Tyre company Michelin has issued special guidance for haulage companies parking fleets for extended periods during the COVID-19 pandemic. This follows a survey by the Road Haulage Association (RHA) which revealed 46% of the UK’s trucks – around 240,000 vehicles – are now parked up with no work.

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has announced the appointment of Becky Martin as senior transport advisor within its Member Advice Centre (MAC) to assist the team in supporting logistics businesses through the COVID-19 outbreak.

Move4U Moving Technology has announced the launch of a SurveyVideo platform, its latest solution to enable moving companies to complete surveys remotely and prepare an accurate quotation.

This morning I walked down into town to buy Mrs Allen a birthday card. I guess this will be the last time I’ll be making this journey for some time, as I must now conform to current virus edicts.

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Scania is now supplying its L-series cab with the DC07, seven-litre engine for use in lighter-weight operations in congested city areas. The new engine increases the load-carrying capacity by 360 kilos. It is available in three diffe­rent power outputs: 220, 250 and 280hp.

Altair Global, recently announced organisational changes in its US Pacific Region.

The Gulf Agency Co. (GAC) in the Middle East has recently appointed Florin Dumitru at its Abu Dhabi office. Florin has been in the moving sector for 15 years, eight of which were with gAC in Dubai.

Volvo Trucks’ latest launch film has reached new heights. To demonstrate the power and strength of its four new vehicles, Volvo built a colossal 15-metre, 58-tonne truck tower, stacking its four new trucks on top of one another. Adding to that, they stood President Roger Alm on top!

The search has begun for the UK’s best van drivers with the launch of FTA’s 2020 Driver of the Year competition. Now in its seventh year, the popular event will take place on Saturday, 13 June 2020 at the Bott Ltd facilities in Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

Heel-dragging at the top of government has meant that some HGV drivers critical to Britain’s response to the COVID-19 crisis have been forced to stop work altogether, according to the UK’s leading business organisation representing the logistics industry.

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Driving electronics specialist Snooper has launched a new device to help prevent almost 2,000 bridge strikes that take place in Britain each year.

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has launched e-DCPC, an online version of the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (DCPC) course to ensure heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and public service vehicle (PSV) drivers can continue to undertake essential compliance training throughout the COVID-19 outbreak.

Leading global manufacturer of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, EVBox, has announced a new partnership with the eMobility platform provider has·to·be. The move will enable both EVBox and has·to·be cardholders to access their charging networks throughout Europe.

The UK government has agreed to delay the introduction of all new Clean Air Zones (CAZs) until 2021.