Stena Futura successfully completes sea trials
July 3, 2025
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is reporting continued strong progress in reducing waiting times for driving test invitations, as part of its ongoing Driving Test Action Plan. As of this week, the average national waiting time to receive a driving test invitation has fallen to 16.3 weeks, well ahead of...
JLA, a leading supplier of commercial laundry equipment, catering equipment and commercial heating, has reduced distracted driver behaviour by 70% in the past 12 months following the adoption of an AI dashcam solution from Ctrack. The company has seen a significant drop in mobile phone usage and other actions that...
Following a strategic route review, Stena Line has announced that from 30 September 2025, the ferry operator intends to withdraw its existing three-day Rosslare – Cherbourg service. The last sailing will depart Cherbourg on 29 September, arriving in Rosslare on 30 September. These plans have been developed after an extensive...
Mobile phone blocking technology offers a non-intrusive alternative to driver-facing AI cameras for those fleets facing opposition from drivers and unions. According to Mark Hadley, CEO of Blackout Technologies, this emerging innovation can help eliminate illegal smartphone usage – responsible for a significant proportion of collisions – without raising privacy...
Marlin Industries, the integrated manufacturing and logistics business within the cable industry, has dramatically reduced insurance claims and improved driver performance following the adoption of a dual-facing dashcam from SureCam. The video telematics solution – fitted on a fleet of 20 HGVs that operate from bases in Wales and Scotland...
EU-funded researchers are accelerating the rollout of self-driving trucks on public roads to solve driver shortages and improve safety and sustainability in Europe’s logistics sector. n the not-so-distant future, unusual looking cargo vehicles – sporting large black windscreens and with no human driver behind the wheel – could become a...
The chronic shortage of truck drivers continues to threaten the efficiency of transport and logistics operators. The International Road Transport Union (IRU) has outlined why a major part of the solution lies in professionalisation at ALACAT 2025 in Madrid. There are 3.6 million unfilled truck driver positions across 36 countries,...
Minister for Climate, Environment and Energy and Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien TD, today officially opened Panda’s new Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) station in Cappagh, Dublin, developed in partnership with Gas Networks Ireland, bringing the number of CNG stations in Ireland to 12. The opening also marks the official launch...
Queclink Wireless Solutions, a global provider of telematics devices and IoT solutions, has scooped a technology-industry accolade for its CV200 AI dashcam. The all-in-one fleet and video telematics device has been named a winner at the 2025 IoT Evolution Asset Tracking Awards having transformed how logistics and road transport operators...
Primeline Group has been recognised for its efforts to promote sustainability once again, in a new nationwide awards programme. County Meath’s biggest employer won the ‘Sustainable Workplace’ award in the inaugural Newstalk Changemaker Business Awards, which took place at the Round Room in Dublin’s Mansion house. Award organisers were aiming...
Derry Bros has launched a self-service solution to help hauliers, freight forwarders and logistics operators to take control of and simplify customs requirements for the movement of goods across UK and EU borders. SelfClear forms part of the company’s all-in-one digital customs solution, Digicom, and is designed to generate fast,...
Volvo Group and Daimler Truck, two of the leaders in the commercial vehicle industry, have launched Coretura AB, a joint venture aimed at transforming the commercial vehicle industry through a new software-defined vehicle platform and establishing a new industry standard. Coretura will enable Volvo Group and Daimler Truck and other...
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