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Interactive road safety map updated with 20...
A free web mapping service, which shows details of road collisions and casualties across Britain, has been updated to include data for 2019. Developed by Buchanan Computing – a specialist supplier of software, training and web
Customer communications spike as firms resp...
According to new research, more than a third of transport and logistics businesses have increased their customer communication efforts in response to COVID-19, as firms look to respond to the shifting challenges in the UK supply
Highways England catches tailgaters on came...
Highways England is trialling the use of new cameras to clamp down on tailgating, an offence it says is a factor in around one in eight casualties on England’s motorways and major A roads. The cameras
Nearly 1 in 10 UK hauliers recruiting to ma...
With 66% of UK hauliers concerned about the increased admin required in preparation to cross the border, they reveal the changes caused by the Brexit transition. A study reveals that UK hauliers are seeing varying impacts
Scania (GB) Ltd wins Scania’s largest...
Scania (Great Britain) Limited has won a major order for a minimum of 2,250 trucks from Consortium Purchasing, an operation led by William Stobart, Executive Chairman of GreenWhiteStar Acquisitions, which owns Eddie Stobart, The Pallet Network,
Keedwell eliminate empty running with Retur...
Keedwell Konnect was formed in March of this year to coordinate logistics and maintain new customer accounts by diversifying traffic flows within the RT Keedwell Group and working with partner hauliers. At around the same time,
A Renault Trucks D Wide Z.E. is fitted with...
Strongly committed to sustainable transport, Rhyner Logistik has just acquired a fully electric Renault Trucks D Wide Z.E. to supply Denner supermarkets. As part of this approach, the Swiss haulier has also fitted solar panels onto
Coronavirus testing for hauliers to continu...
Current testing arrangements for hauliers crossing the Channel – where they must have had a negative coronavirus test within 72 hours of crossing – are set to continue following a decision by the French Government today (Thursday
1,300 DAF XF 480 Super Space Cabs for Prima...
Based on excellent in-service reliability and fuel efficiency, leading Spanish transport company Primafrio Group has once again placed a major order with DAF Trucks for 1,300 XF 480 Super Space Cab trucks. The fleet order will
Over 200,000 BEVs to hit UK roads in 2021
At least 200,000 new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) will be registered in the UK in 2021, according to figures from DriveElectric, one of the UK’s leading electric vehicle leasing companies. This figure is based on DriveElectric’s
