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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
The first intensive short courses are now underway in a government-funded scheme to help up to 11,000 people take up careers as HGV drivers. Funded by the Department for Education [...]
Recruitment specialist Driver Require has provided further insight into the UK’s HGV driver shortage following analysis of figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), suggesting that almost 30,000 drivers [...]
Logistics platform warns of road freight price rise
Published On: Monday 6 December 2021
While road freight price-per-mile levels stabilised in October and November, a December spike could impact both retail and consumer choice this Christmas, according to Lyall Cresswell, CEO of online logistics [...]
Transport trade groups have called for key caveats and derogations from the government’s recent commitment to the phasing out of non-zero-emission HGVs, which they say will be vital to the [...]
