UPS is making use of a new battery charging technology that will allow it to increase the number of electric vehicles operating from its central London site from 65 to all 170 trucks based there. The new system is based on a smart grid which uses a central server connected to each EV charge post
DHL Express has opened a 392,882 sq ft regional hub at Brussels Airport. The site, which includes two automated sorting systems, will almost quadruple the capacity of DHL Express in in Brussels to 42,000 shipments an hour. The €140 million facility has created 200 new jobs for DHL. The site has replaced the logistics company’s
Eddie Stobart has won a £15 million contract with CEMEX UK, the building materials supplier. The new contract is set to start next month, and will see the logistics business deliver packed cement products from CEMEX production sites to its customers across the UK. “Following a competitive process, we are pleased to confirm that Eddie
The DVSA will start issuing on-the-spot penalties to lorry, bus and coach drivers who repeatedly break drivers’ hours rules from Monday 5th March 2018. The new rules will mean that DVSA examiners can issue on-the-spot fines for any drivers’ hours offences committed in the last 28 days. Currently, the agency can only fine drivers for
DVSA has reminded hauliers that with the passing of the Driver CPC deadline (10 September), all professionals must carry their Driver Qualification Card (DQC) with them or face a fine at the roadside. As a temporary pressure, DVSA is taking a “pragmatic” approach to DQCs, at least for the next few days, in recognition
