• 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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  • RHA: roads investment will drive economic growth

    Published On: Wednesday 18 December 2024

    The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has urged the government to boost road capacity as a means of growing the economy, warning that a reliance on merely repairing existing routes will […]

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  • Trade groups: put logistics at heart of devolution plans

    Published On: Tuesday 17 December 2024

    Key industry trade associations have responded to a new white paper published by the government yesterday, which sets out its planned direction for devolution across England. The white paper proposes […]

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