The Power of Partnership

Couples Driving Success at Baku GLS In honour of last Monday’s International Day of Families, we wanted to shine a spotlight on a unique phenomenon happening at Baku GLS – the presence of truck driving couples. While truck driving has long been associated with long hours on the road and solo journeys, Baku GLS has […]

EU Carbon Market Reforms

The European Union (EU) recently introduced significant reforms to its carbon market, which will have a significant impact on air and sea transport companies. The new regulations aim to reduce the carbon emissions from the transport industry, a sector responsible for a significant portion of greenhouse gas emissions. These regulations are expected to have far-reaching […]

Baku GLS Achieves GOLD and GREEN Standards in Recent Audit

Baku GLS Achieves GOLD and GREEN Standards in Recent Audit We are thrilled to announce that Baku GLS has once again achieved the GOLD standard in the recent FTA Trucksafe audit. But that’s not all – we’ve also been awarded the prestigious GREEN standard for our unwavering commitment to sustainable and environmentally-friendly operations and initiatives. […]

Baku Gls Awarded TruckSafe Gold Standard!

Huge Congratulations to the team at Baku GLS for achieving another Gold TruckSafe Standard for excellent service! FTA Ireland TruckSafe™ audits operational compliance in the areas of road safety, haulage operations, roadworthiness, working time and environmental efficiencies. TruckSafe™ is available at 3 levels ‘Bronze’, ‘Silver’ and ‘Gold’. At Silver and Gold levels the standard focuses […]

Self-Driven Vehicles

The advent of self-driving vehicles is gearing up to be a major game changer across all transport industries. The freight and supply chain industry, in particular, could see radical changes if the new technology becomes widely implemented. This article reports on the use of self-driving vehicles in road freight transportation and examines how this technology […]

New EU Labour Proposal to Affect Drivers Pay

On the 31st May, the EU announced a new labour proposal designed to prevent drivers from lower-wage countries from undercutting better paid workers when they travel to other member states.   Under the Commission’s new proposal, truck drivers can travel outside the EU member state where they live and still be paid according to their […]

Avoiding the hard border – is direct shipping the answer?

    There is a cloud of uncertainty hanging over many Irish transport firms these days. This stems from the previously-discussed Brexit result, which leaves the Transport industry in Ireland with some major problems. The potential Hard Border between the UK and Ireland would have a massive negative impact on Irish Transport, and the Irish […]

Fundraising 2016

Hi Everyone, In November 2016 our Export Manager Wayne took part in a sponsored cycle from Limerick to Rosslare Harbour, along with Cannice McNay from JPG Freight Adare, and Peter Harding from Peter Harding International, Havefordwest and members of The Fishguard and District Round table. Wayne and Cannice raised just under €4500 for the Jack […]