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  • Mayor closing London for business

    on Nov 5, 17 • in General News, News, UK News • with Comments Off on Mayor closing London for business

    The Road Haulage Association is outraged at the news that Central London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone is to start on 8 April 2019 – seventeen months earlier than originally planned

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  • Connected vehicle camera footage highlights dangers of rural roads

    on Nov 5, 17 • in General News, News, UK News • with Comments Off on Connected vehicle camera footage highlights dangers of rural roads

    Intelligent Telematics, the leading provider of connected vehicle camera solutions, has released a series of video clips to demonstrate the added risk of driving on rural roads. The footage, captured by vehicles using the IT1000 3G camera, highlights some of the dangers faced by fleet drivers resulting from excess speed, lack of concentration and even local wildlife. It follows the recent publication of the Department of Transports’ annual report on road casualties, which showed that over half of all fatal collisions last year occurred on non built-up roads

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  • Extended spare parts range suitable for Scania P-/G-/R-/T-series

    on Nov 2, 17 • in General News, News, UK News • with Comments Off on Extended spare parts range suitable for Scania P-/G-/R-/T-series

    DT Spare Parts’ new catalogue includes around 700 new products suitable Scania P-/G-/R-/T-series trucks. More than 2,  600 own products in the catalogue replace around 5 ,600 vehicle manufacturer references

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  • Paragon helps Marigolds & Onions

    on Nov 2, 17 • in General News, News, UK News • with Comments Off on Paragon helps Marigolds & Onions

    Marigolds & Onions, one of the leading catering and event planning businesses in Toronto, Canada, has adopted Paragon’s routing and scheduling software to meet time-critical windows for delivering fresh food for corporate, social and major sporting and charity events

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  • RHA criticises lack of parking facilities

    on Nov 1, 17 • in General News, News, UK News • with Comments Off on RHA criticises lack of parking facilities

    Last night the scenes at Kent’s Ashford Truckstop were an HGV driver’s nightmare as over 200 trucks were turned away because of the lack of parking space

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  • RHA worried over new rest rules

    on Oct 31, 17 • in General News, News, UK News • with Comments Off on RHA worried over new rest rules

    From 01 November, the DVSA will start to punish drivers who take full weekly rest breaks in cabs outside formal rest areas (i.e. service areas and truck stops). This will apply to weekly rests taken in public lay-bys, on or close to public roads and on motorway slip roads. Penalties will include fines and prohibitions

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  • Irish Ferries publishes new sailings schedule

    on Oct 31, 17 • in General News, News, UK News • with Comments Off on Irish Ferries publishes new sailings schedule

    Irish Ferries has published details of the new sailings schedule it will introduce following the arrival in mid-2018 of its new 55,000 tonnes cruise ferry W. B. Yeats currently being built in Flensburg, Germany

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  • Goldhofer Group to debut MPA 4 concept trailer at Solutrans

    on Oct 29, 17 • in General News, News, UK News • with Comments Off on Goldhofer Group to debut MPA 4 concept trailer at Solutrans

    This year, from November 21 to 25, the Who’s Who of the road transport industry will be meeting for the 14th time at the Solutrans trade show in Lyon. The fact that this biennial event has more than national relevance is clear from the statistics: In 2015 just under one quarter out of a total of more than 900 exhibitors and about ten per cent of the over 36,000 visitors came from abroad

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  • Montracon celebrates 40 years

    on Oct 29, 17 • in General News, News, UK News • with Comments Off on Montracon celebrates 40 years

    Trailer manufacturer Montracon is celebrating 40 years in business this year. To mark the occasion the company held an Open Day at its Carr Hill, Doncaster plant in South Yorkshire, England

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  • Giti launches key trailer tyre size

    on Oct 29, 17 • in General News, News, UK News • with Comments Off on Giti launches key trailer tyre size

    Giti Tire has added size 445/45R19.5 alongside the 435/50R19.5 in the Giti GTL925 pattern, as the company completes its wide base range in the growing volume transport segment

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  • Flogas invests in first hybrid delivery truck

    on Oct 29, 17 • in General News, News, UK News • with Comments Off on Flogas invests in first hybrid delivery truck

    Flogas Britain, a leading UK supplier of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), has introduced a brand new hybrid vehicle to its London delivery fleet – marking its ongoing commitment to championing environmental excellence across the business

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  • FTAI meets EU task force to discuss Brexit

    on Oct 26, 17 • in General News, News, UK News • with Comments Off on FTAI meets EU task force to discuss Brexit

    An FTA Ireland delegation, together with representatives of the Freight Transport Association, have held a round table meeting with representatives from Michel Barnier’s Task Force 50 negotiation team in Brussels, to present the concerns of pan-European supply chains on the implications of Brexit, with a strong focus on the specific challenges for Ireland

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