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| | Isotrak will be hosting a round table forum encouraging open discussion to provide operations and logistics personnel from leading retail home shopping, parcel and postal, field service, construction and utilities companies with the opportunity to gain valuable insight into operational issues faced by similar organisations and to share your experiences with the group through contribution to the agenda topics.
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 | On 3rd January 2012, legislation comes into force requiring all trucks over 3.5t and buses/coaches over 5t comply with the Euro IV Particulate Matter (PM) standard. Failure to comply with this legislation will see a charge set at £200 per day and a penalty charge of £1000. Click for more details |
 | Gefco UK has announced the appointment of Tristan Balayn as its new Managing Director. He brings to the role extensive expertise and experience, acquired since beginning his career at Gefco Coventry 20 years ago. Click for more details |
 | TÜV Nord has certified 75 new, specialist Don-Bur curtainsiders, ordered by Bibby Distribution, to comply with the demanding load restraint accreditation EN12642-XL. The contract-specific 13.7m tri-axle trailers will transport homewares to bluechip retail stores throughout the UK. Click for more details |
 | Almost 570 accidents involving HGVs in Great Britain last year were due to snow or ice, latest Government statistics have revealed. A total of 338 rigid HGV accidents were attributed to snow or ice on the roads, while 230 artics were involved in accidents under similar conditions. Click for more details |
 | The GEA and VOSA have laid out new requirements and approval processes to improve the standard for HGV and PCV brake testing in Authorised Testing Facilities (ATFs). The new ATF standard includes a significant increase in the technical requirements for roller brake testers. Click for more details |
| | Goodyear is pleased to announce the first fitment of the new 275/70R22.5 Goodyear LHT II tyre on one of the largest Car Transporter companies in the UK. The event took place on November 25th in Carlisle and was fitted to a vehicle on the ECM Ltd fleet, the UK’s market leader in vehicle transportation. Click for more details |
 | The company Venneker based in Nordkirchen in Germany has over 35 years of experience in cattle trade and transport. Today, they operate 48 trucks and more than 40 ultra-modern trailers and semitrailers to transport the animals, observing the latest EU regulations.
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| | Whilst on his way to Brussels for the European Transport
Forum our roving reporter is stranded on a Eurostar train. It is alleged
that someone attempted to open one of the train doors as the train
approached the channel tunnel entrance triggering an immediate stop of
the train. Click for more details |
 | Kammac plc has unveiled newly designed and eye-catching trailers commissioned to celebrate the company’s successful partnership with Tate & Lyle Sugars, matching the dynamics of such a complex supply chain characterised by multiple routes to market, fluctuating order patterns and competitive pressures.
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 | Warwickshire based IM Properties has sold an 167,000 sq ft warehouse at Magna Park, Lutterworth to the Local Authorities’ Mutual Investment Trust (LAMIT) for £9.188 million. Click for more details |
 | An innovative service for the haulage industry, the SNAP Account, is helping HGV fleet operators to drive down costs by offering them a simple method of tracking where their vehicles are being parked and washed throughout the UK.
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 | Following sustained pressure on raw material costs Tennants have announced an increase of 3 pence/litre on their Greenox AdBlue product, effective immediately or as contracts allow. Click for more details |
 | October’s tyre safety month is nearly upon us and garages and tyre dealers are being encouraged to support this year’s campaign by offering drivers free tyre safety checks. What’s more, TyreSafe has developed a wide range of free campaign materials for use by the trade to help them get involved and reduce the number of tyre related accidents this winter. Click for more details |
| | Trenitalia, the leading rail operator in Italy, and Europorte, a subsidiary within the Eurotunnel Group, have concluded a strategic agreement establishing an international rail freight link between France and Italy. Click for more details |
 | Business leaders seeking to boost the efficiency of their supply chain operations will want to attend the Totally Logistics North show at Doncaster Racecourse on the 28th-29th September 2011 where a series of free seminars are on offer. Click for more details |
 | Freightliner Heavy Haul has secured Network Rail's third High Output Ballast Cleaner (HOBC) to be based at its Basford Hall depot in Crewe. Click for more details |
 | The recent completion of track clearance to W10 from Southampton to the West Midland has increased High Cube container traffic from the port by 25%. Click for more details |
 | Leading lift truck company Samuk continues to expand its UK presence with the recent addition of MacBrown Fork Truck Services Limited to its dealer network.
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 | TTC, part of the Unipart Group, is delighted to announce its new range of TTC Clutch Kits.
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 | TTC, part of the Unipart Group, recently appointed as national distributor for Remy’s starters and alternators for commercial vehicles, is delighted with Remy’s win of the Remanufacturer of the Year Award 2011, presented by ReMaTecNews. Click for more details |
| | Plans to speed up the movement of rail freight from Felixstowe to the Midlands have taken another step forward after the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) accepted for examination proposals for the Ipswich chord – a 1km stretch of track linking the East Suffolk line and Great Eastern main line.
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| | DFDS (Scandinavian seaways) and Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) have decided to make a joint bid for SeaFrance, the bankrupt French cross-channel ferry operator. SeaFrance was made bankrupt back in June 2010 and has been receiving state aid , via its parent company SNCF ever since, recently the EC competition authority announced it was investigating SNCF’s cash investments in SeaFrance because SNCF is state owned and these cash investments would therefore probably be classed as state aid. The total investment to date is €223million Euros. Click for more details |
| | Neuroblastoma is a rare and aggressive childhood cancer. About a hundred children in the UK are diagnosed each year. The Society works exclusively for these children in raising funds for British research into the disease, and offering information and support for anyone affected by neuroblastoma. Click for more details |
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