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TRUCKING INDUSTRY * UK - Hauliers need to be innovative to protect their bottom line
With the UK having the second-highest diesel prices in Europe transport companies are facing enormous pressure on their bottom lines
London,UK -MHW -29 June 2010: -- Hauliers are being forced to work "harder and smarter" because soaring fuel prices are eroding their profits, an industry expert has warned... The relentless drive for efficiency is fuelling a surge in popularity of exchanges such as Haulage Exchange and Courier Exchange, both run by TEG... Members of Haulage Exchange, TEG's sophisticated online platform for vehicles of 7.5 tonnes and above, are alerted by text or email whenever a suitable load or journey that matches their requirements is posted on the Exchange... Equally, using an exchange helps members keep customers happy by providing a trustworthy solution if a customer comes along with an extra job when all their own fleet is committed elsewhere... Members of both Haulage Exchange and Courier Exchange, the world's largest trading exchange for the sameday delivery and express freight industry, are carefully vetted to reassure other members they will receive a job well done... Checks are carried out on both their creditworthiness and statutory documentation and both exchanges encourage members to post e-Bay style feedback about the service they received after organising an exchange... (Photo from i50.tinypic )
* UK - Operator loses repute after 'B******s to EU rules' rant
London,UK -Road Transport, by Roger Brown -30 June 2010: -- A Traffic Commissioner has stripped an operator of his repute, saying the sort of language he used in an interview with a VOSA official "summed up his approach" to compliance... In a written decision following a public inquiry in May, Western area TC Sarah Bell, ruled that Christopher Muir, director of Hungerford, Berks-based, BRT Horse Transport International, could not be nominated as transport manager in any traffic area from 30 July... On 6 December 2009, a prohibition had been issued against BRT, for failure to use a tachograph on a vehicle... However, according to Bell, a "perfectly reasonable question" at interview under caution by a VOSA traffic examiner, had resulted in Muir responding "B*****ks to EU rules"... (Photo from directoryoftheturf: Horse Transport)
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