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Ensuring the safety of damaged electric vehicles

Logistics Business Magazine

However, if EVs become damaged, safe storage and monitoring by workshops and recovery vehicles is key to prevent further risk. This comes as governments worldwide continue to push sustainability agendas to reduce carbon emissions. By 2030, it’s estimated that, globally, there will be over 300 million EVs on the road (up from 16.5

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

South Australian workshop. Following the publication of this strategic guidance, the Government released the Defence and Industry Strategic Policy Statement , which reiterates that the best defence for a nation is for the nation to wholly engage it in its own security. [10] The containers were designed and produced in BAE Systems?

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How to Operate Your Distribution Truck Fleet at Less Cost

Logistics Bureau

If you can’t see any apparent opportunities, ask yourself if it’s possible to create some, for example, by splitting the workload into shifts , enabling your vehicles to operate around the clock and reducing the time they spend parked up. Retreaded Tyres: Are They Safe? Low tyre pressure reduces fuel economy by around 0.2%

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Drones to the rescue as Cyclone Desmond storms Mozambique

World Food Programme Logistics

A few months earlier, in September 2018, the same government staff who directed drones over Beira this week stood in a field in Madagascar with a remote control in their hands, practising their piloting skills. It is an example of how new technology can save lives and help communities hit by disasters within shorter time spans.”

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Logistics industry delivers HGV simulator to Zambia

Logistics Business Magazine

Daly explains: “This is a wonderful example of a group of companies, including competitors, coming together to support Transaid and ITC. It’s an amazing resource; and we’re confident it will help drive standards of training at ITC even higher, alongside the existing classroom, workshop and practical on-road teaching.

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Truckmakers getting connected to improve logistics

Automotive Logistics

Government support vital to UK leading connected vehicles. If we can save time on the vehicle coming into the workshop and do conditioning monitoring on the vehicle [on the road] it is important for productivity,” he said. “We More from SMMT Connected 2019. Safety and security as first principles of connected cars. “If

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‘Cooking Together Has Changed our Attitudes Towards Each Other’

World Food Programme Logistics

The programme is implemented in Turkey by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) working with the Turkish Red Crescent (TRC) and the World Academy for Local Government and Democracy (WALD). Sevgi, for example, has started looking at cooking from a different perspective. I was encouraged by my trainer. She pushed me.”