Builders’ merchants lose HGV operating licences

Two builders’ merchant companies in the West Midlands have been banned from operating heavy goods vehicles.

Driver shortages top the agenda

The shortage of lorry drivers to deliver goods and materials to construction sites has been a growing thorn in the industry’s side.

TED - In The Green (Part 3 of 6) - Oren Zaslansky - The Next Wave of Innovation in Freight, 18102022

Throughout the US, millions of freight trucks are taking goods across states, producing massive amounts of greenhouse emissions, some of them are only half full. Working to make this $400bn-a-year supply chain process as efficient and sustainable as possible, freight expert Oren Zaslansky digs into the logistics of filling these trucks to their maximum capacity through algorithmic car-pooling (ride-sharing freight) - bringing with it the potential of a more transparent eco-friendly supply chain