JW Suckling enjoyed a calmer year in 2022 as the Covid-19 pandemic receded and HGV driver shortages lessened, with volumes bouncing back and new customers onboarded, the company has revealed. JW Suckling, which specialises in fuel tanker haulage services, has its headquarters in Laindon, Essex and a regional office in Grangemouth, Scotland. It employs over […]
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Supply chain managers must learn to become ‘masters of disaster’ because crisis and disruption will continue to challenge the logistics sector through 2023 and beyond, an industry senior figure is warning. Christine Mezger-Behan, is senior vice-president of supply chain operations at KION Group, the parent company of German company STILL GmbH, which supplies forklift trucks, […]
Temporary visas for HGV drivers are the only way to fill an immediate need for truckers if the supply chain is to continue running through the peak period, according to the RHA.
The government has made strides in addressing the HGV driver shortage over the past year, and the recent increase in testing capacity is the latest positive example. Yet the upcoming Christmas period will, like most years, put pressure on testing and training capacity. It should remind the government and industry that, if the UK is […]