We are hiring – New opportunities at Descartes SmartCompliance
Posted by AndrewT on 25th Apr 2019
Due to continual strong growth in the Descartes SmartCompliance business we are seeking to fill a number of exciting new software development positions, see Software Developer.
Some of the largest an
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SmartCompliance in the news
Posted by AndrewT on 29th Mar 2019
Putting Digital at the heart of compliance management and how to unlock additional value from compliance data.
Descartes SmartCompliance is featured in the latest issues of FACTS magazine – the pan-E
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Descartes launches its SmartDownload Telematics Hub for downloading tachograph data
Posted by AndrewT on 26th Mar 2019
Descartes is unveiling its fully integrated, complete range of smart compliance management solutions. At the CV Show, 30th April – 2nd May, NEC Birmingham, Stand 5G110, Descartes will launch its Smart
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Descartes Sponsors True Heroes Racing for 2019 Season
Posted by AndrewT on 14th Mar 2019
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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SmartCompliance solutions at the CV Show, 30 April to 2 May 2019
Posted by AndrewT on 21st Feb 2019
Descartes are attending the 2019 Commercial Vehicle show to showcase SmartCompliance solutions for fleets of all sizes. Come and speak to the SmartCompliance team on the stand and discover how you can
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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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Prison for breaking drivers’ hours
Posted by AndrewT on 30th Nov 2017
A HGV driver was handed out a six-month prison sentence for failing to take rest breaks and drivers’ hours offences.
The driver was stopped by DVSA staff. After downloading the tachograph data it was
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Three-year ban for misleading DVSA & missing tachograph downloads
Posted by AndrewT on 20th Nov 2017
A haulage firm director admitted that he deceived Government inspectors over employment of a transport manager and was disqualified by the West Midlands Traffic Commissioner, Nick Denton.
A Public In
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Descartes working with DVSA on Earned Recognition Pilot
Posted by AndrewT on 24th Oct 2017
Descartes has announced it is working with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), the executive agency responsible for setting, testing and enforcing driver and vehicle standards in Great Bri
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DVSA launch Earned Recognition Pilot
Posted by Robin Layfield on 29th Sep 2017
Roadside checks cost operators time and money. Earned Recognition will help the DVSA target non-compliant operators. Earned Recognition proves that you meet driver and vehicle standards. Operators
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Fines of up to £1,500 for historic commercial drivers' hours offences
Posted by Robin Layfield on 26th Sep 2017
New rules mean the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will be able to issue on-the-spot fines for any drivers’ hours offences committed in the previous 28 days. Currently, the DVSA can only br
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Importing Tachograph Fraud
Posted by Robin Layfield on 25th Sep 2017
The BBC reported on an increase in tachograph tampering in the UK roads with over 440 HGVs crossing into the UK last year with manipulated tachographs.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
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Driving tired is 'worse than being on drugs'
Posted by Robin Layfield on 31st Aug 2017
According to recent research, driving in state of fatigue has contributed to more road accidents in Great Britain than those impaired by taking drugs.
The study found 20% of road accidents on major r
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21-year ban for HGV driver
Posted by Robin Layfield on 7th Jul 2017
A HGV driver has been disqualified from professional driving until June 2038 after his driver card was used by another employee to commit serious offences.
The driver had his vocational driving licen
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HGV Roadside Emissions Tests
Posted by Robin Layfield on 26th Jun 2017
From August 2017, roadside checks of HGVs carried out by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will include an emissions check.
The DVSA will target HGV drivers and operators attempting to c
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Three year ban for falsifying drivers' hours & tachograph records
Posted by Robin Layfield on 21st Jun 2017
An HGV driver was banned from professional driving for three years after falsifying drivers’ hours and tachograph records.
Government inspectors had found that the driver used a device to interfere w
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Want to get the most out of Smartanalysis? – Training
Posted by Robin Layfield on 20th Jun 2017
Smartanalysis training Thursday 3rd August 2017, from 9.30am to 12.30pm – Braintree, Essex.
Smartanalysis is continually improved and new features added to make managing compliance easier for transpo
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Banned for 3 years for vehicle maintenance & drivers’ hours infringements
Posted by Robin Layfield on 6th Jun 2017
The director of a Birmingham builders’ has been banned from operating HGVs for three years for showing no interest in vehicle and driver safety standards. The firm lost its licence to operate vehicles
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Driver CPC Validation with SmartLicence
Posted by AndrewT on 1st Jun 2017
The latest release of Descartes' SmartLicence online driving licence management and verification solution has been enhanced to accommodate Driver CPC and Digital Tachograph card validation.
In Septem
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Road freight weights must be declared by shippers
Posted by AndrewT on 22nd May 2017
All cargo owners must now provide road haulage operators with the weight of cargo goods to be transported in the EU. This is an extension to the Verified Gross Mass (VGM) Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)
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