Every truck fleet needs to address safety, operational and recruiting demands, but Challenger Motor Freight commits to breaking down the barriers between the related departments.Driver safety coordinators now sit in the fleet’s operations department. A…
When implementing electronic logging devices (ELD) to comply with the Canadian mandate set to take effect in June, focus not only on what they can do for hours-of-service compliance, but also how they can improve your fleet performance.That was the mes…
Vaccine supplies sent to the North East and Yorkshire are to be rationed because the region is ahead of others in getting the coronavirus jab out, it has been reported.Deliveries to GP practices in the area – one of seven English NHS regions – will be …
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A new report outlines a roadmap for the decarbonisation of road freight through the “critical” next decade
The road freight sector is nearing a decarbonisation tipping point, with hydrogen fuel cell and ba…
What a difference a year makes. At the beginning of 2020, commercial vehicle manufacturers were dealing with falling demand for new trucks, while in 2021 the struggle is to ramp up production during a pandemic to keep up with surging demand.ACT Researc…
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Usain Salt and Professor Chris Gritty are just two of the names selected for Warwickshire’s new gritters following a well-received public competition.
In October 2020 Warwickshire County Council asked the public to pick names for its five new gritte…
Prime ministers and presidents from the group of leading industrialised powers – the UK, US, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Japan – will descend on the five-star Carbis Bay beach resort near St Ives for a three-day diplomatic jamboree from 11-13 Ju…
Boris Johnson will host this year’s G7 summit in the tiny seaside resort of Carbis Bay in Cornwall, where he will urge world leaders to unite in “building back better” from the pandemic.
Joe Biden, who will be US president by then, is expected to atten…
The author of an extensive truck parking study says Ontario should look beyond its own plans to build physical spaces if it hopes to tackle “large, systemic and persistent” parking shortages.The provincial government recently announced commitments to c…
By Alex Whiteman, Brexit reporter
15/01/2021
DB Schenker is facing further criticism over its decision to temporarily suspend services into the UK.
One source told The Loadstar the Germany-headquartered forwarder’s decision to cut the cord on clients…
Border staff are turning back 10pc of lorries leaving Britain because drivers do not have the correct paperwork, fuelling fears of a trade crisis and shortages of goods.
Complex and confusing Brexit rules have left lorries unable to cross t…
Nicola Sturgeon has tightened COVID restrictions in Scotland, laying out six changes which will come into effect on Saturday.
Subject to approval by the Scottish parliament, the rules are:
• Click-and-collect services limited to essential shopping suc…
Kent Frozen Foods (KFF) has taken delivery of 31 new IVECO vehicles, 13 Eurocargo rigids and 18 Daily box vans from Kent dealer Haynes Trucks.
The national food service company now runs an IVECO fleet of 80 commercial vehicles which are based out of i…
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he NHS faces the “most dangerous situation” in living memory as the Covid-19 pandemic stretches hospitals to breaking point, Chris Whitty has warned.
Writing in the Sunday Times, Professor Whitty urged the public to follow lockdown rules and “find…