www.truckandtrack.com Winter 21/22 Truck and Track 3 FOREWORD by Barbara Ryan, Publishing Director, Truck and Track Over the past few years, many references have made about the ‘new normal’ and its impact on doing business against a backcloth of Brexit, Covid, rising fuel prices and driver shortages. Whilst these concerns are perfectly understandable, I believe that it’s important to avoid falling victim to pessimism and seeing our glass as half empty. The truth is that, for one reason or another, our industry has always been tough. It’s also true that, historically, we have striven to make an honest living in challenging circumstances. In my opinion, I think we can all be proud of ourselves, for not only striving, but succeeding! This issue is packed full of success stories, new innovations and products, latest technological advances, order announcements and much more. Merridale and Handling Equipment UK draw attention to the impending change of regulations regarding red diesel fuel. From 1st April 2022, the government is removing the entitlement to use red diesel and rebated biodiesel in most sectors. The change could hit users of fork trucks so now’s the time to look at other options. Pallet networks are also continuing to set new standards of growth with the Association of Pallet Networks (APN) announcing an increase in volumes of 18% with 24 million pallets delivered up to the end of September 2021. Palletline reported an almost 20% increase in turnover, reaching £179.4m, whilst UPN continues in ‘Making Jaws Drop’ with its focus on IT development to support its network of 95 regional hauliers. I would urge you also to take a look at information from a few newcomers to Truck and Track. London Waterproofing Specialists offer proven roof waterproofing services and protective floor coatings which could be of particular interest to warehouse operators. Also, checkoutTive Inc–ashipment tracking specialist that ensures real-time visibility throughout the entire shipment process. Other newcomers include GoWash who highlight their smartphone app and The CILT(UK) Learning Centre which offers a range of accessible courses and learning solutions. Just a reminder about a couple of dates for your diaries – this year’s CV Show will take place at the NEC on 24th–26th May followed by the Multimodal Show, also at the NEC, on 14th-16th June. The Truck and Track team hope to catch up with as many of you as possible at one or both of these exhibitions. Barbara Ryan CONTENTS Page 4 BUSINESS NEWS 20 DESCARTES 24 SHIPMENT TRACKING 26 TACHOGRAPH ANALYSIS 30 CILT(UK) LEARNING CENTRE 32 LOGISTICS 37 PALLET NETWORKS 42 LONDON WATERPROOFING SPECIALISTS 45 WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT 50 FUEL MANAGEMENT 52 OILS & LUBRICANTS 56 TRAILERS 62 SAFETY & SECURITY 68 DANGEROUS GOODS 76 PTV GROUP – COMPANY PROFILE 79 PORTS 82 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 Designed and published by Truck & Track Multi Media Limited Creative Director: Marc Pittaway Printers: Warwick Printing Company Limited DISCLAIMER Everycarehasbeentakenduringtheproductionofthismagazinewithcompilingadvertisements, editorialandadvertorial.However,Truck&TrackMultiMediaLimitedcannotacceptresponsibility 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 TO ALLPORTS GROUP allportsgroup.co.uk
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