Archive for the ‘UK News’ Category

  • Discover the new Firestone truck and bus tyre website

    on Jul 2, 16 • in European News, Firestone, General News, News, UK, UK News • with Comments Off on Discover the new Firestone truck and bus tyre website

    Firestone has created a new high-performance website for its truck and bus tyre business in Europe. Fast and smooth …easy to read …in-depth tyre information …tyre finder …dealer locator …perfect for mobile devices: the new Firestone truck tyre site gives fleet managers and tyre professionals everything they need to manage their tyres better and select the [&hellip

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  • FTA fleet operator audits recognised byTransport for London

    on Jun 30, 16 • in General News, News, UK, UK News • with Comments Off on FTA fleet operator audits recognised byTransport for London

    The Freight Transport Association’s Truck Excellence and Van Excellence audits, when supplemented by additional audit items, have been recognised by Transport for London (TfL) as alternative schemes that meet TfL’s work-related road risk clauses. At an operator’s request, FTA can now supplement its Truck and Van Excellence audits with additional items covering TfL’s contractual work-related [&hellip

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  • RHA says Transport Select Committee too cautious on all lane running

    on Jun 30, 16 • in General News, News, UK, UK News • with Comments Off on RHA says Transport Select Committee too cautious on all lane running

    All lane running (the use of hard shoulders) is in the interests of all road users to minimise delays without compromising safety.  RHA director of policy Jack Semple said: “Motorways are where hauliers and their drivers do much of their work and safety is key. Big trucks need a safe place to work. All lane running [&hellip

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  • Linde Malaysia adopts Paragon outing and scheduling software

    on Jun 30, 16 • in General News, News, UK, UK News • with Comments Off on Linde Malaysia adopts Paragon outing and scheduling software

    Linde Malaysia has become the latest organisation within The Linde Group to deploy Paragon’s routing and scheduling software, further optimising its expanding cylinder business’ distribution operations in the Peninsular Malaysia, and at the same time, contributing to Linde Malaysia’s operational priorities in transport safety and customer service standards. The company leverages the logistics planning software [&hellip

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  • Keeping one step ahead of compliance challenges

    on Jun 29, 16 • in General News, News, UK, UK News • with Comments Off on Keeping one step ahead of compliance challenges

    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

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  • FTA says exit negotiations must ensure the goods keep moving

    on Jun 28, 16 • in General News, News, UK, UK News • with Comments Off on FTA says exit negotiations must ensure the goods keep moving

    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

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  • A third of transport professionals think autonomous vehicles won’t work – report reveals

    on Jun 28, 16 • in General News, Microlise Transport Conference, News, UK, UK News • with Comments Off on A third of transport professionals think autonomous vehicles won’t work – report reveals

    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

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  • Double victory for Schmitz Cargobull

    on Jun 27, 16 • in General News, News, UK, UK News • with Comments Off on Double victory for Schmitz Cargobull

    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

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  • Renault Trucks focuses on Optifleet

    on Jun 23, 16 • in General News, News, Optifleet, UK, UK News • with Comments Off on Renault Trucks focuses on Optifleet

    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

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  • Latest road report astonishes road haulage sector

    on Jun 23, 16 • in General News, News, UK, UK News • with Comments Off on Latest road report astonishes road haulage sector

    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

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