TruckandTrackSpring2020

Truck and Track Spring 2020 www.truckandtrack.com 8 BUSINESS NEWS Ireland Logistics specialist Morgan McLernon has announced a significant expansion onto the UK Mainland with the establishment of a major new purpose developed site in Telford, Shropshire. The new state-of-the-art 40,000 sq ft chilled facility is perfectly situated for linking Ireland with the UK mainland road network. “This new site opens up an exciting range of new opportunities and possibilities for Morgan McLernon.” said Sean Hughes - Morgan McLernon Operations Director. “We are looking to expand the site capability to provide third party logistics support services for customers and hauliers wishing to link upwith us. We can helpwith inputting pallets for delivery, loads that need to be rearranged or rebuilt, or help with pallet consolidation.” “Hauliers may also have a load that has fallen or is damaged. At our new facility we can strip the load, rebuild it, rewrap it, and reload it. This important site is also a hub for cross dock for our Ireland to UK Groupage operation and also our UK to Ireland Groupage operation.” Operatingsince1970,MorganMcLernonhasawealthofknowledge and experience in the transport, distribution, and shipping sector and has been transporting perishable foodstuffs such as fruit, vegetables, and meat for over 40 years. Based in Lurgan County Armagh and now Telford, MorganMcLernon operates a fleet of 200 trucks and 500 trailers and employs over 550 staff. As part of Culina Group, Morgan McLernon specialise in ambient, chilled, and frozen distribution throughout the UK and Ireland and delivers to all major retailers including M+S, Morrison’s, Tesco, Iceland, Aldi, Lidl, Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, ASDA, also Amazon and Domino’s Pizza. Ireland Logistics specialist MorganMcLernon announces significant UKMainland expansion BrandonHire Station, one of theUK’s biggest tool and plant hire companies, has significantly improved itsdrivers’ safety records after installing video telematics and analytics solutions from Lytx. Collisions and risky driving incidents fell by approximately 56% in one year, while following-distance events were down almost 75%. Lytx® is a leading global provider of machine vision and artificial intelligence-based video telematics, analytics, safety and productivity solutions. The company has also helped Brandon Hire Station to improve driver safety and use video evidence to make it simpler to resolve insurance claims in the event of an incident. Harnessing Lytx video, Brandon Hire Station can provide drivers with a video clip of exactly what went wrong during a risky event, which allows for a more productive and personalised conversation. Over a twelvemonthperiod, BrandonHire Station sawthe following improvements: ■■ 56% reduction in overall risk frequency and severity ■■ 77% reduction in following distance <1 second ■■ 74% reduction in following distance 1-2 seconds ■■ 46% reduction in collisions ■■ 31% reduction in late responses ■■ 25% reduction in other distracted driving incidents “Our drivers have responded brilliantly to the introduction of Lytx,” said Stuart Conway, fleet manager at Brandon Hire Station, and highly commended ‘Commercial Fleet Manager Of The Year’ at the 2019 Commercial Fleet News Awards. “Overwhelmingly, they saw it as investment in their safety and their future and in the safety of other road users too. I’d like to think the very strong results we’ve already achieved are only the beginning.” As well as implementing its video and analytic capabilities, The Lytx Driver Safety Programmehas deliveredprescriptive and customised coaching insights to Brandon Hire Station’s fleet managers. Lytx leverages video, motion and engine control module (ECM) sensors to present a superior and accurate view of risk, with greater than 95% accuracy across more than 60 risky driving behaviours – helping to filter out the noise and helps fleets focus on what’s most important. “One major factor in our decision was that Lytx reviews the 12-second clips captured and uploaded by the cameras, and only sends us what we need to see,” Conway said. “Some of the other systems send you 15 hours of footage a day and we simply don’t have the capacity to go through all of that.” Brandon Hire’s safety improvements were recently recognised when the company was awarded Commercial Fleet News’ 2019 Most Improved Fleet. The company has also achieved silver accreditation from the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS), and is aiming to achieve gold accreditation soon. Moving forward, Brandon Hire Station is looking to develop its driver training further, as the company fully implements Lytx’s best-in-class Driver Safety Programme. www.lytx.co.uk Brandon Hire Station achieves dramatic improvement in driver performance with Lytx