THIS year’s Freight in the City Expo conference will once again feature a line-up of industry speakers, focusing on the challenges and best practice operation when it comes to urban deliveries. The main stage takes […]
Currie Solutions Group subsidiary Move It Express has joined The Pallet Network (TPN), citing its association with Eddie Stobart Logistics and the opportunities this provides. The West Lothian-based firm will cover its Edinburgh and Borders […]
The government could be on the verge of a ‘massive Brexit U-turn’ and offering temporary visas to EU truck drivers in an attempt to resolve a growing supply chain crisis. Parcel firm ParcelHero claimed secret […]
Following the Government’s decision to ban new diesel or petrol heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) sold after 2040 as part of a plan to decarbonise the transport sector, the Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) has described the announcement […]
PRIME Minister Boris Johnson has strongly suggested that, emanating from Sir Peter Hendy’s Union Connectivity Review, the busy A75 Euroroute that links Cairnryan with the M6 will be ‘upgraded to offer higher capacity, and people […]
SATELLITE enabled drones have accelerated the provision of life-saving medical supplies at NHS hospitals in Scotland, boosting the country’s efforts to combat Covid-19. Drone delivery cut the average transport time in remote communities from 21 […]
PALL-EX Group has joined voices in logistics to highlight the growing crisis faced by the industry due to HGV driver shortages. It operates a pallet network of 160 independent haulage firms across the UK: 74% […]
Transport minister Baroness Vere said extending drivers’ hours was ‘definitely not a long-term solution’ to the burgeoning recruitment crisis and that the industry had known for a long time this problem was on the horizon. […]
Motorway trials of autonomous HGV platoons have begun after the project stalled during the start of the pandemic. The consortium behind the trials said that the trucks are on the roads and are likely to […]
RELAXING drivers’ hours won’t make any material difference and fails to address the underlying issues which require a package of measures to fix, was the RHA response to Baroness Vere’s announcement that the government will […]
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