New freight vision set out for the southeast
A strategy that tackles issues such as lorry parking and driver welfare facilities and decarbonisation of the freight sector in the South East of England has been published Approved by the sub-national transport bodies board, the new strategy from Transport for the South East highlights the importance of the freight sector to the region. It […]
Connected Places Catapult aiming to transform the use of freight and logistics data to inform investment and policy decisions
The UK’s innovation accelerator for cities, transport, and places is undertaking a major project to understand how to source and make the most of freight and logistics data, to best meet the challenges facing the industry. The Connected Places Catapult is working with the Department for Transport (DfT) on the logistics end-to-end data research project […]
ITS (UK) Forum meeting hears why private logistics firms benefit when sharing their data
Freight and logistics experts in the UK’s Intelligent Transport Systems Industry Association have been presented with a compelling case for haulage firms to share more data to make their industry more efficient. The ITS (UK) Freight Forum meeting heard from Connected Places Catapult Principal Engineer Shyful Choudhury who outlined a new project he’s running to […]
Trainers turn to Virtual Reality to teach new HGV drivers
One of the UK’s largest HGV training companies has turned to Virtual Reality technology to help prospective drivers learn key safety procedures more effectively and get test-ready quicker amid a shortage of available training vehicles. Over the past few months, the UK has suffered a shortage of more than 100,000 qualified HGV drivers. and the […]
Teletrac Navman secures fleet telematics contract with Asco
Telematics technology company Teletrac Navman has secured a contract to supply logistics and materials management company ASCO its mobile asset and fleet management technology for the optimisation of a 350-strong fleet of vehicles in the UK. Headquartered in Dyce, Aberdeen, ASCO provides logistics and materials management services, operating across markets including new energy, decommissioning and […]
New research boosts case for kerbside management tools
New research suggests how the impact of freight, servicing and delivery vehicles on the city’s road networks can be improved by a kerbside management scheme. The report called LOADS EASIER: Unlocking the power of the kerb, produced for Stantec and Grid Smarter Cities builds upon research reports by the Centre for London which outline how […]
Europe’s largest lorry park opens for business in Kent
The new Ashford International Truckstop has opened for business in Kent with a range of facilities for the drivers of up to 660 trucks per day, making it the largest in the UK and Europe. The ‘state of the art’ lorry park has been built by GSE Building & Civil Engineering Ltd and is located at […]
Teletrac Navman awarded Associated British Ports telematics contract
Telematics technology company Teletrac Navman has secured a contract with Associated British Ports’ Port of Southampton to help streamline operations at one of the UK’s biggest ports. As the UK’s leading port operator, with a network of 21 ports, ABP handles around one-quarter of the nation’s seaborne trade, contributing £7.5 billion to the economy every […]
Waymo’s freight division in Texan driverless trucking trial
Waymo Via, the delivery part of Google’s self-driving division, is expanding its existing partnership with UPS to carry freight via autonomous lorries between Houston and Dallas-Forth Worth. TechCrunch reports that Waymo is not saying how many trucks it is using on the 240 mile route, but that it did say “multiple trucks” from its test […]
CNG Fuels to host hydrogen trials for HGVs to decarbonise UK fleets and prepare customers for a multi-fuel future
The UK’s largest supplier of alternative low-carbon fuels for HGVs, CNG Fuels, is to host hydrogen fuel trials across its rapidly expanding UK network of public access biomethane refuelling stations to support the future decarbonisation of HGVs. A new branch of the company, HyFuels, has been established to identify the best hydrogen production pathways and […]
