Wednesday 7 September sees the fourth RHA Compliance Conference at Silverstone. This extremely popular event provides the perfect forum for haulage operators to keep one step ahead of the latest changes, trends and product offerings affecting their business. Aimed at all managers, directors and owners who have direct responsibility for compliance in their business, this is now [&hellip
Read More »Following the announcement of a ‘leave’ result in the EU referendum, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) says coming out of union risks new costs, restrictions and bureaucratic requirements being imposed on moving goods in and out of Europe. These additional burdens could add costs for FTA members and disrupt the UK’s supply chains. The Government has [&hellip
Read More »More than 33 per cent of transport industry professionals do not believe autonomous vehicles will work, according to findings published today in the Microlise Transport Conference post event report. The statistics, covered in full in the dossier which has been released today, were captured during interactive voting on questions at what is now the [&hellip
Read More »Schmitz Cargobull has won the Best Brand award in the trailer category of the ETM-Verlag Image Awards. The company topped the poll in both the Plane/Curtainsider Trailer and Box/Refrigerated Body Trailer categories for the first time. More than 9,600 readers of the FERNFAHRER, lastauto omnibus and trans aktuell trade publications voted on the renowned Image award [&hellip
Read More »Renault Trucks is extending its Optifleet onboard telematics solution with a new functionality to assist long haul drivers with their eco-driving. It gives customers the possibility of monitoring and individually assessing their drivers’ performance by drawing on Renault Trucks’ 20 years’ experience in economical driving. A vehicle’s fuel consumption results from a driving behaviour pattern [&hellip
Read More »The Road Haulage Association is astonished at the report from the Institute of Mechanical Engineering which claims that levels of congestion ‘are rising fast because almost a third of lorries are being driven empty’. Commenting, RHA chief executive Richard Burnett said: “The number of lorries on our roads has hardly changed over many years; nor [&hellip
Read More »The Freight Transport Association’s popular conference series returns in autumn 2016. Transport Manager sponsored by Iveco prepares transport managers and those in charge of road transport fleets for the year ahead. The conference series, which is supported by Goodyear Tyres and Microlise, has been running for over 20 years and has become an industry-wide established event and a ‘must attend’ for all transport managers. Last year [&hellip
Read More »Containerlift, a leading UK supplier of transport, onsite handling and shipping solutions for shipping containers, has achieved FORS Gold accreditation. Since joining FORS in May 2015, Containerlift has used the advice and support provided by the programme to develop their processes and training procedures, enabling them to improve the service they are able to provide [&hellip
Read More »The June edition of HGV UK Online magazine is now live and jam packed with news and view from the UK haulage industry. HGV UK Online Magazine, continues to go from strength and now goes out to more than 45,000 recipients every month is now live. HGV UK Online Magazine is brought to you by [&hellip
Read More »Bibby Distribution has appointed Andrew Mawson as its new Head of Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ). Mawson, 51, who has more than 25 years’ experience within the distribution and logistics sectors, joins the 3PL after nearly eight years as Group SHE Manager for PX Ltd. Mawson’s remit within Bibby Distribution will be to build on [&hellip
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