Transport and Logistics Network
A lorry driver who swerved his 44-tonne vehicle all over the A14 in Cambridgeshire, narrowly avoiding other motorists, has been jailed for almost a year and a half. Ronald Grant, 48, was witnessed moving in and out of the correct lane on the wes…
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SHP hears from Laura Nelson, Managing Director at RTITB, on load training and safety for drivers on the road…
Loads that are not properly secured cause tens of thousands of road incidents each year in t…
A POLISH lorry driver who drank Heineken beer while crossing on the ferry from Ireland to Fishguard has led to a drink drive conviction.
Stakes were that much higher for Lukasz Brzeski who explained to the court – through an interpreter – he …
A nurse was ‘crushed to death’ when a ‘careless’ lorry driver smashed into her car during a three-vehicle pile-up on the M6, a court has heard. Mum-of-two Victoria Kavanagh was behind the wheel of a Citroen C1 when Robert Ward’s HGV crippled her car as…
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A Solihull based steel production company has issued a full statement following an investigation which resulted in fines of more than £200,000 over an HGV driver death. Joseph Ash Ltd in Shirley is one of two companies fined a total of more than £350,0…
A man was left in a critical condition after the heavy goods vehicle he was driving collided with a roundabout and overturned, spilling 40 tonnes of grain and leading to a long closure on the A428.
The man in his 50s was taken to hospital with serious …
The spine-chilling and callous murder of a 60-year-old man at a local depot was hard to stomach for a number of lorry drivers meeting up for a meal at a local pub.
The victim, who is yet to be named, was stabbed to death at 9.39am at a FedEx depot in R…
Asda has invested £40,000 in non-profit organisation, Veterans into Logistics to train 10 armed forces veterans into new careers as HGV drivers.
Building on the charity’s two year established partnership with Asda Logistics Services, the Big 4 grocers …