Microlise shortlisted for Motor Transport Award in Innovation Category
Our Driver Hazard Warnings alert which addresses a major issue for the road transport industry,has been shortlisted for The Motor Transport Awards 2019.
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Skills Shortage Enquiry – Have Your Voice Heard
Microlise is calling on all hauliers to get behind the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Road Freight and Logistics’ skills shortage enquiry survey to voice your concerns.
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Road transport sector facing worst driver shortages for decades
The European road transport sector is facing the most serious professional driver shortages in decades, according to a recent report by the International Road Transport Union (IRU).
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The Driver Handbook Expert View – THE ADVANTAGES OF DIGITISATION
Glen Davies, Transport and Logistics Specialist will deliver his expert view at 7:40am in the Innovation Zone at the Microlise Transport Conference at the Ricoh Arena on 15th May 2019… THE ADVANTAGES OF DIGITISATION… Never before has there been a more powerful influence on fleet operations than the effect of digital technology. The pace of…
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Vehicle speed limiters – coming to a car near you by 2022
New rules provisionally agreed by the EU mean that speed limiters will become mandatory for all vehicles sold in Europe from 2022. Although Britain may no longer be part of the EU when the rules come into effect, The Department for Transport says that it will mirror safety standards for vehicles in the UK. Safety…
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Michelin Expert View – TALK THE TORQUE
Chris Smith, Sales Director B2B at Michelin Tyre Company will deliver his expert view at 8:20am in the Innovation Zone at the Microlise Transport Conference at the Ricoh Arena on 15th May 2019… TALK THE TORQUE… Despite all the advances in modern vehicle technology, the fundamental issue of wheel detachment has continued to be a…
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Government to “Potentially” Introduce National Charging Infrastructure for Clean Air Zones
The introduction of low emission and clean air zones across the UK has been a contentious issue for some time. Hauliers have once again been targeted as part of efforts to reduce the environmental impact of transport in cities, despite the fact that modern Euro 6 vehicles are amongst the greenest on the road.
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Latest Product Release Made Available – Version 19.3
In line with our schedule of monthly product releases, we’re pleased to have made available to customers version 19.3 of our solution. This release includes a range of product enhancements and modifications, giving customers additional features and functionality to support the running of their fleet operations. Within Fleet Performance, we’ve updated the user interface for…
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Autonomous Vehicles in Transport & Logistics
Whether it’s driving efficiency improvements in today’s logistics operations or providing the backbone for a new generation of self-driving trucks, real-time connectivity has become as essential as the fuel in the truck.
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Safety First from Highways England
In a campaign aimed at reducing the number of incidents involving commercial vehicles on the UK’s roads, Highways England is engaging more closely with truck drivers and operators as part of its Commercial Vehicle Incident Prevention programme.
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A New Online Club for HGV Drivers Has Launched
A new online club for HGV Drivers has launched aimed at making their lives a little easier with all of the information they need in one place. Called Miles More, the club has been set up to put its HGV driver members in control, rather than the advertisers of jobs and service providers. The aim…
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Drink-Drive Related Deaths On the Increase in the UK
New provisional data released by the Department for Transport (DfT) indicates that the number of reported drink-drive accidents and casualties in Great Britain has reached its highest level in almost a decade. The figures for 2017, released in February, reveal that an estimated 290 deaths were attributable to accidents where one of the drivers was over…
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