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TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * EUROPE
* UK - Haulage has less than a fifth of european market
London,UK -Road Transport -7 May 2009: -- 16% of trucks going between Britain and Continental Europe in October, November and December 2008 were UK registered, according to statistics from the Department for Transport (DfT)... 2008 was the first year since 1992 that the total number of goods vehicles travelling to Europe actually fell. But to put it into context, 2.78m goods vehicles made the journey abroad - just 4% lower than 2007, but a staggering 98% higher than in 1992... This dramatic rise in trade between the UK and its EU cousins has come with one caveat: while overall volumes of vehicle crossings have risen by 92%, UK hauliers' percentage share of that volume has consistently fallen. In fact, in 1992 374,000 UK-registered vehicles conducted international haulage of 738,000 vehicle crossings. Come 2008 and 383,000 UK-registered vehicles made similar journeys to 1,412,000 powered goods vehicles travelling to mainland Europe... In 2008, UK hauliers still held the largest percentage share of all powered vehicles (including unaccompanied trailers) with 19%, but the Poles and the Dutch were snapping at the heels of UK hauliers with a 12% share each. And the Germans didn't lag too farbehind either with 10%. The French, meanwhile, didn't do too badly with 9%... (Picture from lorryspotting)* UK - Arla Foods adds 35 new trailers to its fleet
Leeds,United Kingdom -Motor Transport/Road Transport, by Dominic Perry -6 May 2009: -- Arla Foods has bought 35 Gray & Adams reefer trailers with Carrier Vector 1850 fridge units as part of a £6.2m fleet replacement programme, which includes 58 Scania tractor units...The trailers join Arla's fleet of more than 400 trucks and 600 trailers, more than 300 of them temperature controlled. They will operate from three of Arla's large dairies in Ashby de la Zouch, Hatfield Peverel and Oakthorpe, and will be used to carry packaged milk to stores nationwide. Arla makes up to 2,200 store deliveries every day.* UK - Ocado buys Paneltech double-deckers
Hatfield,UK -Motor Transport/Road Transport, by Dave Young -6 May 2009: -- Home delivery business Ocado has ordered five refrigerated double-deck trailers to meet demand. Built by Paneltech of Hull, the tri-axle, air-suspended, fixed-deck trailers feature ThermoKing Stirling refrigeration units adapted to keep each deck at a different temperature to allow a mixed cargo... Designed for a seven-year life, the tractors will run with tri-axle Mercedes-Benz Axor units on inter-depot deliveries. The trailers will be leased from Hitachi Capital Commercial Vehicle Services...Labels: trucking industry news Europe
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