A text support service to reach HGV drivers struggling with work-related stress has been launched, with the RHA on board as a campaign partner. Drivers can text ‘BeAMate’ for free confidential health support – a service provided by Mates in Mind…
Decarbonising fleets is low down the list of priorities for most haulage companies and the 2035 deadline will have to be extended because the economics don’t stack up, according to industry feedback. One automotive consultant who has worked for …
Maritime Transport saw its pre-tax profit rise by over 40% in 2022 but “energy and inflationary pressures” saw volumes reduce towards the end of the year, according to its latest financial results. The Felixstowe-based company provides integrate…
Birmingham Airport could face holiday chaos next week as Menzies Aviation tanker drivers, who refuel three quarters of the planes at the airport, prepare to go on strike. Unite the Union said around 20 refuelling tanker drivers and operators vot…
Reed Boardall has taken delivery of 60 Carrier Transicold Vector S15 units and 20 Vector HE 19 multi-temperature systems in a deal that could see the haulier cut its carbon emissions by more than 800 tonnes a year. The new mono-temperature Carri…
Police are calling for dashcam evidence after a lorry driver was threatened at gunpoint and his truck looted at the Welcome Break Oxford Services M40 at junction 8A, yesterday (8 August). The incident happened at around 3am when the HGV driver g…
Wincanton has secured a five-year contract with UK renewables distributor Segen to oversee its transport and carrier network and transform its warehouse capabilities. The partnership will see Wincanton consolidate Segen’s existing multiple wareh…
Commercial vehicle contract hire and rental business Enterprise Flex-E-Rent is growing its electric van fleet and looking at bringing in its first electric trucks. Steve Hobson went to its site in Ashville Road, Gloucester, to hear about its pla…
The latest report from Ti, IRU and Upply on road freight prices has revealed that both spot and contract rates are falling quarter on quarter, dropping by 7.5 and 2.8 points, respectively. The report is predicting that with volumes slackening an…
Four men suspected of looting HGVs at motorway service stations were arrested this week after Cheshire police intercepted a vehicle on the M6. The arrests of the four men, all from Yorkshire, followed a spate of thefts from lorries at Stafford N…
Elddis Transport (Consett) boosted turnover by nearly £4m in 2022 despite the fallout from the economic impact of the Ukraine War. According to its latest financial results for the year to 31 December 2022, revenue leapt by almost £4m to £32.7m …
A Fiat E-Scudo van, fitted with Bridgestone Duravis tyres and sponsored by Webfleet, has smashed the Guinness World Records title for the greatest distance travelled by an electric van on a single charge. The record-breaking feat, which saw the …
Logistics company Independent Logistics Solutions (ILS), has appointed Marc Ansell as its new business development manager as part of its strategy to drive growth in the Kent and East Sussex regions. Ansell brings 15 years of sector experience t…
Supply chain solutions giant DP World is to open the UK’s largest distribution warehouse for physical music and video this month in partnership with Utopia Distribution Services (UDS). Located in Bicester, Oxfordshire, the facility is part of a …