Granning Axles and Suspensions has been appointed importer and exclusive distributor for the VALX range of axles in the UK, Ireland, Poland and Scandinavia
Read More »
Help is on hand for some of the 2.28m households in the UK living in fuel poverty from The FPS (The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers), the trade association for oil distributors, who have established the FPS Surviving Winter Campaign, a charitable endeavour to help people in fuel poverty who use heating oil
Read More »
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has today reiterated its support for London’s Industrial HGV Taskforce (IHTF) as Transport for London (TfL) announced the project has now resulted in the issuing of over 1,000 Fixed Penalty Notices to HGVs in London over the last 15 months. FTA’s Head of Urban Logistics Policy Christopher Snelling said: “FTA thinks the IHTF is working well. Its success is based on it being a targeted programme – identifying the potential non-compliant vehicles though intelligence or observation, and focusing on them for enforcement action. This has allowed the IHTF to concentrate
Read More »
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has expressed strong concern about the unusually short timescales proposed for implementing Low Emission Zones (LEZ’s) in Scotland. Commenting on the publication FTA’s Head of Urban Logistics Policy Christopher Snelling said: “Air pollution in British cities has improved significantly in the last decades, partly thanks to the improvements in van and HGV technology that mean they now have a fraction of the emissions of the past. We are tightly regulated through the EU’s ‘Euro’ engine standards and these will continue to deliver the air quality improvements that are required of
Read More »
New trailers from Schmitz Cargobull will ensure the show goes on for bands on tour with Stardes. Stardes, the Sheffield-based specialist entertainment logistics provider, which transports equipment for concerts and touring artistes throughout Europe, has taken four Schmitz Cargobull FP25 dry freight box van trailers to provide more capacity for its operations
Read More »
Plant hire specialist Tom Prichard Contracting has turned to Andover Trailers for a new custom-built plant body after receiving recommendations about the product’s durability and reliability
Read More »
Mike Corcoran has been appointed to the position of Commercial Truck Director for Volvo Trucks. In his new role, Mike will be responsible for the Volvo Trucks new trucks business – including fleet sales – in the UK and Ireland and reports directly to Arne Knaben, Volvo Trucks’ Managing Director
Read More »
CV Show 2015 visitor registration has gone live at www.cvshow.com and the organisers are confident that this year’s Show at Birmingham’s NEC from 14-16 April has everything it needs to make the event another runaway success
Read More »
Up to 35 public sector organisations are being asked to bid for funding from a £5 million scheme to support ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEV), Transport Minister Baroness Kramer has announced
Read More »Growing awareness and demand for fleet compliance and risk management has seen a surge of businesses teaming up with Applied Driving Techniques (ADT). As a result, 2014 saw a 30 per cent rise in the number of drivers being monitored and managed by ADT as companies strived to achieve higher levels of road safety, Duty of Care and operational performance. ADT significantly increased the number of driver workshops to 100 up from 30 the previous years, while total training days grew annually by more than 25 per cent. Meanwhile, the company also rolled out a new e-learning
Read More »
Haulage Today © 2024
Site by Reverb Studios Design
