Barloworld Handling sped to the rescue recently when a prototype of the new Bloodhound supersonic car was delivered to Glyndwr University for the Wrexham Science Festival. Bloodhound is the latest project in Britain aiming to break the land speed record and the university required assistance to safely lift and move the vehicle from its transport...[more]

Underlining its commitment to continuous innovation, Swisslog has launched FreezerPick, its latest industry-specific solution. Cumbersome picking is moved out of the freezer into chilled environments, resulting in highly efficient order fulfillment. The FreezerPick design concept offers a compelling ROI by addressing all aspects of operational cost...[more]

Leading UK hirer Fork Rent is continuing its programme of major expansion in 2012 with an order for 600 JCB Loadall telescopic handlers. The major investment by one of the UK's largest privately owned plant hire companies comes hard on the heels of its purchase of in excess of 1,000 JCB telehandlers over the past two years - bringing the Ipswich...[more]

Government proposals to charge lorries for using the UK's roads should mean a fairer deal for domestic road freight operators, but it must be cost neutral, warns the Freight Transport Association. Proposals to impose a road user charge for vehicles over 12 tonnes have been broadly welcomed by FTA, which has long argued that foreign lorries should p...[more]

Southampton based freight forwarder and logistics firm Meachers Global Logistics has boosted its commercial team with the appointment of sales executive Dominic Betteridge. Dominic brings more than 16 years' experience in international logistics and freight forwarding; having filled both managerial and business development roles with independent...[more]

Konecranes UK's Industrial Crane Division, has been awarded the contract to supply two specialist waste handling cranes to operate at the new Staffordshire County Council's waste management site at Four Ashes in the County. The site will be managed by Veolia Environmental Services who have appointed CNIM Clugston for the site's construction. It w...[more]

Smurfit Kappa Recycling has appointed Matthew Berrill to the role of operations director with overall operational responsibility the company's paper and board recycling collection business. Matthew will oversee the production, logistical, environmental, quality, health and safety aspects of operations at the seven Smurfit Kappa Recycling depots loc...[more]

Staff at crate rental company Pluscrates' headquarters in Wembley returned to work after the Christmas break to find six of their LDV 7.5 tonne delivery vans had been robbed of their diesel while parked in the company's yard. Despite the vans having locked filler caps and being parked nose-to-tail to make access difficult, the thieves got away wit...[more]

Cheshire-based specialist vehicle company Rojac (UK) Ltd has recently taken delivery of its fifth DAF LF55. The company, which has operated since 2006, will put the 300hp skip loader into operation at a prominent Blue Chip company. Phil Bourne, Transport Manager at Rojac, said, "Rojac is able to offer a wide range of vehicle solutions to sites t...[more]

The Freight Transport Association is delighted to announce that GreenRoad, a leader in driver performance and safety management, is the latest partner of the association's Van Excellence scheme. GreenRoad is designed to dramatically reduce crash incidents and cut fuel consumption by enhancing driver performance while behind the wheel. A typica...[more]

The new infrared CH4 eModule from Trolex is an intelligent plug-in gas sensing module, for use with the Sentro range of products, which uses a highly precise infrared cell to monitor the environmental concentrations of methane, continuously signalling the retrieved data for consistent sensing accuracy. The eModule is the heart of the Sentro stor...[more]

CHEP, a leading provider of pallet and container pooling solutions, is pleased to announce the sponsorship of Olympic 400m athletic hopeful Andrew Steele. Andrew, 26 years old, was born in Didsbury, Manchester and trains at the Trafford Athletics Club, less than two miles from CHEP's UK headquarters in Trafford Park. He has represented England a...[more]

Grain merchant Openfield has sown the seeds of future success by commissioning a new fleet of 11 premium specification Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor units. The move follows an outstanding performance from Openfield's first six Actros, which had been on the road since 2006 and proved both reliable and fuel-efficient. "Those first Mercedes serve...[more]

When designing assemblies, the right components from a wide range of products and suppliers must be combined with one another to ensure optimum functionality of maintenance-free linear guides, for example. Mastering this challenge is effortless with help from MISUMI. The demand for linear technology components is continuous, multifaceted and cov...[more]

Lucky Red is yet another new customer for Isuzu Truck UK in the food distribution sector, with the recent arrival of the first pair of Isuzu Forward 7.5t refrigerated trucks into the company's UK distribution fleet. Lucky Red is part of the Yearsley Group, since it was acquired as part of the takeover of Ice Pak Seafood Specialists earlier this yea...[more]

GNB Industrial Power (UK) Limited, a subsidiary of Exide Technologies, has announced it will move to new modern premises in Horwich, Bolton. The move, which takes place in mid-February, will put GNB Industrial Power in the ideal position to provide its customers with a total power solution. From materials handling applications from the Motive P...[more]

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK (CILT) has welcomed the announcement that the Government is to conduct a consultation on means of creating an effective charge on foreign lorries using UK roads. CILT says that such a charge would aid the competitiveness of the vital UK logistics industry and would pave the way for a new...[more]

Hyster Europe has launched the new J4.0-5.0XN electric counterbalance forklift truck as the 4-5 tonne market segment shows an increase in demand for tough electric forklifts. Electric forklift trucks now account for approximately 20% of the 4-5 tonne segment of the counterbalance market. As the price of fuel continues to rise and operations are ...[more]

The SARTRE project, Safe Road Trains for the Environment has successfully completed the first test demonstrations of a multiple vehicle platoon. The test fleet included a lead truck followed by three cars driven entirely autonomously at speeds of up to 90 km/h - with no more than 6 metres gap between the vehicles. The SARTRE project is being dri...[more]

The UK leader in vehicle tracking, telematics and systems integration, Isotrak is inviting valued customers, prospects and press to its fast expanding Milton Keynes head office to take part in an event geared towards LGV fleet operators. The forum is already attracting interest from some of the UK's most influential Fleet Managers who will also hea...[more]