On 8 May 2017, in the run-up to Transport Logistic 2017, the Eco Performance Award will be presented for the tenth time to transport companies operating particularly sustainable businesses. Companies interested in winning the award and the much-coveted quality mark can still submit their summary applications at http://www.eco-performance-award.com/ until 31.01.2017.
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A new government taskforce set up to tackle a chronic driver shortage in the haulage industry has been welcomed by a Fleet-based HGV driver training company
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Following impressive fuel figures and excellent customer service, Manchester-based logistics experts, Pace Logistics, has once again selected Renault Trucks for the latest additions to its fleet. Two 44-tonne Range T460 6×2 tractor units have been supplied by JDS Trucks Ltd while a further seven 18-tonne Range D250 high with 28.5ft curtain-sides and tail lifts on order
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Volvo Trucks has published a ‘bonus-video’ about ‘The Iron Knight’, the world’s fastest truck – twice – racing against the winner of the FIA WTCC Race in Shanghai, China – the the Volvo S60 Polestar TC1.
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Michelin has expanded its X Line Energy tyre range with the launch of six new fitments, which, according to the company ‘enables more truck fleets to benefit from its most fuel-efficient truck tyre generation’.
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Dramatic new SmartWitness dashcam footage from a fleet client shows a biker come a cropper after a dangerous overtaking manoeuvre. The motorcyclist is thrown from his bike after a silver saloon car turns into his path just as he is overtaking a black Mercedes who is turning right at a road junction
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Reacting to the news that British Cycling has joined forces with The AA and pedestrian groups in calling for a ’universal’ rule to give way when turning in order create simpler, safer junctions for all road users, the Road Haulage Association (RHA) does not consider this to be the ‘way forward’
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Pall-Ex, the palletised freight network founded by acclaimed entrepreneur Hilary Devey CBE, is celebrating its 20th anniversary
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Last month at the International Cycling Safety Conference in Bologna, Italy, Volvo Trucks launched its new global traffic safety campaign ‘See and Be Seen’ – a new initiative to improve safety awareness among unprotected, vulnerable road-users. With a new global training package this programme is directed at cyclists aged 12 years and above and is a continuation of Volvo’s successful traffic-safety training programme for young children, ‘Stop Look Wave’, which has been used for some years all over the world
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