Transport and Distribution News for Freight Forwarding, Haulage, 3PL/4PL & Contract Distribution in Europe

Bude, Cornwall-based workshop and in-vehicle equipment manufacturer, Bott Limited, is continuing to renew its UK and European transport and distribution fleet with Scania.

By: Phil Brown, Managing Director, Fortress Technology Europe.

Food fraud costs the industry around EUR 30 billion a year globally. With the number of cooperation requests by the EU Food Fraud Network jumping 30 percent in 2018, counterfeiters continue to pose a major threat to food innovation and consequently economic growth.

Independent UK parcel carrier, Yodel, has partnered with trailer manufacturer Cartwright to develop a new safety gate system designed to reduce accidents as part of the latest addition to its trailer fleet.

Cargo Chief has released the latest version of its C4 platform, version 2.0—now the most complete and informative database of trucking carrier lane preferences and availability in the OTR (over-the-road) industry.

National trade body The British Compressed Gases Association (BCGA) has added the 100th guidance document to its comprehensive reference library, developed to provide a useful resource to the transport and logistics sector.

CEVA Logistics launches its first express eCommerce services in South Korea on behalf of iHerb, a US-based natural health products company.

For many fleet operators, running a fleet efficiently and safely while minimising costs is a constant challenge. To overcome such obstacles, an increasing number of operators have begun implementing fleet management technology.

A new refurbishment scheme launched by Smith Brothers & Webb, the UK manufacturer and supplier of vehicle washing systems, is reportedly proving a great success, with refurb sales due to finish with a 70% increase this year.

One of the UK’s largest vehicle hirers, Arnold Clark Car & Van Rental, has provided a fleet of 40 Mercedes-Benz E Class Estate cars plus 15 minibuses and light vans to transport competitors and officials around at this week’s Women’s British Open Golf Championship held over four days from the 1st to the 4th August at the Woburn Golf Club.

One of the UK’s leading specialist driver training providers has highlighted the importance of new approaches to training, in addressing the severe skills shortages detailed in the report issued by the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport and Statista recently.

FTA has announced the 58 finalists in the running to win an accolade at the prestigious FTA Logistics Awards 2019, following a record number of entrants this year.