Clothing retailer Primark has invested in 10 new natural gas-powered Iveco trucks for its UK transport operations. They continue Primark’s efforts to reduce its carbon emissions, following the introduction of [...]
Gasrec has completed the acquisition of five Bio-LNG (liquefied natural gas) refuelling stations and four cryogenic trailers from BOC, which has withdrawn from the UK’s LNG road transport market. The [...]
Highways England has reported that trials of technology which monitors tyre pressures, tread depth and the axle weight of HGVs to help improve road safety have proved ‘hugely successful’, with [...]
A new bespoke Covid testing regime has commenced for international arrivals who will be exempt for quarantine for work purposes, including hauliers arriving into England. As of 6 April, unless [...]
CV development funding helps drive zero-emissions future
Published On: Tuesday 13 April 2021
A project to develop electric propulsion systems for HGVs will receive the largest portion of a newly announced £54 million government and industry funding package for the development of green [...]
In an exclusive interview with Transport Operator, MAN Truck & Bus UK managing director Thomas Hemmerich spoke to Richard Simpson about the truck industry’s recovery from Covid’s impact, and its [...]
Daimler Truck is to end production of its medium-duty engines, which are to be replaced with Cummins designs to be produced within the Mercedes-Benz Mannheim campus in Germany (pictured). The [...]
The strain currently felt on goods movements between Great Britain and the Irish Republic following the end of the Brexit transition period could worsen following the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions, [...]
Transport trade associations have praised the Treasury’s decision, announced in last month’s Budget, to continue its long-standing freeze on fuel duty. Alex Veitch, general manager of public policy at Logistics [...]
