www.truckandtrack.com Spring 2025 Truck and Track 3 EXHIBITIONS, SAFETY AND PALLET SUCCESS by Barbara Ryan, Publishing Director, Truck and Track As usual, this month’s issue of Truck and Track is jam packed full of features, order announcements, success stories, exhibitions and invaluable information regarding haulage and logistics. 29th April sees the launch of the Commercial Vehicle Show at the NEC in Birmingham with the organisers expecting this year’s event to be bigger and better supported by an impressive line-up of brand-new product launches and expert speakers. With a strong focus on innovation and decarbonisation, this year’s event will provide everything needed to grow and future-proof any business. The CV Show will be closely followed by Multimodal 2025, also taking place at the NEC. The show will be celebrating 18 years of providing shippers and cargo owners with solutions to optimise their supply chains by improving efficiencies and sustainability goals. Multimodal will feature 300 exhibitors, 60+ conferences, an interactive AI Clinic plus a networking drinks party. Also in this issue, we focus on latest developments reported by the Association of Pallet Networks (APN). With particular emphasis on safety, the Association works hard at eliminating harm during network operations. This is not an easy ask, as network hubs are probably one of the busiest logistics operations, cross docking tens of thousands of pallets from hundreds of vehicles each weeknight. Nonetheless, the APN’s focus on safety has once again delivered a better safety environment than any year prior to 2023. We also include a timely article from Descartes suggesting the raising of defences against porch piracy by utilising improved delivery practices. Merridale Systems also provides a proven solution for a major internet company whilst acknowledging 25 years of continuous service from two of the company’s valued employees. Safety and Security are also highlighted in this issue with articles concerning the transportation of dangerous goods, safety systems for construction, utility and distribution vehicles plus the mitigation of risk in road haulage of dangerous goods. I hope you enjoy this issue. Barbara Ryan CONTENTS Page 4 BUSINESS NEWS 18 INTERMODAL TRANSPORT SOFTWARE 25 AI SYSTEMS 28 COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SHOW 2025 37 CHEVIN CASE STUDY 39 DESCARTES 42 FUEL MANAGEMENT 45 PALLET NETWORKS 54 TRAILERS 60 SAFETY & SECURITY 66 DANGEROUS GOODS 72 MULTIMODAL 2025 75 CONTAINER HAULAGE 78 RAILFREIGHT Truck and Track The Haulage & Logistics Buyers Magazine Truck and Track The Haulage & Logistics Buyers Magazine To advertise, contact Barbara Ryan, Publishing Director, Truck & Track Multi Media Limited, via email barbara.ryan@truckandtrack.com Editor: Peter Ager editor@truckandtrack.com 07774 169981 Designed and published by Truck & Track Multi Media Limited Creative Director: Marc Pittaway DISCLAIMER Every care has been taken during the production of this magazine with compiling advertisements, editorial and advertorial. However, Truck & Track Multi Media Limited cannot accept responsibility for material supplied by third parties and excludes all liability either relating to any products and services promoted in this publication or arising from any error, omission or inaccuracy. Nor is Truck & Track Multi Media Limited responsible for the content of external websites. Finally, the views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily the views of its Publishers. Copyright © Truck & Track Multi Media Limited. All rights reserved. TRUCK & TRAILER SOLUTIONS WELCOME TOALLPORTS GROUP allportsgroup.co.uk
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