Descartes presents solutions to the big logistics challenges and opportunities
Posted by AndrewT on 7th Dec 2018
Last month Descartes Systems UK welcomed 135 logistics professionals to its UK Customer and Partner event. Held at the RAF Museum in London, the agenda for the day focused on overcoming challenges and
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Descartes launches mobile driver vehicle safety checks
Posted by AndrewT on 29th Oct 2018
From October 2018, Descartes mobile driver vehicle safety checks will be available as part of the SmartCompliance suite. Transport operators of all sizes will be able to access the Smartcheck Mobile D
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Coach firm loses licence for drivers' hours abuses
Posted by AndrewT on 19th Oct 2018
A "dangerous" coach firm that operated school runs and carried professional sports teams in Hampshire has had its licence revoked by a traffic commissioner.
The firm "put people at serious risk from
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DVSA’s new search app makes enforcement checks quicker and easier
Posted by AndrewT on 20th Sep 2018
The DVSA’s frontline enforcement staff have access to a new search app to get all the information they need on a mobile phone or tablet device by scanning a licence plate or VIN number. This will save
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New rules on drivers’ working conditions are coming
Posted by AndrewT on 15th Jun 2018
Updated rules from the EU to fight illegal practices in road transport and to help improve drivers’ employment conditions were approved by the Transport Committee in June 2018.
EU rules applying to ‘
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Descartes shows how to supercharge supply chain operations at Multimodal 2018
Posted by AndrewT on 20th Apr 2018
Descartes will display its comprehensive range of on-demand, software-as-a-service solutions that drive supply chain operational efficiency and regulatory compliance at Multimodal 2018, which takes p
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Devices for tampering with drivers' hours found in HGVs
Posted by AndrewT on 6th Apr 2018
Police in Nottinghamshire have found 6 tachograph manipulation devices fitted in HGVs since January 2018. The devices are used to interfere with the recording of drivers’ hours from the tachograph. In
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Descartes releases new pre-pay system for Smartanalysis, tachograph analysis software
Posted by AndrewT on 22nd Feb 2018
Descartes Systems Group has launched Smartanalysis Pre-Pay. The new payment model for its Smartanalysis tachograph analysis software will eliminate the burden of having to pay monthly invoices and off
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Descartes Sponsors True Heroes Racing for 2018 Season
Posted by AndrewT on 20th Feb 2018
Descartes Systems UK has announced its sponsorship of True Heroes Racing, a team founded in 2012 as a project to provide wounded, injured and sick (WIS) UK Service personnel and Veterans, with the opp
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DVSA's Earned Recognition Pilot starts with 30 organisations
Posted by AndrewT on 5th Feb 2018
John Lewis, Sainsbury’s and a district council are among the 30 organisations that have signed up to the DVSA's Earned Recognition Pilot. Participating organisations will start to benefit from this ne
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HGV driver fell asleep and drove into oncoming traffic on the motorway
Posted by AndrewT on 19th Jan 2018
A HGV driver falling asleep at the wheel veered across two lanes of the M62 and broke though the central reservation. After waking up, he continued to drive against oncoming traffic for around five mi
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