A lorry driver who crashed into a car on the hard shoulder, leaving an eight year old girl with life-changing injuries, has been jailed. Warwick Crown Court heard how Dominic Nicholls, 51, of Hadleigh, Suffolk, crashed into the back of the family’s Nissan X-Trail which had broken down on the M42 in Warwickshire, in April […]
Amazon has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI)–based technology that can spot even the smallest anomalies in delivery vans—from tyre deformities and undercarriage wear to bent or warped body pieces—before they become on-road problems. The retail giant is launching the new Automated Vehicle Inspection (AVI) in partnership with tech start-up UVeye in the the UK, […]
Fleet operators in the UK and Ireland are ahead of their European counterparts in recognising the importance of adopting sustainable practices, according to Goodyear’s latest annual Sustainable Reality Survey. The research found that 83% of UK and Ireland fleets, compared to 68% of European fleets, rate sustainability as either ‘important’ or ‘very important’. In addition, […]
Air freight delivery firm Circle Express saw a more than five-fold reduction in its losses last year thanks to an ongoing diversification strategy and increased customer demand, according to a business review of its latest set of financial results. In the company’s annual results to 31 March 2023, Circle Express revealed that turnover had risen […]
Meachers Global Logistics saw both turnover and profit fall last year after additional business activity created by the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns fell away. Its latest annual results for the year to 31 May 2023 show a 17.1% fall in turnover to £45.8m (2022: £55.3m) while pre-tax profit came in at £4.5m, down from £5m in […]
Supply chain specialist Wincanton has secured a contract to become Jet2.com’s dedicated transport partner. Using specialist vehicles, Wincanton will transport goods from Jet2.com’s new multi-million pound 150,000 square foot retail operations centre in Cheshire to storage facilities at UK airports, which the company said is the first facility of its kind in the UK aviation […]
Palletways member Salvatori Group has been awarded a Gold accreditation from The Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS). The scheme aims to raise standards within the fleet and logistics sector, promote best practices and improve safety, efficiency, and the environmental impact of its members. To achieve Gold FORS accreditation companies have to meet a rigorous set […]
Building components supplier Stormking has improved vehicle utilisation by 10% after replacing its paper-based processes with a Podfather delivery management system. Stormking, which is part of the Epwin Group, manufactures over 3,500 glass reinforced plastic (GRP) items each week at its Tamworth site and makes over 400 deliveries a week to over 250 housebuilders located around the UK, […]
A North Wales haulier HF Owen, which recently celebrated 50 years in business, has nearly doubled the size of its fleet after becoming the newest member of the Pallet-Track network in July this year. The Caernarfon-based haulier, which was founded in 1972, has built its business on traditional long and short-haul deliveries across the UK, […]
Pall-Ex has partnered with transport optimisation specialists The Algorithm People to deliver its new NexusETA project which harnesses the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor buying behaviour, peak management and self-serve options, and provide real-time information. The network said NexusETA will also offer a two-hour delivery window for palletised freight and improved route optimisation, […]