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Month: August 2023

Ringway Jacobs enhances driver welfare and protection

Ringway Jacobs, a leading highway services provider, has improved levels of safety and fleet risk reduction, as well as increasing the support provided to its drivers, following the adoption of an industry-first, video-enabled lone worker protection service. Earlier this year, the company completed the roll-out of the integrated technology...

Duct Trucks 101: Features, Uses, and Benefits

Ducting systems are vital in maintaining a healthy and climate-controlled environment within workplaces and buildings. However, just like any other essential equipment, these systems require regular maintenance to perform optimally.

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Visiontrack wins Gold Stevie® award

VisionTrack, the global provider of AI video telematics and connected fleet data, has scooped a Gold Stevie® Award in the Transportation category at the International Business Awards®. The company has been recognised for transforming road safety following the launch earlier this year of AI post-analysis software, NARA.

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P.N. Daly expands fleet telematics solution

P.N. Daly Ltd, the leakage detection, water efficiency and new utilities network specialist, has enhanced its fleet telematics solution from Inseego, with the adoption of an advanced AI dashcam. The company will roll-out the forward-and driver-facing device across 250 vans to support its road safety and risk reduction strategy.

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Apprenticeship system is failing UK logistics industry says Logistics UK

The UK’s apprenticeship system needs a radical overhaul if businesses which make regular levy payments into the scheme are to be able to train new recruits using these funds, according to a new report from business group Logistics UK. According to Logistics UK’s Skills Review, there is great interest...

Road transport price stability threatened by August’s swarm of charges

New data from the TEG Road Transport Price Index reveals that road transport prices in the UK fell 2.13% during July, with haulage prices dropping just under 4%.

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Transport bodies call for consistency on heavy loads

Transport bodies have reiterated their call on police to apply regulations on moving large or heavy cargo fairly and consistently.

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Monaghan Freight chooses heavy-hitting Volvo FH 540

Fermanagh-based Monaghan Freight has taken delivery of a highly spec’d Volvo FH 540 Globetrotter 6×4 tractor unit, plated for 120-tonne operations.

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Operation Brock not the answer

As Operation Brock – a contraflow system designed to keep traffic in Kent moving when there is disruption to travel across the English Channel – once again caused delays to those travelling in Kent and across the UK border last weekend, business group Logistics UK is urging government to find...

TexCrete partners with CameraMatics to mitigate driver distraction

TexCrete, a concrete and cement supplier operating out of Austin, Texas is partnering with CameraMatics to mitigate driver distraction.

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Urgent Services uses Inseego video telematics solution

Urgent Services, a London-based provider of same-day delivery and courier services, is using a connected multi-camera system from Inseego to improve road safety, reduce operational costs and better protect its reputation. The video telematics solution – fitted on a fleet of new vans that handle critical deliveries across London and...

MODALES delivers low-emission driving techniques

There are plenty of proposed legislative and technological solutions to reduce road vehicle emissions. The EU-funded MODALES project took a different approach: it focused on driver behaviour. The results are now in.

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