The Department for Transport (DfT) has published its latest annual report on the ongoing trial of longer semi-trailer (LSTs), of which there are now more than 1,300 on the road [...]
Volvo and Renault Trucks to maintain separate networks
Published On: Sunday 2 August 2015
Volvo Group has restructured its two truck brands in the UK, but the separate Volvo Trucks and Renault Trucks dealership networks will be maintained for now. While different shop-fronts are [...]
FTA calls for ‘green truck fund’ and London air quality incentives
Published On: Saturday 1 August 2015
The Freight Transport Association has called on the government to launch a ‘green truck fund’, which it claims would help fleet operators to adopt alternative fuels and low carbon technologies, [...]
What is thought to be the first road-going, all-electric maximum-weight heavy truck in Europe has gone into service with German logistics company Scherm Group on a contract with BMW in [...]
Gas power combines with longer trailers to save carbon and cash
Published On: Wednesday 29 July 2015
Iveco has joined forces with pan-European logistics company SMET to trial an 18-metre articulated combination powered by liquid natural gas. The combination is 1.5 metres over the maximum length of [...]
Hauliers’ clamour grows for Dover/Calais solutions
Published On: Thursday 23 July 2015
Bosses of the UK’s transport sector trade associations have provided stark evidence to MPs about the impact on hauliers of the worsening migrant situation at the Port of Calais – [...]
Transport industry reacts to summer Budget statement
Published On: Sunday 19 July 2015
Transport trade groups and operators have responded to the various measures impacting on the industry within chancellor George Osborne’s first Budget statement of the new parliament, which was published on [...]
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has said that peak-hour bans on trucks in cities is not “the right way forward on vulnerable road user safety”, after media reports suggested that [...]
The skills minister Nick Boles has rejected a ‘trailblazer’ bid mounted by industry bodies which would have provided apprenticeship funding and support for large goods vehicle (LGV) drivers. Trade associations [...]
