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  • RHA calls for clarity on Brexit

    on Sep 16, 18 • in UK • with Comments Off on RHA calls for clarity on Brexit

    The Road Haulage Association has branded Brexit secretary Dominic Raab’s comments driver licensing post-Brexit to be nothing more than a smoke screen for the big-ticket items that need to be addressed before March

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  • Nogales chooses Paragon routing and scheduling

    on Sep 13, 18 • in UK • with Comments Off on Nogales chooses Paragon routing and scheduling

    Nogales Produce Inc., a provider of  Mexican fresh produce, groceries and restaurant supplies to more than 2,000 stores and restaurants in the United States, has adopted Paragon’s routing and scheduling software to help improve its increasingly complex delivery operations

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  • McCulla chooses ProVision’s CameraMatics

    on Sep 13, 18 • in UK • with Comments Off on McCulla chooses ProVision’s CameraMatics

    Like the majority of hauliers and fleet companies, McCulla, a leading refrigerated transport specialist, was challenged with managing insurance costs, claims, rising fraud, driver training and fuel costs. The major issue that drove them to begin searching for a vehicle camera system (ultimately choosing ProVision’s CameraMatics system) was managing and defending claims in a more efficient way and wanting to better defend those claims

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  • Volvo Trucks introduces new monitoring services to maximise uptime

    on Sep 13, 18 • in UK • with Comments Off on Volvo Trucks introduces new monitoring services to maximise uptime

    Volvo Trucks is using new methods to monitor and analyse critical components in real-time in order to take care of potential malfunctions before they interfere with the customer´s business. For example, a new tyre management service has been launched in Sweden as well as a major test pilot for advanced monitoring of trucks in Europe. By also applying machine learning, the accuracy of predicting and preventing unplanned stops will be improved even further

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  • Surefreight scores a perfect 10 from Mercedes-Benz

    on Sep 13, 18 • in UK • with Comments Off on Surefreight scores a perfect 10 from Mercedes-Benz

    Northern Ireland’s Surefreight only needed a couple of new tractor units, but so compelling was the acquisition and aftersales package on offer from its local Mercedes-Benz Dealer that it came away having signed an order for 10!

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  • HE Payne adopts Michelin Effitires policy

    on Sep 8, 18 • in UK • with Comments Off on HE Payne adopts Michelin Effitires policy

    The number of hauliers opting to switch to a three-year all-Michelin price-per-kilometre (PPK) tyre contract is growing

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  • HGV driver fails to get licence returned

    on Sep 5, 18 • in UK • with Comments Off on HGV driver fails to get licence returned

    An HGV driver, that was disqualified from professional driving for 10 years after causing crash whilst using a mobile phone, has failed in her bid to have her licence returned

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  • RHA advises hauliers to check their eyesight

    on Sep 4, 18 • in UK, UK News • with Comments Off on RHA advises hauliers to check their eyesight

    The Road Haulage Association has welcomed a police crackdown on defective eyesight and has called on hauliers to check theirs

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  • Continental presents ContiConnect at IAA

    on Sep 3, 18 • in UK • with Comments Off on Continental presents ContiConnect at IAA

    At the 67th International Motor Show for Commercial Vehicles (IAA Commercial Vehicles) in Hanover, Continental will showcase the further development of ContiConnect, its digital tyre monitoring platform

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  • FTA Future Logistics Conference  

    on Sep 3, 18 • in UK • with Comments Off on FTA Future Logistics Conference  

    Self-driving and electric vehicles, drone technology, Wi-Fi connectivity, artificial intelligence and more: the world around us is changing fast, and the logistics sector is one area embracing new technologies and solutions quickly

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