Archive for the ‘UK’ Category

  • BPW exceeds axle targets

    on Jul 28, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on BPW exceeds axle targets

    BPW exceeds  axle targetsLeicester based company, BPW Limited, which last year invested in a second jig at its Leicester warehouse, has exceeded its manufacturing targets. Last month it assembled its 100,000th trailer axle, well ahead of the projected schedule

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  • Shetland Transport chooses Gray & Adams

    on Jul 27, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on Shetland Transport chooses Gray & Adams

    So impressed was Shetland Transport with its first two Gray & Adams insulated and refrigerated curtainside semi-trailers that it is now running another three, and has four more on order

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  • Rejection of M20 contraflow proposal –frustrating says FTA

    on Jul 27, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on Rejection of M20 contraflow proposal –frustrating says FTA

    The rejection by Highways England of a contraflow on the M20 in Kent during Operation Stack has been described as “extremely frustrating” by the Freight Transport Association (FTA) today

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  • Andover Trailers plant body to carry Cosham Plant Hire

    on Jul 23, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on Andover Trailers plant body to carry Cosham Plant Hire

    Cosham Plant Hire has added a new Andover Trailers plant body to its fleet, mounted to a 32 tonne Volvo FM420 8×2 rear-steer rigid truck

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  • FTA Ireland urges Minister to act on Calais crisis

    on Jul 22, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on FTA Ireland urges Minister to act on Calais crisis

    The Freight Transport Association of Ireland is calling on the government to press British and French authorities for a resolution to the continuing problems in Calais

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  • SmartWitness warns summer is most dangerous time on Britain’s roads

    on Jul 21, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on SmartWitness warns summer is most dangerous time on Britain’s roads

    Saturday July 25 at 11am is the time you are most likely to have a car crash, according to new SmartWitness research

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  • Prepare for the year ahead with FTA Transport Manager

    on Jul 20, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on Prepare for the year ahead with FTA Transport Manager

    The Freight Transport Association’s nationwide Transport Manager Conference series is set to hit the road again in autumn 2015, preparing transport managers and those in charge of road transport fleets for the year ahead

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  • Wincanton announces new contract with BAE systems

    on Jul 20, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on Wincanton announces new contract with BAE systems

    BAE Systems has appointed Wincanton as the supplier for its Military Air & Information (MAI) operations, building on the existing services provided by the specialist logistics company

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  • FTA gives evidence to Government on Calais migrant crisis

    on Jul 14, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on FTA gives evidence to Government on Calais migrant crisis

    The Freight Transport Association has given evidence to the Home Affairs Committee at the House of Commons about the migrant situation in Calais following a Government announcement of a new secure lorry parking zone at the port

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  • Uno Bus partners with Lytx to protect drivers

    on Jul 14, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on Uno Bus partners with Lytx to protect drivers

    Uno Bus has deployed the Lytx DC Protect™ Programme, across its entire fleet of buses with a five-year agreement

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