• Call for emissions-linked fuel rebate

    Published On: Monday 6 November 2023

    The Road Haulage Association (RHA) last month urged the gov­ernment to incentivise hauliers and coach operators to shift to low-carbon fuels like hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) through the in­troduction of […]

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  • TC queries Transport Manager CPC syllabus

    Published On: Friday 3 November 2023

    West of England traffic com­missioner (TC) Kevin Rooney has questioned the relevance of the current Certificate of Professional Competence syl­labus to the core of the trans­port manager’s role: ensuring safety […]

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  • Sales open for MAN eTruck

    Published On: Wednesday 1 November 2023

    MAN Truck & Bus has opened sales for its first heavy-duty electric truck, in the form of the MAN eTGX for long-distance transport and the MAN eTGS for distribution. The […]

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  • Safe systems standardised on DAF trucks

    Published On: Tuesday 31 October 2023

    Driver aids and safety systems, many of which were already offered on the recently-an­nounced XB range of distribu­tion trucks are to be standardised on all models of DAF New Genera­tion […]

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  • Logistics UK tackles maintenance best practice

    Published On: Monday 30 October 2023

    Some concise and wise words on compliance were provided by Chris Yarsley, senior policy manager at Logistics UK (pictured, right), at the organisation’s Transport Manager conference. He reported that pass […]

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  • Mercedes-Benz reveals production eActros tractor

    Published On: Friday 27 October 2023

    Details of the production ver­sion of Mercedes’s 44-tonne long-haul eActros 600 have been revealed. It has a claimed range of 500 km before recharging, en­abling it to cover around 1,000 […]

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  • Load security in conference spotlight

    Published On: Thursday 26 October 2023

    Chris Powell, principal associ­ate of Weightmans Solicitors, gave an update on load secu­rity and enforcement to the Logistics UK Transport Manag­er conference. He pointed out that govern­ment guidelines had changed […]

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  • HVS details modular hydrogen platform

    Published On: Monday 23 October 2023

    Scottish hydrogen truck devel­oper HVS, which launched its fuel-cell tractor unit at this year’s Commercial Vehicle Show, has unveiled details of its modular platform, which it says will offer truck […]

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  • New phase of zero-emission truck drive unveiled

    Published On: Friday 20 October 2023

    The Department for Transport (DfT) yesterday revealed details of how its zero-emission HGV and infrastructure demonstrator programme will be taken forward, through a £200 million investment in projects dedicated to […]

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