• Greater Manchester charging CAZ shelved

    Published On: Friday 24 January 2025

    Thousands of clean air zone (CAZ) signs installed around Greater Manchester are now set to be removed, following the government’s announcement that it has accepted alternative plans to improve air […]

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  • RHA: rework Schengen driver travel rules

    Published On: Tuesday 21 January 2025

    The Road Haulage Association has issued a fresh call for a fair­er deal for truck and coach drivers and their employers operating in Europe, through reform of current travel restrictions […]

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  • DAF homes in on hydrogen amidst EV expansion hurdles

    Published On: Monday 20 January 2025

    DAF Trucks sees hydrogen as a promising niche fuel for trucks in a post-diesel age, and its parent company Paccar is working on fuel cell and combustion tech­nologies on both […]

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  • FSEW replaces last diesel trucks with CNG

    Published On: Friday 17 January 2025

    Cardiff haulier FSEW has re­placed its last diesel-powered trucks with six new Iveco S-Ways fuelled with compressed natu­ral gas (CNG). The arrival of the new trucks marks the final step […]

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  • Buffaload to produce own gas for expanded truck fleet

    Published On: Friday 17 January 2025

    Three-hundred truck strong oper­ator Buffaload intends to become self-sufficient in fuel by producing its own bio-LNG (liquefied natural gas) from an in-house methane digester. The Huntingdon operator announced the plans […]

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  • Amazon places mammoth Merc electric truck order

    Published On: Friday 17 January 2025

    Online retail giant Amazon has or­dered over 200 battery-electric trucks: choosing the Mercedes- Benz eActros 600. This is the larg­est order for electric trucks in the history of both Mercedes-Benz […]

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  • Dennis Eagle wins 151-strong RCV order

    Published On: Tuesday 14 January 2025

    Birmingham City Council is replac­ing an owned fleet of worn-out vehicles and hired-in trucks with 151 new Dennis Eagle refuse col­lection vehicles. The new trucks will begin arriv­ing in March […]

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  • RHA calls for reform of rules on ‘clandestine entrants’

    Published On: Wednesday 8 January 2025

    The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has urged the government to introduce reforms to the penalty scheme applied when so-called clandestine entrants are found on vehicles coming into the UK, which […]

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  • DfT consults on relaxing rules for electric vans

    Published On: Tuesday 7 January 2025

    The Department for Transport (DfT) has opened a consultation into proposals that would reduce the regulatory burden on operators of zero-emission vans in terms of drivers hours’ rules and roadworthiness […]

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