• Fleets may face new taxes if alternative fuels take off

    Published On: Wednesday 5 June 2019

    Decarbonising the freight transport industry may not just mean operators having to invest in unproven vehicles that they cannot afford: they could also be hit by road-pricing as the Treasury [...]

  • Councils seek views on fresh clean air plans

    Published On: Monday 3 June 2019

    The rollout of clean air zones (CAZs) and low emission zones (LEZ) across the UK showed few signs of abating last month, as Edinburgh became the latest council to publish [...]

  • Cold chain in the spotlight at TCS&D Show

    Published On: Thursday 30 May 2019

    Industry suppliers to the cold chain sector are gearing up to exhibit at this month’s Temperature Controlled Storage & Distribution Show (TCS&D), which takes place on 25-26 June at the [...]

  • Enforcement in the spotlight at Microlise conference

    Published On: Tuesday 28 May 2019

    Senior traffic commissioner (STC) Richard Turfitt opened his address to the Microlise Transport Conference by saying that he had almost been made late by a major traffic incident on the [...]

  • MAN electrics on the charge

    Published On: Sunday 26 May 2019

    A diversified range of technologies will appear from Europe’s truck manufacturers in the near future, as they seek to conform to the tough greenhouse gas emissions targets set by the [...]

  • Poor signage blamed for bridge strikes

    Published On: Sunday 26 May 2019

    Drivers may be being unfairly blamed for some bridge strike incidents, when poor signage could well be an important factor. Speaking to journalists before the opening of the company’s annual [...]

  • MAN claims platooning trial a success

    Published On: Friday 24 May 2019

    A seven-month trial which saw two MAN 26-tonne drawbar combinations complete some 35,000 km in platoon between DB Schenker depots in Nuremberg and Munich has been declared a success upon [...]

  • Road Tech launches tachograph Download Optimisation Technology

    Published On: Friday 17 May 2019

    Steve Banner reports on the latest digital tachograph download technology and related solutions from software provider Road Tech Tachograph analysis specialist Road Tech has developed a new system which it [...]

  • How VR can improve transport safety

    Published On: Friday 17 May 2019

    Ben Bennett, managing director of virtual reality (VR) developer Luminous Group, discusses how the technology can help drive up health and safety for transport workers VR is becoming an increasingly [...]