Archive for the ‘UK’ Category

  • TIP secures Clipper business

    on Jan 9, 17 • in News, UK, UK News • with Comments Off on TIP secures Clipper business

    A further nine new 13.4 m SDC box trailers from TIP Trailer Services are about to enter service within the trailer fleet at Clipper Logistics plc and will be shortly operating on one of the company’s existing long-term contracts throughout the

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  • Freight calls for Government support for switch to green fuels

    on Jan 9, 17 • in UK, UK News • with Comments Off on Freight calls for Government support for switch to green fuels

    The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has called on the Government to give transport operators similar support to the car sector by providing significant financial support to help achieve more widespread industry take-up of green fuels and technologies

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  • Logistics industry worried about digitalisation – Continental survey shows

    on Jan 8, 17 • in UK • with Comments Off on Logistics industry worried about digitalisation – Continental survey shows

    Competition, environmental specifications, digital technologies, new players in the transport business, a lack of qualified drivers – logistics companies are not short of challenges, as the Continental Mobility Study 2016 shows

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  • Logistics to the fore in follow-up mystery novel

    on Jan 8, 17 • in UK • with Comments Off on Logistics to the fore in follow-up mystery novel

    Logistics journalist turned novelist Peter Rowlands is back! Having published his debut Kindle mystery novel in early 2016, Peter has followed up with a sequel, Deficit of Diligence, in which the logistics world plays an even bigger role. 

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  • FTA Ireland appoints new General Manager

    on Jan 3, 17 • in UK, UK News • with Comments Off on FTA Ireland appoints new General Manager

    Freight Transport Association Ireland’s newly-appointed general manager says he looks forward to  launching exciting new projects in 2017 and striving to make FTAI the most admired and  influential membership trade association in Ireland

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  • Ping pong balls are no longer dangerous!

    on Dec 28, 16 • in UK • with Comments Off on Ping pong balls are no longer dangerous!

    The issue has gone back and forth across the table and now UN chiefs have decided that ping pong balls should no longer be classified as dangerous goods

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  • CP Long Transport switches to Renault Trucks

    on Dec 28, 16 • in UK • with Comments Off on CP Long Transport switches to Renault Trucks

    Following impressive fuel performance from a Range T demonstrator, Devon general haulier, CP Long Transport Ltd, has taken delivery of its first Renault truck – a 44-tonne Range T520 6×2 tractor unit

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  • RHA sympathises with victims of Berlin truck attack

    on Dec 20, 16 • in UK • with Comments Off on RHA sympathises with victims of Berlin truck attack

    The Road Haulage Association is deeply sympathetic for the people of Berlin who were victim of yet another terrorist attack that once again saw a truck being used as a murder weapon

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  • FTA helps industry keep on delivering this winter

    on Dec 20, 16 • in UK • with Comments Off on FTA helps industry keep on delivering this winter

    With tomorrow seeing the official start of winter, the Freight Transport Association is supporting Highways England’s winter road safety campaign which this year highlights the dangers of driving in the rain and encourages drivers to slow down. 

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  • Renault Trucks introduces anti-runaway automated park brake

    on Dec 20, 16 • in UK, UK News • with Comments Off on Renault Trucks introduces anti-runaway automated park brake

    Renault Trucks has introduced an industry-leading Anti-Runaway Automated Park Brake (Anti-RAPB) to eliminate the risk of uncontrolled vehicle movements caused by human error when a truck is idling or static

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