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Industry news – Page 14
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ArticleMAN boosts its eTruck portfolio
MAN Truck & Bus is significantly expanding its eTruck portfolio for its customers.
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ArticleGive drivers Highway Code refresher or risk disaster, broker warns fleet operators
Fleet broking insurance specialist, McCarron Coates, is warning fleet operators to check their drivers have updated themselves on the rules of the 2022 Highway Code.
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ArticleTransport and storage sector driving economic recovery, latest ONS data reveals
The transport and storage sector’s strong performance is playing a key role in helping the UK come out of recession, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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ArticleRHA named as one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work
The RHA has been recognised as one of the UK’s best employers by achieving recognition in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work.
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ArticleNike signs 20-year lease for vast UK logistics campus at Magna Park Corby
Nike has signed a 20-year lease agreement with developer GLP for a new state-of-the-art UK logistics campus and national supply chain hub at Magna Park Corby.
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ArticlePedal Me becomes first cargo bike operator to gain FORS accreditation
FORS is expanding into the cargo bikes sector, making London-based Pedal Me its first accredited pedal bike fleet operator.
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ArticlePartnership launches “fastest ever” container service between Ireland and North America
Shipping company ACL is promising that its new transatlantic service, launched in partnership with BG Freight Line and Peel Ports Group, will have transit times up to two weeks faster than any similar service travelling between Dublin/Belfast and North America, via a UK or European transhipment port.
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ArticleSecond M25 closure this weekend
Drivers are being reminded the M25 between junctions 9 and 10 will be closed from tonight (Friday 10 May) until Monday morning while engineers install a new bridge.
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ArticleContinental increases mileage and energy efficiency with latest Eco Gen 5 tyre
Continental has launched its latest truck tyre, the Conti Eco Gen 5. Designed for regional and long-distance haulage, compared with the previous Conti EcoPlus Gen3+ and Conti EcoRegional Gen3+, it’s said to offer better mileage and lower rolling resistance. The tyre was created with the lowest overall ...
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ArticleCrewe logistics facility gets multi-million pound investment
Real estate company Hillwood has secured £33m from investors Cain International to develop a 335,000sq ft industrial storage facility in Crewe.
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ArticleFirst Prometeon branded tyres unveiled
Prometeon has unveiled the first ever range of tyres to carry its own branding since the company was founded in 2017.
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ArticleGovernment legislation on e-van sales putting pressure on makers and buyers
An insistence by some van manufacturers that operators order a proportion of electric models has created problems for firms who cannot yet run them, according to the Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP).
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ArticleScottish hydrogen hub gets the green light
Energy firm GreenPower has had its planning application approved for a hydrogen production and distribution centre on the west coast of Scotland.
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ArticleRHA: vital upgrade of A66 must go ahead
The RHA has said it remained optimistic that a £1.5bn upgrade of the A66 would go ahead, after a campaign group launched a legal challenge against the project.
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ArticleExpansion plans at Sittingbourne logistics park
Panattoni said it is submitting a planning application for a 128,000 sq ft unit in Kent after acquiring an additional 10 acres at its net zero logistics park, G Park Sittingbourne.
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ArticleBrick hurled from A66 bridge smashes lorry windscreen
A skip truck driver had a lucky escape after a brick was thrown at his vehicle from a bridge in Middlesbrough, smashing his windscreen.
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ArticleGovernment opens bidding for thousands of pounds of funding to improve truck stops
Lorry drivers across England could benefit from more parking spaces, better welfare facilities and safer rest areas as the government opens up bids for more funding to improve truckstops.
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ArticleMet Police and Longcliffe Quarries partner up to provide safety advice for drivers
Longcliffe Quarries has partnered with the Metropolitan Police to deliver an award-winning safety talk to over 100 HGV drivers in Derbyshire.
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ArticlePost-Brexit border checks begin with promise to “go quite slowly”
New checks on imports and exports of food and agricultural products to and from the EU began this week, with the government maintaining it would take a pragmatic approach and not go “from nought to 100mph on day one”.
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ArticleTesco lodges truck damages claim against Scania
Tesco has filed a claim for damages into the competition appeal tribunal against Scania for what it said were losses suffered as a result of “unlawful and anti-competitive behaviour” regarding HGVs.