The UK haulage industry has been left fuming by Home Office plans to increase fines for hauliers caught carrying illegal migrants into Britain. The new rule has been included as part of Home Secretary, Priti Patel’s, ‘New Plan for UK Immigration’. The …
Volta Trucks, the leading full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer, has announced its Road-to-Zero Emissions strategy as it delivers on its vision of decarbonising the logistic industry, offering cleaner air and safer streets for city centre resid…
JMD Haulage, one of Liverpool’s leading container carrier operators, recently added a further 3 Krone Box Liners to their fleet, bringing the Krone total to 23. The latest ‘skeletal’ trailers, delivered in January, were the first ‘post-Brexit’ UK consi…
An HGV driver has been disqualified for 26 months following a collision on the A140 in Suffolk after he was found to be more than four times over the drink drive limit. Police were called just after midnight on Sunday 2 May to reports of a singl…
Ryder, a leading independent provider of commercial vehicle contract hire, rental, and maintenance services, has delivered 14 DAF rigids to Ketra, based in Thamesmead, south-east London. The fleet is comprised of two 7.5t LF150s, five 12t LF180s and se…
“I am really, really sorry, Mum and Dad, my trip to a foreign land has failed,” Pham Thi Tra My, 26, texted her parents in words reported around the world. “I am dying, I can’t breathe,” she said, as she and 38 other Vietnamese migrants were suffocatin…
One of the UK’s leading transport giants, Leeds-based Clipper Logistics plc has continued its long-standing partnership with IVECO and dealer group, Northern Commercials, adding 89 new trucks to its 500-strong fleet, over 95% of which are IVECO.
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HGV drivers are being invited to give anonymous feedback about their delivery experience to city construction sites via the CLOCS Vox app in a bid to improve the efficiency of site deliveries and help cut road casualties. The free app, developed…
Ford is shutting down its Merseyside plant for at least a month and slashing shifts at a Dagenham engine factory as the car industry is battered by a global microchip shortage.
The US company will temporarily halt production on May 10 at its Hal…
Climate change activists dumped fake coal outside Lloyd’s of London demanding that it stop providing insurance policies to coal and fossil fuel projects.The activists from Insurance Rebellion, which is supported by Extinction Rebellion, used a tipper t…