• UK transport rates up 15% but costs bite into profits

    Published On: Tuesday 1 March 2022

    British road freight operators enjoyed a year-on-year rate increase of 15 per cent in January, but this is tempered by the highest fuel costs in Europe and the most acute [...]

  • DAF brings extended cab to distribution market

    Published On: Monday 28 February 2022

    British market leader DAF will launch a new range of distribution trucks featuring a cab based on the latest XF design before the end of the year. Expected to be [...]

  • DfT law change backs aerodynamic vehicles

    Published On: Sunday 27 February 2022

    The Department for Transport (DfT) has implemented regulatory changes that officially permit a new generation of more environmentally friendly, aerodynamic HGVs to operate on Britain’s roads. The new rules, which [...]

  • MAN drives zero-emission plans forward

    Published On: Friday 25 February 2022

    MAN Truck & Bus has reported that it is accelerating its timetable for the introduction of zero-emission CVs, with planned production of heavy-duty electric trucks in Munich brought forward by [...]

  • Aberdeen invests in hydrogen for refuse fleet

    Published On: Tuesday 22 February 2022

    Aberdeen, the UK’s first ‘hydrogen city’, has put a fuel-cell powered refuse collection vehicle into service. The converted Mercedes Econic chassis will be fuelled with renewable ‘green’ hydrogen produced by [...]

  • Call for Kent facilities to cut Brexit delays

    Published On: Saturday 19 February 2022

    More truck parking is now urgently required around Dover, reports suggest, as post-Brexit delays start to take their toll following the introduction of export controls at the start of the [...]

  • Ryder in UK market exit

    Published On: Thursday 17 February 2022

    Commercial vehicle fleet hire giant Ryder System is planning to exit the UK market with an “orderly withdrawal” over the next 12 to 18 months. A statement from the American-owned [...]

  • Fan fare for electric trucks

    Published On: Wednesday 16 February 2022

    BorgWarner has been selected by a major European commercial vehicle manufacturer to provide its eFan system for battery-powered long-haul road transport vehicles. This is the company’s first business win for [...]

  • bp buys into Green Biofuels

    Published On: Wednesday 16 February 2022

    Oil giant bp has boosted interest in HVO as a diesel replacement fuel by taking a 30 per cent share in Green Biofuels: the UK’s largest provider of the non-fossil [...]