THE LEADING price-comparison website for shipping, transportation and courier services, deliveryquotecompare.com, has praised proposals for night-time delivery services as a “great idea”. The free referral site, providing new business opportunities for logistics firms, said plans to relax curfews for night-time deliveries and reduce noise pollution could also help transport and pallet delivery companies cut carbon […]
Category Archives for Haulage
Petrol Could Rise
Jan
14
14
The price of petrol in the UK could rise by as much as 15 pence per litre within the next 12 months, it has been warned. The Petrol Retailers’ Association (PRA) of Great Britain made the prediction based on analysis of fuel market trends and tax changes. In its report, the PRA claims that British […]
Road haulage does its bit for the environment
Nov
18
18
ROAD haulage companies are said to be doing their bit for the environment as more operators are investing in walking floor trailers to transport recyclable materials. The trailers, which are fairly new to the UK, are attracting more attention from haulage firms as the demand for transport of recyclable materials increases due to taxation on […]
Trade association calls for fuel duty harmonisation across Europe
Oct
15
15
Fuel costs for haulage firms across Europe must be harmonised if Britain’s road transport industry is to survive. That’s the view of Transfrigoroute UK, the trade association for the temperature-controlled transport sector. The organisation has written to Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling to demand a Europe-wide implementation of fuel duty for professional road users. […]
EU to take climate action on planes and ships
Oct
15
15
The European Union has ruled that planes and ships should dramatically cut their carbon dioxide emissions within the next ten years. The proposals mean that the shipping industry should lower their emissions by 20 per cent, compared to their 2005 levels, by 2020. Meanwhile the aviation industry must lower its 2005 emission levels by […]
Haulage quotes
Sep
23
23
With road freight worth an estimated £28.8bn per year in the UK, it’s little wonder that this is currently our second largest category with over 90 UK registered haulage companies currently signed up. And given we’ve only been live since last Thursday, we’re rather chuffed! What we’re really chuffed about though, is that with such […]