“Decent parking facilities providing basic needs for lorry drivers are a must” – says the Freight Transport Association. Reacting to the Transport Focus – ‘Take a break – Road users’ views about roadside facilities’ report – FTA stated that it supports the view that it needs Highways England, local and national Government to work with the freight industry to solve the problem of inadequate roadside service for motorists
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The Road Haulage Association has welcomed the report from the independent transport user watchdog Transport Focus about roadside facilities on England’s motorways and major ‘A’ roads which says that lorry drivers have said their needs are not being fully met by current roadside facilities
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As part of the ongoing development of its mobile maintenance fleet, TIP Trailer Services has added a further 17 new Renault Master LWB, high roof panel vans that have been specially equipped as mobile service units (MSU’s). The company now operates a fleet exceeding 80 MSU’s in total throughout the UK and Ireland
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Delays experienced by motorists heading for the Port of Dover this weekend, highlight the need to look at the ‘bigger picture’ to provide facilities for all – says the FTA today
Read More »The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has issued a call for partners to take part in a new data analysis project in its heavy duty vehicle (HDV) transport programme to inform the work it is undertaking on fuel efficiency. Earlier work by the ETI has shown that the route, speed, freight load and vehicle configuration of [&hellip
Read More »Arden Wood Shavings, the animal beddings specialist, has renewed its fleet compliance and security systems contract with TruTac and sees improved vehicle safety ahead as TruChecks, the mobile driver inspection app, is added to the suite. Arden has over 30 years’ experience of supplying wood shavings and sawdust bedding for a wide range of applications, [&hellip
Read More »The Freight Transport Association (FTA) says this week’s announcement by the Department for Transport (DfT) of a consultation on driverless cars is a positive step. As well as setting out regulatory changes to better facilitate the use of driverless vehicles in the future, the document also restates the potential positives from HGV platooning. The document notes that platooning should allow HGVs [&hellip
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Demand for in-vehicle CCTV cameras by courier firms in the UK has shot up 30% in the past year – due to increased incidents of cash for crash scams. Cash for crash costs British motorists a staggering £1 billion a year. Whiplash claims, boosted by no-win, no-claims from lawyers, are adding up to £90 on to [&hellip
Read More »Schmitz Cargobull has appointed Alan Hunt as Managing Director for its UK and Ireland operations. Hunt (50) joins Schmitz Cargobull after 16 years with Finning CAT where he held a variety of roles, including Defence and Government Manager, Business Unit Manager and more recently Head of Sales for Commercial Marine and Oil & Gas. In [&hellip
Read More »Ctrack, a subsidiary of Novatel Wireless, has launched an Executive Dashboard to enable users of its advanced vehicle tracking solutions to access business critical summary data in easy to understand charts and tables. As a result, fleet operators will now be able to gain added operational insight and business intelligence through their telematics system, identifying trends and underlining [&hellip
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