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DHL lends a hand to Transaid

DHL Supply Chain is running a programme of activities to support Transaid for the next six months, starting with the two week secondment of senior driver trainer Chris Brook who has recently returned from the charity’s Professional Driver Training Programme in Malawi. DHL Supply Chain has worked closely with Transaid as part of its Driver Training Consortium since 2010, and is also planning to send an additional professional volunteer to Tanzania ... [+]

UKWA guests dig deep for Transaid

Guests at this year's UKWA annual lunch and awards at London's Dorchester Hotel, raised over £9,000 for international development charity, Transaid. Thanking the UKWA members for their generosity, Transaid's CEO Gary Forster described how over 6,000 African drivers had been trained by Transaid and drastically reduced the amount of wasted medicines ... [+]

Transaid training extends to Malawi

Transaid has expanded its professional driver training programmes into Malawi, following the its success in Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. The international development organisation will be working alongside Malawi’s Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services to tackle the high road traffic fatality rate in the country.According to the World Health organisation, ... [+]

Fruitful first year for RHA-Transaid link-up

The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has marked its first anniversary as a corporate member of Transaid by presenting the charity with a cheque for £5,354 at the Association’s annual members’ lunch. The donation, which was presented by Richard Burnett, the RHA’s CEO, was raised as a result of the company’s new ... [+]

Across Africa on a wheel and a prayer

The ‘Training Trucks for Transaid’ initiative was officially launched at last night’s FTA Multimodal Awards in Birmingham – a daring cross-continent challenge to source and drive a bulk liquid tanker and a coach from Europe to Africa. The initiative aims to deliver the vehicles to Transaid’s professional driver training programme in ... [+]

Transaid needs night owls

Transport charity Transaid is looking for cyclists to take part part in the ‘Nightrider’ challenge both in London (June 4/5) and Liverpool (July 16/17). Nightrider is an established challenge event with 60km and 100km routes carefully chosen to take participants through some of the most interesting areas and past many ... [+]

Yusen lends its expertise to Transaid

Yusen Logistics Leeds operations manager, Louise Gunby has begun a three month secondment to Transaid’s Professional Driver Training project in Zambia She is supporting the Industrial Training Centre (ITC) in Zambia in its work to reduce traffic fatalities in sub-Saharan Africa through professional HGV, PSV and forklift truck training. Whilst on ... [+]

Are you ready for the next Transaid challenge?

Registration is now open for transport charity Transaid's next African adventure, Cycle South Africa 2017. Due to take place on 10-19 March 2017, Cycle South Africa is a fantastic chance to improve your fitness whilst raising valuable funds for Transaid’s transport programmes in sub-Saharan Africa. The five-day route will cover ... [+]

Transformational Transaid

Thirty professionals from the transport and logistics industry have been battling stifling heat and rugged terrain - and we're not talking about the unseasonably hot weather in the British lake District. The cyclists pedalled an impressive 400km across Tanzania over five days to raise £133,000 for international development charity, Transaid – ... [+]

From the Palace to the warehouse

The Princess Royal officially opened the Annual Convention of the International Federation of Warehousing Logistics Associations (IFWLA) at the Town Hall in Liverpool, Merseyside on 2 June. She met representatives from the UK and global logistics community, including IFWLA president, Derrick Potter (pictured, left) and secretary general Roger Williams, as ... [+]

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