After 36 years at the helm of Anglo Pacific, a company he founded in 1978, Steve Perry has recently sold the business to Yogesh Mehta and family.

Dart Charge – a new way of paying the Dartford Crossing charge – will, according to the Highways Agency, speed up journeys by removing the need to stop at a barrier to pay the charge.

Peter van den Berg has joined the international team at Tippet Richardson in Vancouver.

A new Transport Energy Task Force has been established, building on the LowCVP's recent studies on fuels decarbonisation (Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership).

With Skills for Logistics predicting an LGV driver shortage of 120,000 by 2020 Scania is launching a new initiative to attract new drivers to the industry.

The German Transport Minister, Alexander Dobrint, has unveiled plans to introduce a toll on foreign-registered vehicles using the country’s roads from 2016, dismissing concerns in Brussels and neighbouring countries that the plan could breach European anti-discrimination laws.

Graebel Relocation Services Worldwide has been awarded first place in the Thought Leadership category at the Expatriate Management & Mobility Awards (EMMA) presented in Orlando in September for its Annual Relocation Policy Summit Research Summary.

Crate rental specialist PPS held an open day on 11 September to celebrate the company’s move from its head office in Leicestershire to new larger premises at Marchington near Uttoxeter.

Data recently released by London Councils shows the number of clamps fitted to vehicles in 2013/14 fell to 1,656 - down from 8,273 the previous year - a drop of 80%.

The Shadow Transport Secretary, Mary Creagh, has vowed that safety equipment to protect cyclists will be made compulsory on HGVs if Labour wins next year’s UK General Election.

In August 2014, after quite a short period of preparation, Voerman International (The Hague) received the ISO 18001 certificate.

Bill Graebel, CEO of Graebel Companies, Inc. has been named as Global Mobility Professional of the Year in the Americas by the global organisation, Forum for Expatriate Management (FEM).

France’s LD Lines has withdrawn its three-times weekly ’Motorway of the Sea’ (MoS) between Nantes-Saint-Nazaire in France and Gijon, in Spain because it is no longer economically viable despite high load factors.

Bishop’s Move, the UK’s largest family owned removal company which is this year celebrating its 160th year in business, is pleased to announce the investment of £1.2 million in 13 custom-built DAF vehicles.

Doree Bonner Scotland was delighted to play a role in the recent historic Scottish Referendum on the 18 September.

Elizabeth Kocken has recently been promoted to the position of Global Talent Management director for Graebel in the USA.

Well-run haulage firms are taking control of Driver CPC and making it part-and-parcel of their operation, says the Road Haulage Association.

The Institute of Advanced Motorists is warning drivers about the potential risks associated with using smart watches while driving.

A new law on ‘electromobility’ was approved by the German federal cabinet on Wednesday, 24 September, 2014. The new measure is expected to come into effect in early 2015 and is set to expire on 30 June, 2030.