weekend, which saw the A77 close for almost 24hrs due to severe flooding, will reoccur in the future if the current lack of investment in road improvements continues
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Keyo, the agricultural services, logistics and equipment hire specialist has added a Krone Dry Liner box trailer to its fleet which, says the company, in its 50th anniversary year, marks a step up in load security, volume and build quality
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The Road Haulage Association is warning that the London economy risks being damaged by the new Toxin Tax and the planned Ultra Low Emission Zone being imposed by mayor of London Sadiq Khan.
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The Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) has met with Violeta Bulc, European Commissioner for Transport in Dublin, Verona and expressed its opposition to proposed regulation changes, that would impact negatively on international haulage operators
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Commercial fleet operators will only unlock the true potential of 3G vehicle cameras by having appropriate processes in place that reduce exposure to risk and better control insurance costs according to Sam Footer, Director of Intelligent Telematics
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The Irish Road Haulage Association is opposing the introduction of a new €11 levy on truck tyres, which is due to come into force on January 1, claiming the levy is unjustifiable and will force haulage operators to source tyres from outside the State
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County Antrim businesswoman, Pamela Dennison, has taken on the role of National Regional Officer for the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) in Northern Ireland. Although the remit for this new role is broad, Pamela will primarily be responsible for raising the profile oflogistics and transport within Northern Ireland and for CILT membership in the region.
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The number of company failures in the UK road freight industry increased by 102.13% over the last quarter, outstripping the 81.5% increase in the Transport and Logistics sector as a whole, according to figures released today in the Creditsafe Watchdog Report
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Scotland TranServ, on behalf of Transport Scotland will begin repair works on the A77 Marchburn landslip north of Cairnryan on the 30th October. In order to establish the working site and install supportive piling, it will be necessary to completely close the A77 between Stranraer and Girvan for the duration of the weekend beginning 8pm Friday 3rd until 6am Monday 6th November. A fully signed diversion will be in place over the weekend
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High Peak, Derbyshire-based Environ have put the company’s first two Volvo trucks into service. Environ are one of the UK’s leading suppliers of activated carbon for gas cleaning, as well as design and build of complete systems for the treatment of landfill gas, digester gas from anaerobic digester plants, sewage gas, gas to grid, odour control and treatment of contaminated waste and wastewater
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The Road Haulage Association has won clarity over the new DVSA ban on lorry driver weekly rests taken “in-cab” from the 1st November. It was not clear that in-cab rests taken in OFFICIAL truck stops would be exempt from this enforcement. The Association was worried that fines could be imposed after a rest weekly rest was taken even in a truck stop or motorway service area rather than in lay-bys and other places. The RHA asked for clarification from DVSA and the Department for Transport that in cab weekly rests taken in official truck stops would not result in
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Specialist refrigerated transport and logistics company, McCulla Ireland Ltd, has been recognised both locally and at UK and all-Ireland industry events during the 2017 awards season. Between May and September, the family-run, Lisburn-based business was a finalist for 17 separate awards, eight of which the company went on to win.
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