Value fashion retailer Primark has invested in a new fleet of 15 longer semi-trailers (LSTs) from manufacturer Don-Bur, which will help it to significantly reduce the environmental impact of its [...]
Diagnostics specialist Dr Air Brake is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its Van Trailer Check (VTC) system, the mobile trailer service and diagnostics solution which tests lighting, ABS-EBS-CAN circuits and [...]
Household-name baker Hovis is entirely refreshing its double deck trailer fleet, with an initial order of thirty units from Tiger Trailers. With millions of loaves departing from Hovis’ regional bakeries [...]
An Anglo-Swedish company has launched what it claims to be the first 16-tonne all-electric urban delivery truck to be designed and built as such from the ground up, rather than [...]
E-highway decarbonisation proposal criticised by gas group
Published On: Wednesday 9 September 2020
Proposals to install a £19.3 billion electric highway network could almost entirely decarbonise road freight, say proponents – but the plans have attracted criticism from a gas vehicle trade body. [...]
The latest annual report of the traffic commissioners (TCs) is dominated by the impact that the Covid-19 crisis has had on transport in general and enforcement and licensing activities in [...]
Results from a two-year test to assess the positive and negative environmental impacts of using methane as a truck fuel in the UK have been published. The trial, which ended [...]
This article was correct as of publication in early September. Readers should check the link below for the latest up-to-date information. The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) last month [...]
Logistics UK, formerly the Freight Transport Association, has responded with concern to suggestions in the media that a significant fuel duty rise may be being planned by the Treasury for [...]
