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HSE reviews approach to trucker’s toilets – RHA relieved

The Road Haulage Association has expressed its relief at news that the Health and Safety Executive has reviewed it’s approach concerning access to facilities for visiting delivery drivers and has re-examined the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, in particular Regs 20 and 21.

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DFDS Logistics connects with Mandata

A new traffic planning and vehicle tracking system are amongst the latest developments at DFDS Logistics connecting a network of UK depots with a cloud transport management system from Mandata.

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McGowan brings his cast of voices to the FTA Logistics Awards

World-renowned stand-up comedian and impressionist Alistair McGowan has been announced as the headline entertainment act at the first FTA Logistics Awards ceremony, which will be held at London’s Intercontinental Hotel, Park Lane. McGowan, whose credits include BBC One’s Bafta-winning The Big Impression, as well as work on some of the...

Highways England targets inappropriate driver behaviour

The Road Haulage Association is fully supporting Highways England’s enforcement action to target non-compliant drivers of all classes of vehicle.

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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

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,...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...