Logistics giant DFDS has ordered 100 FM Electrics from Volvo Trucks. The deal is the largest commercial order to date for Volvo electric trucks, and one of the largest ever [...]
Scania has launched a 6×2 lift-axle equipped LNG (liquefied natural gas) tractor unit. Equipped with a lightweight Hendrickson centre lift-axle, the vehicle is available to order immediately, and means Scania [...]
James Westcott, chief commercial officer of gas road fuel supplier Gasrec, has warned operators should not be put off switching to the fuel by headline-grabbing price increases. “It’s a commodity-based [...]
The Department for Transport (DfT) has launched a week-long consultation into a plan to relax the rules around cabotage by foreign operators within Great Britain, in its latest bid to [...]
AdBlue supply may face threat from gas price rises
Published On: Thursday 14 October 2021
The high gas prices that have caused the much-reported shortages in industrial CO2 supply may yet have a more serious consequence: an interruption in the supply of AdBlue that modern [...]
A recent survey has suggested that half of logistics companies have seen a rise in employee mental health issues since the UK’s exit from the EU, as HGV drivers face [...]
The exodus of EU drivers is by no means the most significant factor in the current driver shortage, and the industry must concentrate on attracting back British drivers from the [...]
Government acts to ease escalating truck driver crisis
Published On: Monday 4 October 2021
The UK government stepped up a multi-departmental effort to help mitigate the HGV driver shortage late last month, amidst a context of continued supply chain chaos, and growing public anger [...]
Due to changes brought about by Brexit, certain goods transport journeys made in Europe by UK operators – whether in HGVs, vans or cars towing trailers – will need to [...]
