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Modern electric EV delivery vans are being charged in company parking garage

Zapmap reveals findings of latest EV driver...

Dec 03, 2024Comments off

Zapmap, the UK’s leading charge point mapping service, has unveiled the results of its comprehensive survey of electric vehicle (EV) drivers. Responses show that overall satisfaction continues to improve, while also highlighting  areas which require industry

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Volvo truck with a tractor on a low-loader

Tony O’Mahony sticks with Volvo

Dec 03, 2024Comments off

County Cork’s Tony O’Mahony Agri Plant Hire & Haulage has taken delivery of a Volvo FH16 750 6×2 tractor unit continuing its long-standing relationship with the manufacturer which dates back nearly 20 years. Supplied by Gerard

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HaulTech boosts efficiency for S R Harradine

HaulTech boosts efficiency for S R Harradin...

Dec 02, 2024Comments off

Switching from pen and paper planning to a HaulTech transport management system is bringing significant benefits to a family-run haulage firm. Based on the outskirts of Cambridge, S R Harradine is a bulk haulage company specialising

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WS Transportation HGV Fleet

WS Transportation signs new deal with Haula...

Dec 02, 2024Comments off

HaulageHub, the Liverpool City Region based digital freight marketplace, has secured a major new contact with WS Transportation, one of the UK’s leading logistics firms. The multi-year partnership with the Runcorn based firm – which specialises

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ArrowXL truck parked outside a house

ArrowXL delivers another good night’s sle...

Dec 02, 2024Comments off

Hypnia, the top British sleep company, has extended their contract with ArrowXL, the UK’s largest and longest established two-person home delivery specialist, to store and deliver hundreds of mattresses a month, to customers nationwide.  Originally selected

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Timelapse image of a busy motorway

Ambitious investment in safer roads could s...

Dec 02, 2024Comments off

Investing £2.5bn into high-return road safety schemes could prevent more than 17,000 deaths and serious injuries over the next 20 years, saving nearly £9bn in societal losses in the process, according to a new report. The

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Whippet guided busway

Whippet transforms bus fleet maintenance wi...

Dec 02, 2024Comments off

Whippet, the 105-year-old Cambridgeshire bus company has transformed its fleet management with software from Freeway Fleet Systems.  Freeway is used to manage maintenance of double-deckers, saloons, coaches and fleet cars.  The system is used across engineering

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Driver on his mobile phone

Video telematics with integrated mobile dev...

Dec 02, 2024Comments off

SureCam, the leading provider of video telematics solutions, has teamed up with Blackout Technologies to develop the first fleet dashcam with mobile device blocking that helps tackle the dangers of smartphone distraction. The integrated solution is

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SCCB Hydrogen Truck

Hydrogen vehicle training workshop to boost...

Dec 02, 2024Comments off

The automotive industry is being equipped to meet the rising demand for hydrogen-fuelled vehicles, including light vehicles, PSVs, and HGVs, through a new training facility launched at South & City College Birmingham (SCCB), funded by a

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Container ship at sea

Implications of the GPSR for GB-NI Trade

Nov 29, 2024Comments off

The EU’s General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR), which replaces the 2001 General Product Safety Directive, is set to come into force in Northern Ireland on 13 December 2024. This regulation aims to enhance consumer protection by