O-licence revoked for drivers’ hours offences
Posted by AndrewT on 25th Aug 2015
Numerous records and drivers’ hours offences led to a haulage firm based in Motherwell being stripped of its O-licence. The offences were unearthed by the DVSA in an investigation where they identifie
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Temporary relaxation of drivers’ hours
Posted by AndrewT on 30th Jul 2015
The Department for Transport (DfT) has agreed to a temporary relaxation of EU drivers’ hours rules to help drivers that are delayed due to industrial action or disruption at Calais with the following
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Descartes Tachograph Analysis & SmartLicence Bureau Relocates
Posted by AndrewT on 30th Jul 2015
The Descartes Tachograph Analysis and SmartLicence Bureau relocated on 23rd July. The Bureau now has new telephone and fax numbers.
Anyone wanting to call the Bureau should dial 01249 463355 and sel
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Have your say on the conduct of professional HGV, bus and coach drivers
Posted by AndrewT on 17th Jul 2015
The commercial vehicle industry has been invited to contribute to a consultation on how Traffic Commissioners deal with the conduct of professional truck, bus and coach drivers. The consultation was l
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DVSA take new steps to focus on serially and seriously non-compliant operators
Posted by AndrewT on 22nd Jun 2015
The DVSA has reiterated its intent to free up resources to tackle the worst offending transport operators.
Caroline Hicks, DVSA Head of Enforcement, has said in the past that she wanted to “completel
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SHA-1 end of support notice
Posted by AndrewT on 4th Jun 2015
If you are running Windows XP take action now.
Background
Due to weaknesses found in the algorithm, the IT Industry has agreed to end of life the use of SHA-1 (Secure hash algorithm) for the signing
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Haulage firm shut down over drivers’ hours breach
Posted by AndrewT on 29th May 2015
Banned from running haulage firm after failing to give drivers rest breaks to comply with drivers’ hours requirements.
Joan Aitken stripped the Operator Licence for Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) for Mi
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Suspended prison sentences for breaching tachograph and drivers' hours regulations
Posted by AndrewT on 15th May 2015
A coach driver admits falsifying tachograph records and was handed out a six-month jail sentence suspended for two years and ordered to pay £500 costs after admitting five breaches of the regulations.
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Driving without a digital tachograph driver card costs operator almost 3,000 Euros.
Posted by AndrewT on 24th Apr 2015
An Enniscorthy company was fined 2,500 Euros and ordered to pay costs of 400 Euros excluding VAT for a tachograph offence in 2014 in one of its vehicles.
No digital driver card was present in the tac
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How to create a "Customer Facing" supply chain
Posted by AndrewT on 9th Apr 2015
Descartes to Present on Creating “Customer Facing” Supply Chains at Home Delivery World 2015
Descartes will present at Home Delivery World 2015 on how retailers can create “customer facing” supply ch
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New integrated compliance management solutions at CV Show 15
Posted by AndrewT on 27th Mar 2015
Descartes will be showcasing its latest comprehensive Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions to help road transport operators achieve compliance at this year’s Commercial Vehicle (CV) Show taking plac
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Tachograph rules changed for Farmers
Posted by AndrewT on 20th Mar 2015
From March 2015 farmers no longer need a tachograph fitted to their vehicles if the distance travelled is less than 100km from their operating base. Before March this distance was 50km.
The base is d
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The most complete lack of compliance ever seen?
Posted by AndrewT on 13th Mar 2015
The Traffic Commissioner for the North-east said a Middlesbrough minibus operator showed the “most complete lack of compliance” he has ever seen, as he revoked their licence and suspended the firm fro
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Banned for life by Traffic Commissioner
Posted by AndrewT on 13th Mar 2015
The owners of two Maidstone haulage companies have been banned for life after an inquiry heard how their behaviour put road users at risk.
The two owners of Euro Logistics London Ltd and Euro Logisti
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HGV driver fined £1000 for tachograph offences
Posted by AndrewT on 20th Feb 2015
A HGV driver has been fined £1,000 for tachograph and drivers’ hours offences after admitting thirteen charges when he appeared at Perth Sheriff Court.
