Archive for the ‘UK News’ Category

  • FTA to help businesses tackle labour shortage with new event

    on Sep 2, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on FTA to help businesses tackle labour shortage with new event

    Thirty-six per cent of logistics companies anticipate long delays recruiting HGV drivers in the next 12 months, according to a 2019 survey by FTA, as the labour shortage across the sector reaches crisis point

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  • Ford Trucks signs deal with TIP Trailer Services

    on Aug 27, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on Ford Trucks signs deal with TIP Trailer Services

    Following on the success of its new F-MAX tractor, winner of the International Truck of the Year award, Ford Trucks raised its growth target and signed an agreement with TIP Trailer Services to expand its aftersales network in Western Europe

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  • Three top spec Renault T Highs for McAteer Recycling

    on Aug 27, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on Three top spec Renault T Highs for McAteer Recycling

    One of Northern Ireland’s leading waste specialists, McAteer Recycling, has put into service three top specification Renault Trucks Range T520 High 6×2 twin wheel tag axle tractor units on a five year Start & Drive hire purchase contract with Renault Trucks Financial Services

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  • Automatic EORI allocation overdue says RHA

    on Aug 21, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on Automatic EORI allocation overdue says RHA

    The Road Haulage Association is concerned that there is still much to be done to get businesses ready for Brexit

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  • 3 Dees Transport chooses Krone container carriers

    on Aug 21, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on 3 Dees Transport chooses Krone container carriers

    Tilbury-based 3 Dees Transport have added 6 Krone Box Liner container carriers to their fleet which, say the company, combine weight advantage with fast loading to bring long term commercial benefits

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  • Is digitisation the key to uninterupted international ecommerce?

    on Aug 21, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on Is digitisation the key to uninterupted international ecommerce?

    In a time of continued economic and political uncertainty – where threats against global trade either quickly materialise or fizzle out as part of hardline foreign policy negotiations – companies involved in international trade must now contend with an unprecedented amount of uncertainty and risk as the ‘new normal’. However, Johannes Panzer, Head of Industry Strategy for Ecommerce, Descartes Systems UK, outlines how ecommerce organisations can ride the storm of uncertainty to international retail success

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  • Scania adds a 540 hp version to 13-litre engine range

    on Aug 19, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on Scania adds a 540 hp version to 13-litre engine range

    Scania’s range of industry leading 13-litre engines is now complemented by a 540 hp version. The new engine – DC13 166 – is primarily intended for applications and customers where lots of power and drivability are in demand while weight sensitivity or limitations such as front-axle loads hinder the use of Scania’s slightly heavier V8 engines which start at 520 hp

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  • Time for politics to give way to action says FTA

    on Aug 19, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on Time for politics to give way to action says FTA

    The time has come for government to put the politics of Brexit to one side, come clean with industry, and share its full impact assessment for a No Deal departure from the EU, according to FTA, the organisation which speaks for the logistics sector. 

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  • Challenging driving conditions at Donington cause dramatic scenes on track

    on Aug 15, 19 • in General News, UK News • with Comments Off on Challenging driving conditions at Donington cause dramatic scenes on track

    Wind and rain at the Donington race track last weekend created high drama in both Division 1 and Division 2 of the British Truck Racing Association Championships. Visibility was poor and the track surface slippery on Sunday in Division 1 and Mark Taylor’s truck ended up having contact with Terry Gibbon’s truck which attempting to overtake

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  • RHA challenges comments from channel port head

    on Aug 12, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on RHA challenges comments from channel port head

    The Road Haulage Association challenges comments made by the president of Port Boulogne Calais, regarding the UK’s warnings of post-Brexit chaos between Dover and Calais

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  • Guidance on how to reduce risk of vehicles being used as a weapon

    on Aug 7, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on Guidance on how to reduce risk of vehicles being used as a weapon

    The Department for Transport has published guidance on how to reduce the risk of your vehicles being used as a weapon

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  • CML chooses Carrier Transicold

    on Aug 7, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on CML chooses Carrier Transicold

    CML Fulfilment & Logistics, a division of the Culina Group, has become one of the latest fleets to take delivery of Carrier Transicold’s new flagship Vector® HE 19 (High Efficiency) trailer refrigeration unit

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