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Report calls for action to address distress loads ‘crisis’

Distress load management specialist Oakland International is calling for immediate action to address a wave of clandestine infiltration of commercial vehicles in a new report. Distress Loads and Clandestine Infiltration of Commercial Vehicles has been developed in partnership with market analysis company Analytiqa and highlights a lack of clarity and understanding of best practice when it comes to the responsibility, or accountability, for distress load stock. It includes contributions from the British ... [+]

RHA to hold stowaway summit

The Road Haulage Association is launching a series of international summits, the first of which will be on clandestine entry via commercial vehicles It will take place on 1 October in London. Evolving methods of concealment mean that drivers and operators can be unfairly penalised, even when taking all reasonable measures. ... [+]

Freight crime ‘spiralling out of control’ warns RHA

The Road Haulage Association (RHA) warned that freight crime could be spiralling out of control, after the latest figures, published on 12 March, showed a significant rise in the value of losses from goods stolen from lorries – up nearly two-thirds to £111.5 million. The RHA has been calling for a ... [+]

RHA calls for travel rules rethink

The Road Haulage Association is calling for a rethink of Schengen travel restrictions which dictate that non-EU nationals may spend only 90 days out of any 180 in the travel zone. It says that it poses issues with staffing, as firms with contracts in Europe will need to take considerable ... [+]

Govt to review Windsor Framework

Following a vote by the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont on 13 December to continue the current arrangements for the movement of goods between Great Britain into Northern Ireland for another four years - unless the Government negotiates alternative arrangements - an independent review of the Windsor Framework and its ... [+]

Welsh Govt to set up freight group

The Road Haulage Association says that the Welsh Government has committed to establishing a Logistics and Freight Delivery Group following a meeting with First Minister Eluned Morgan at the Welsh Labour Conference in Llandudno on 17 November. The group discussed issues including investment in the M4 and A55 trunk roads, ... [+]

Cash-strapped Welsh government reopens Holyhead truck park

The Welsh Government has reopened its HGV parking at Holyhead, following a temporary at the end of March due to budgetary pressures. Cabinet Secretary Ken Skates said that while there is no statutory requirement to provide the facility, since the closure of the nearby Roadking site there was a need ... [+]

Hauliers welcome delay to new border controls

The Road Haulage Association has welcomed the government’s decision to delay introduction of the Entry/Exit System (EES) that would increase checks on non-EU citizens at UK borders. EES has been pushed back from May until the end of 2023 as it will allow allows operators including hauliers and coach companies to ... [+]

MBE for PD Ports’ Jim French

PD Ports’ director portcentric logistics Jim French has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to young people in the transport industry. Now semi-retired, for the last four years he has dedicated his time at PD Ports to the launch and continued successful operation of the ... [+]

Ports call for action on Thames crossing

A business coalition, including DP World London Gateway, Port of Tilbury, Port of Dover, Port of London Authority, Navigator Terminals, Eurotunnel, Claridon Group, the Freight Transport Association and the Road Haulage Association have written to the Chancellor calling for an urgent ministerial decision on the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) scheme. ... [+]

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