According to reports in Ireland, dole inspectors are working with Garda at checkpoints in a bid to crack down on those cheating the country's benefit system.

Irish police to check commercial vehicles in crackdown on benefit cheats

Mounting container congestion at the Port of Hamburg has prompted the boss of the port <a href="https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/angela-titzrath-hlla-ueber-lieferketten-und-stau-vor-den-haefen-18125131.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to call for the lifting of Sunday truck bans</a>. The proposition has also been backed by local politicians from the CDU parliamentary group.

Hamburg Port chief calls for Germany’s sunday truck bans to be lifted

FedEx has announced a strategic investment in supply chain visibility provider FourKites. At the same time, the two companies have revealed they will be leveraging each others' data insights to help improve global supply chains.

FedEx invests in FourKites and announces data insights alliance

Supply chain visibility provider FourKites has maintained its position as a leader in the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Real-Time Transportation Visibility Platforms. The company also recently announced it had outpaced its EMEA growth targets, achieving 148% growth in shipments over the last 12 months.

FourKites CEO Mathew Elinjickal on where the supply chain visibility market is headed (part 1)

Lalit Das is a Founder and CEO of SS Supply Chain Solutions Pvt Ltd (3SC).  He worked in the various segments of the Supply Chain Domain and Manufacturing & Services Sector in Supply Chain Functions.

Alcott Global Podcast: 3SC CEO Lalit Das on why supply chain tech is here to stay

How much can Sunday deliveries boost the Royal Mail?

A lorry driver who inadvertently trapped his 44-ton HGV in the city centre of Pithiviers in France, where trucks over 3.5 tonnes are banned, decided to flee his vehicle. After the police were called, a colleague of the driver who had abandoned his HGV safely navigated the truck out of the area. 

Lorry driver legs it after getting his truck stuck in city centre with HGV ban

<span>The Bremen police pulled a completely <a href="https://www.butenunbinnen.de/nachrichten/lkw-mit-wassermelonen-gestoppt-bremen-polizei-100.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dilapidated truck out of traffic on the A1 near Bremen on Monday afternoon</a>.</span>

German police stop dilapidated truck with 2 million km on the clock

Another round of inspections by the Swedish Police has led to a lorry driver being fined a hefty sum for tachograph fraud. 

Swedish police fine lorry driver over €940 for tachograph fraud

A lorry driver got a shock while driving on the A60 near Mainz on Tuesday. In the process of closing the passenger window of his truck, he saw a snake had somehow managed make its way onto his blind spot mirror and remain hanging there as the lorry sped down the motorway.

Gregor Gowans