With volatile diesel prices adding to pressure on commercial vehicle operating budgets, fleet operators are looking for ways to control costs while meeting growing demands to cut emissions across their operations and supply chains.

Targa Telematics has appointed Marco Amendolagine as head of business development Insurance. In his new role, he will lead the next phase of development of Targa Telematics’ insurance business, reinforcing the Group’s footprint in the Italian market and accelerating its international growth.

Commenting on reports that the UK and EU have finalised a draft sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement to remove border checks on food and agriculture exports, Logistics UK chief executive Ben Fletcher said a comprehensive SPS deal would be a significant step in reducing trade friction and boosting growth:

The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has announced the finalists for the Freight Service Awards. Now in its 38th year, the annual competition celebrates outstanding achievement, innovation and excellence across the UK's freight forwarding industry...

Until recently, telematics was mostly about vehicles on the road. Inside the supply chain, forklifts, production machinery and storage containers usually went untracked, and whatever data they produced stayed in disparate systems, apart from everything else.