DRIVERS have today been warned after a lorry travelling on the A14 at Felixstowe was shot at with a pellet gun.The shooting follows incidents where vehicles on the dual carriageway have been attacked by people throwing rocks and stones off bridges. On Thursday, a 53-year-old trucker had just joined the… Read more »
Devon Haulier Celebrates 25 Years of Using Volvo
The recent acquisition of a new Volvo FM11 six-wheeler by family business L&B Haulage marks more than 25-years of almost unbroken loyalty to the Volvo brand. Established more than 40-years ago the first Volvo joined the business in 1983. Since that time owner Angelo Binaccione has built up a fleet… Read more »
Truckers to protest over diesel and fuel prices
CONCERNS OVER rising diesel and fuel prices have escalated, with truckers planning a protest in Dublin next month and the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) due to raise the issue with politicians when it meets the Oireachtas Transport Committee on Wednesday. The truckers, who have the backing of the Road Haulage… Read more »
60ft lorries
Transport operator Eddie Stobart last week made the first UK delivery in a government trial of longer lorries introduced to cut congestion and slash carbon emissions in haulage. The Department for Transport’s 10-year trial of semi-trailers of up to two metres longer than the current maximum length of 13.6 metres…. Read more »
Forth Ports takes control at Tilbury
Forth Ports has taken 100% control of Tilbury Container Services (TCS) for £95 million (US$149m) from fellow shareholders DP World and Associated British Ports. Forth will combine the deepsea and shortsea container facilities at the Essex port of Tilbury into one integrated operation, rebranded London Container Terminal. The agreement puts… Read more »
Olympic Route Network 2012
In summer 2012, the world will come to London for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Olympic Route Network and Paralympic Route Network will help ensure that thousands of the world’s greatest athletes can get around London – between their accommodation, training and competition venues – with the minimum of… Read more »
Foreign lorry drivers to be charged to use British roads
Foreign lorry drivers will be charged £10 a day to use British roads under Government plans for Britain’s first national road pricing scheme. The move is intended to level the playing field between British lorry drivers, who already face charges when they drive abroad, and their continental counterparts. The Department… Read more »
Oil tanker drivers began seven day strike yesterday
UNITE union bosses are apologising to both retailers and the public today as Jet drivers have begun a seven day strike starting yesterday. Around 91 contract workers employed by the road haulage firm Wincanton, turned off their engines in the dispute over workers’ pay, terms and conditions. Unite warns that… Read more »
DHL Invest in Professional Driver Training
DHL Freight, one of the leading providers of road freight services in Europe, is investing in the training of new professional truck drivers. In 2012, the company plans to train a total of 100 learner drivers, with more than half of them beginning the program at the start of the… Read more »
Wincanton Oil Tanker Drivers Take Action
WINCATON oil tanker drivers based at the haulier’s Stockton depot will undertake a week of stoppages from January 24 as part of a national dispute over pay and working conditions. The drivers will join colleagues based at Kingsbury in Warwickshire and Immingham, in Lincolnshire in the action which is set… Read more »
