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HGV Driver by Mark Eslick

Beating the driver shortage to keep elves on the shelves

We recently reported the worries of the Freight Transport Association about the risk of an HGV driver shortage affecting Christmas logistics following Brexit in 2019, as one in eight drivers currently come from other EU countries. But new figures from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation show that the HGV driver shortage is already starting to […]

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Scania Trucks platooning demonstration, Trier, Germany, 2011

FTA: Platooning is ‘next step’ for sustainable road haulage

Truck platooning has been hailed as the “next step” for sustainable road haulage by the Freight Transport Association, whose members together operate about half of the UK’s total HGV fleet. Between them, the organisation’s 16,000 members run a total of 220,000 goods vehicles; the FTA also represents 70% of sea and air freight operators and

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