Transport for London (TfL) has signed a new contract with Sopra Steria to run the fleet recognition scheme FORS, which works to make vehicle fleets across the UK safer and greener. The new contract will begin in January 2022 and will last for five years, with Sopra Steria taking over from the current administrators…
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Deutsche Post DHL Group has released preliminary results for the third quarter of 2021. The Group’s EBIT reached around EUR 1.765 billion in the third quarter 2021 (Q3 2020: EUR 1.377 billion), bringing the EBIT of the first nine months of 2021 to around EUR 5.760 billion. This includes a one-off effect of…
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NHS Supply Chain’s logistics provider, Unipart Logistics, is enhancing its fleet of sustainable vehicles across the UK with the aim of creating a long-term carbon neutral fleet. The new environmentally friendly vehicles offer the lowest level of carbon emissions to date and are being rolled out for dedicated use within the NHS Supply Chain.…
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Hitachi Rail and Linbrooke have been awarded a contract by Network Rail to design digital signalling technology specifically for the Gloucester area. This digital signalling solution will be a significant upgrade, replacing the current switch panel that was installed in the 1960s. The introduction of digital Signalling Command Control system gives the operator…
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Asda is extending its one-hour Express Delivery service to 96 stores. Express Delivery was trialled at Asda’s Halifax, Poole, Rotherham and St Matthews stores in June and has exceeded expectations, with the number of initial orders higher than projected. The move to extend Express Delivery to more stores comes as the retailer looks…
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The Prime Minister revealed yesterday only 127 overseas drivers have been granted HGV visas so far, after the Government grudgingly relented on its ban last week. Meanwhile, ParcelHero warns a fast-growing shortage of warehouse workers is escalating the collapse of supply chains. ParcelHero says last week’s Government announcement – through gritted teeth – that…
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ZF has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Oxbotica, a global leader in autonomous vehicle software, to develop a Level 4 self-driving system which will initially be deployed in passenger shuttles in major cities around the world. ZF and Oxbotica will develop a Level 4 self-driving system that can be integrated into various vehicles…
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Despite well-documented staff and supply shortage issues, confidence in the UK logistics sector has risen to 62.5%, the highest level since H1 2015, according to the latest Barclays-BDO Logistics Confidence Index. This is in contrast to last year’s Index, when confidence fell to its lowest level since 2012 amid heightened Brexit and Covid uncertainty.…
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HS2 has launched a new initiative to share insight from Britain’s largest construction project with the wider UK infrastructure industry that will see the publication of lessons learnt, good practice and innovation from across the project. The HS2 Learning Legacy project was formally launched at the Institution of Engineering and Technology in London at…
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Autonomous mobility company Wayve has received a £10 million investment from Ocado Group to accelerate the development of autonomous grocery deliveries for complex urban environments. Wayve’s advanced deep learning and camera-first technology has the ability to adapt to new, unstructured, highly complex environments, without the need for pre-programming, human-designed rules, or high definition mapping.…
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