On 11 dates in March and April 2013, he recorde
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Haulage director disqualified for three years
Posted by AndrewT on 4th Feb 2015
The director of a Sheerness-based haulage firm was disqualified for three years from 28 January for breaching several safety and licensing standards. The director was found to have blatantly ignored a
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Tachograph rules to change for local journeys
Posted by AndrewT on 4th Feb 2015
From 2 March 2015 a new European regulation – EU 165/2014 (PDF 2 MB) – will replace EEC 3821/85, setting out requirements for the construction, installation, use, testing and control of tachograph rec
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Take immediate action to safeguard your compliance with SmartAlerts
Posted by AndrewT on 22nd Jan 2015
Busy Transport Managers can now get automatic email alerts regarding their licensed drivers and their digital tachograph downloads using SmartAlerts from Descartes. This saves time and enables them to
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School coach service suspended for drivers’ hours infringements
Posted by AndrewT on 20th Jan 2015
A Coach firm providing transport for school children was suspended for two weeks for ‘significant shortfalls’ in drivers’ hours records management.
The coach operator was found to have inadequate rec
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HGV Driver Fined £1000 for failing to take a break
Posted by AndrewT on 9th Jan 2015
A County Down Commercial Goods Vehicle Operator was fined a total of £1,000 at Omagh Magistrates' Court for tachograph (drivers’ hours) offences.
The charges came after the driver was stopped by DVA
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Descartes acquires Airclic
Posted by AndrewT on 7th Jan 2015
Vertically-Focused Mobile Capabilities to Strengthen Descartes' Fleet Management Platform
Descartes Systems Group has acquired Airclic, a leading provider of mobile solutions that reduce the cost of d
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Haulage firm to pay almost £2,500 after admitting drivers’ hours offences
Posted by AndrewT on 5th Jan 2015
D Jenkins and Son and five of the company’s drivers appeared in court on charges of failing to take the regulatory required rest breaks following an inspection by the DVSA. All admitted charges of fa
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Dig deeper into unaccounted distance
Posted by AndrewT on 19th Nov 2014
Smartanalysis users can now dig deeper into unaccounted distance with a brand new Tachograph Analysis Report.
In response to requests from customers the existing Descartes Smartanalysis DTCO Vehicle
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Gist Expands Use of Cloud-Based Descartes Smartanalysis™ for European Road Transport Compliance
Posted by AndrewT on 4th Nov 2014
Descartes Systems Group today announced that Gist, a leading supply chain services provider, has expanded its use of Descartes Smartanalysis™, a tachograph analysis and compliance management solution,
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Descartes home delivery solution wins Logistic Business IT Award
Posted by AndrewT on 27th Oct 2014
Descartes Systems Group was awarded the 2014 Logistic Business IT award in the UK. Of the numerous software suppliers the solution Descartes implemented for and with John Lewis Partnership was chosen
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Descartes joins new Driving Licence Verification trade body (ADLV)
Posted by AndrewT on 24th Sep 2014
A new trade body, the Association for Driving Licence Verification (ADLV) has been launched to provide fleet users with responsible and secure access to DVLA driving licence data.
The Association was
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Banned for faking tachograph and drivers’ hours records
Posted by AndrewT on 8th Sep 2014
Twelve former employees of a north Cumbrian road haulage operator have been banned from professional driving after faking their tachograph and drivers’ hours records, following conduct hearings in Car
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How to keep track of driving licence changes - Take immediate action with SmartAlerts
Posted by AndrewT on 20th Aug 2014
SmartAlerts is a new online tool within Smartanalysis, the UK’s leading tachogragraph analysis and compliance management Software as a Service. It provides email alerts for driving licence changes fol
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National speed limit for HGVs to be increased
Posted by AndrewT on 25th Jul 2014
The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, Claire Perry, announced yesterday that the government is proposing to increase the national speed limit for HGVs over 7.5 tonnes on single car
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Transport Manager disqualified for 5 years
Posted by AndrewT on 8th Jul 2014
Stephen Drever-Marshall, the nominated Transport Manager on two licences - in the North of England was disqualified by North East Traffic Commissioner Kevin Rooney for five years after making a false
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