Browsing: Logistics

TNT Express is to introduce the first-ever express road service between the United Arab Emirates and Iran.

The government’s high fuel duty strategy, coupled with the increasing operation of foreign lorries in the UK, is causing serious problems for the Scottish transport industry, according to the FTA.

The flexibility provided by the Working Time Directive’s “Periods of Availability” is key to the way that many companies have organised their lorry operations,

Ian Stirling Haulage is the winner of the Skills for Logistics award for Scotland’s Top Training Road Haulage Operator.

Cranleigh Freight Services has taken delivery of two mega double deck road trains for the European fleet.

Secureseal has launched a system to manage trailer assets and prevent the theft of goods in transit. It transmits trailer door seal information automatically before a vehicle passes a gatehouse, with status sent to a gatehouse PC or a PC via the web.

When the government – perhaps influenced by the gremlin-plagued German automated “Maut” system for truck road user charging – decided to put LRUC in the too-difficult basket, at least for the foreseeable future,