• Haldex outlines new brake platform strategy

    Published On: Tuesday 15 February 2022

    Trailer technology provider Haldex says its new EBS for trailers, which now controls the parking brake electronically, offers customers a new and modular approach in regard to specifications and application software. In contrast to previous brake control units, the [...]

  • Smart reversing with Dr Air-Brake

    Published On: Tuesday 15 February 2022

    Highlighting the increased focus on HGV safety and ever more demanding standards in recent years, Dr Air-Brake can offer an automatic braking solution to help avoid collisions while reversing. The company, which cites [...]

  • Microlise helps Suttons Tankers optimise operations

    Published On: Tuesday 15 February 2022

    Logistics and supply chain specialist Suttons Tankers is set to improve operational performance and customer experience having invested in a telematics and technology solution from transport management software provider Microlise. [...]

  • DPF cleaning ‘can save van fleets thousands’

    Published On: Tuesday 15 February 2022

    With cost reduction, sustainability and corporate social responsibility high on fleets’ agendas and the added impact of the pandemic, LCV operators large and small are closely examining ways of further [...]

  • Logistics UK in border goods traffic warning

    Published On: Friday 11 February 2022

    Trade body Logistics UK has warned that an “urgent focus” is required by government on forthcoming arrangements at the UK border, to avoid incoming goods and passenger traffic grinding “to [...]

  • Road freight prices ‘up 15% on last January’

    Published On: Friday 11 February 2022

    An industry index has reported a 15 per cent year-on-year increase in the average price of haulage and courier services between January 2021 and last month, amid rising interest rates [...]

  • Hydrogen combustion engines can replace diesels in trucks

    Published On: Wednesday 9 February 2022

    Mainstream manufacturers are now investigating ways in which internal combustion engines can continue to power heavy-duty long-range applications beyond the UK government’s proposed 2040 ban on diesel trucks. First out [...]

  • RHA welcomes smart motorway safety review

    Published On: Saturday 5 February 2022

    The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has backed the move by the Department for Transport (DfT) to pause the introduction of new all lane running (ALR) smart motorway schemes in or­der [...]

  • RHCV invests in workshop success

    Published On: Thursday 3 February 2022

    Renault Trucks dealer RH Commercial Vehicles (RHCV) has reported significant expansion over the past year, investing £500,000 across its sites to develop and expand its services, including its workshop offering. [...]