• Iveco in hydrogen hook-up with Air Liquide

    Published On: Saturday 29 January 2022

    Iveco has signed a memorandum of understanding with gas manufacturer Air Liquide, to develop hydrogen mobility in Europe. The partnership will utilise the two companies’ complementary competencies: Air Liquide’s expertise [...]

  • Union alarm over roadside checks decline

    Published On: Tuesday 25 January 2022

    Transport union Unite has expressed alarm over a 39 per cent decline in roadside checks made by the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) since 2016/17. In total, there were [...]

  • Fox leads charge for electric tippers

    Published On: Sunday 23 January 2022

    Fox Group of Blackpool has placed a landmark order which could make it the first tipper operator in the UK to begin the transition from diesel to electric trucks. It [...]

  • Study: target farm ammonia before truck emissions

    Published On: Sunday 23 January 2022

    Diesel transport may have been shouldering an unfair proportion of the blame for high levels of urban particulate pollution, when a prominent cause is ammonia fumes blown into towns from [...]

  • TEG reports December record high for transport prices

    Published On: Saturday 22 January 2022

    An industry index of road freight prices published by Transport Exchange Group (TEG) reached record heights in December, in a surge attributed by the freight exchange services provider to a [...]

  • Electric MAN in construction logistics trials

    Published On: Friday 21 January 2022

    An electric MAN eTGM truck is undergoing real-world trials delivering building materials to construction sites in Germany. MAN eTGMs are already operating with some success on regular retail distribution tasks, [...]

  • Electric DAFs for Tesco and FSEW

    Published On: Friday 21 January 2022

    Tesco and international freight forwarder FSEW have partnered to introduce the UK’s first commercial full-electric heavy articulated trucks. Two new 37-tonne DAF CF 4×2 electric tractor units are transporting food [...]

  • bp takes a stake in Gasrec

    Published On: Tuesday 18 January 2022

    Oil giant bp has acquired a 28.57 per cent stake in Gas­rec, the UK’s largest dual provider of bio-liquefied nat­ural gas (LNG) and bio-com­pressed natural gas (CNG) to road transport. [...]

  • Gregory extends gas trucks into milk fleet

    Published On: Tuesday 18 January 2022

    Gregory Distribution is extending the use of Bio-LNG (liquefied natu­ral gas) into its milk transhipment operation, with the arrival this week of 12 new Volvo FM Globe­trotter LNG 6×2 tractor [...]