With road haulage profit margins rarely topping three per cent, fuel costs remain a significant area of concern for operators.
With revolutionary developments such as autonomous vehicles and fuel cell technology looming on the near horizon, vehicle technology is evolving at a rate of knots and fleet engineers must ensure they keep pace with the industry.
Following its successful launch year, the second instalment of Innovation and Technology in Transport Hub (ITT Hub) will bring the future of transport innovation to life across two days of knowledge sharing, networking and product launches.
Wins recently achieved by the Logistics UK policy team.
The shortage of HGV drivers topped the news agenda in 2021.
Fuel is the single biggest cost for most road transport operators.
In just five short weeks, ITT Hub will be returning to Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre, following its successful debut last year as the largest show of its kind in a generation.
Modern cold chain distribution systems rely on the use of temperature-controlled transport (TCT) to move food, vaccines, medicines and other perishable goods safely, efficiently and legally.
Richard Tucker, Business Development Director, Quincus
Cost of fuel and skills shortage top the March news agenda
Notice of Logistics UK's Annual General Meeting 2022
As part of Women’s History Month, Logistics Magazine caught up with Valentina Schiavoni, Supply Chain Manager at Brown-Forman, one of the world’s largest spirits and wine businesses and home to Jack Daniel’s and other well-known drinks brands.
In November 2021, the government set out its Integrated Rail Plan (IRP), its £96 billion strategy to transform the rail network in the North and Midlands.
Since the introduction of electric vehicles and their increasing shift into the mainstream market, fleet operators’ primary considerations when selecting the appropriate light commercial vehicles (LCV) have changed.
Designer and manufacturer of zero-emission vans, First Hydrogen, recently reported on the progress of its two demonstrator Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV) vehicles as part of its partnerships with Ballard Power Systems Inc. and AVL Powertrain UK Limited.
Global supply chains, already under pressure as they recover from more than two years of COVID-19 disruption, are now being tested to the limit as the war in Ukraine is disrupting key markets and interconnected global supply chains.
The logistics sector is currently facing a profound set of challenges – Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic, an acute driver shortage, and now a spike in fuel prices.
The government set up a new office last week (10 March 2022) dedicated to pioneering new technology that could make journeys by sea as carbon neutral as they were hundreds of years ago.
Elizabeth de Jong, Director of Policy, Logistics UK
Rising air freight costs, reduced air capacity and the war in Ukraine are seriously impacting on the ability of the international air cargo sector – already hit hard by the pandemic – to transport goods to their intended destinations.
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Our frequent features will tackle the broader issues affecting logistics such as the COVID-19 vaccination programme, technology and innovation, the political and economic landscape, global trade and the drive to reduce emissions across all transport modes.
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