Archive for October, 2019

  • FTA celebrates most successful ever Transport Manager conference series  

    on Oct 31, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on FTA celebrates most successful ever Transport Manager conference series  

     Bookings for FTA’s Transport Manager 2019 autumn conferences, sponsored by Bridgestone Tyres, have already passed the 1,500 mark, making the current series the most successful in over 20 years of the event.  Five conferences have already taken place since the series started in September, but there’s still space at the remaining six – which take place in Southampton, Belfast, Scotland, Doncaster, Coventry and Wales over the coming weeks

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  • WJ&J Green chooses Michelin EffiTires

    on Oct 30, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on WJ&J Green chooses Michelin EffiTires

    Moray-based bulk haulier WJ&J Green has eliminated all instances of trailer tyre failures after signing a five-year Michelin EffiTires tyre management contract, which includes the roll-out of Michelin’s EffiTrailer telematics system

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  • Stena Estrid successfully completes sea trials

    on Oct 29, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on Stena Estrid successfully completes sea trials

    Stena Line’s Stena Estrid, the first of five vessels being built for the leading ferry company in China, has successfully completed her sea trials in China’s Yellow Sea. Following three days of extensive testing, the new vessel performed excellently across a wide range of stringent test criteria and is now on schedule to start operating on the Dublin to Holyhead route in early

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  • Operators convinced by TruTac compliance

    on Oct 29, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on Operators convinced by TruTac compliance

      A.I.M. Commercial Services Ltd, the CV and PSV industry support experts say they have significantly raised the compliance standards for their customers throughout the UK, since switching to the TruTac range of tachograph analysis and fleet management software

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  • VisionTrack provides video telematics expertise to UK’s HGV platooning trial

    on Oct 24, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on VisionTrack provides video telematics expertise to UK’s HGV platooning trial

     VisionTrack is providing advanced video telematics technology for a fleet of commercial vehicles being used as part of truck platooning trials taking place within the UK. The company has joined a consortium of partners, led by Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), that is conducting the tests on behalf of Highways England and the Department for Transport

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  • IRHA advises members in wake of Essex tragedy

    on Oct 23, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on IRHA advises members in wake of Essex tragedy

    The Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) is advising its members involved in international haulage to be vigilant in carrying out vehicle checks, in circumstances where they are travelling by ferry. The warning comes in the wake of the Essex tragedy, where 39 stowaways lost their lives

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  • Declining EU immigration hits UK logistics sector

    on Oct 22, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on Declining EU immigration hits UK logistics sector

    Logistics businesses are struggling to fill job vacancies as the number of EU nationals immigrating to the UK for work continues to plummet, according to a report released this month by

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  • Toga Freight Services signs exclusive deal

    on Oct 21, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on Toga Freight Services signs exclusive deal

    Toga Freight Services Ltd, the long-established International Freight Forwarders based in Dublin, have announced a major deal with German Logistics company Loxx Logistics Gmb

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  • LERS launches guide to help road operators save fuel costs and reduce emissions

    on Oct 20, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on LERS launches guide to help road operators save fuel costs and reduce emissions

    The Freight Transport Association’s Logistics Emission Reduction Scheme (LERS) has launched a free guide to help all road operators, from owner-operators upwards, to reduce their use of diesel

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  • Brigade Electronics presented with Queens Award for Enterprise

    on Oct 20, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on Brigade Electronics presented with Queens Award for Enterprise

    Brigade Electronics plc, a leading commercial vehicle safety supplier has this week been presented with the Queens Award for Enterprise in recognition of its international trade success having been awarded the accolade earlier this year

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  • Goodyear partners with Reynolds Logistics

    on Oct 17, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on Goodyear partners with Reynolds Logistics

    Tyremaker, Goodyear has announced a new, five-year partnership with Reynolds Logistics, the family-owned leading bulk logistics company specialising in the haulage of liquid products. Reynolds Logistics distributes bulk fuels and hazardous goods throughout the UK and Europe, providing efficient and innovative logistical solutions

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  • Gray & Adams innovates a UK-first for NewCold Logistics

    on Oct 17, 19 • in UK News • with Comments Off on Gray & Adams innovates a UK-first for NewCold Logistics

    Gray & Adams, the leading supplier of temperature-controlled semi-trailers and rigid vehicle bodywork, has designed an automated loading pod, built inside a 15.6m refrigerated body, that holds 60 pallets at -22 degrees C. This innovation, coupled with a 44-pallet capacity double deck trailer, can be loaded in under seven minutes, automatically – a first for the

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