• Cummins engines to displace medium-duty Mercs

    Published On: Monday 5 April 2021

    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 [...]

  • RHA warns of further Ireland freight turmoil

    Published On: Saturday 3 April 2021

    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, [...]

  • Trade groups welcome fuel duty freeze

    Published On: Friday 2 April 2021

    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 [...]

  • New IR35 rules impact agency driver use

    Published On: Thursday 1 April 2021

    Medium and large companies could now be liable for increased payroll costs if they have been using agency drivers engaged through a limited company, warns Claire Howarth of chartered accountants [...]

  • Renault Trucks details electrification plans

    Published On: Monday 29 March 2021

    Volvo Group subsidiary Renault Trucks has mapped out its route to 2040, and the phase-out of fossil fuels in the truck industry. Renault Trucks president Bruno Blin said electric power [...]

  • End of the red diesel era for fridges

    Published On: Thursday 25 March 2021

    Operators in the temperature-controlled sector should prepare now for the end of the red rebated duty diesel concession for fridge motors next year, warned Graham Usher, UK sales distributor for [...]

  • Cummins AdBlue dual-dosing system now on offer to OEMs

    Published On: Thursday 25 March 2021

    Engine and exhaust aftertreatment manufacturer Cummins is to offer its innovative urea dual-dosing system to other OEMs after initial success in the latest iteration of the Scania V8 engine (pictured). [...]

  • Electric construction rigid from Renault

    Published On: Monday 22 March 2021

    Renault Trucks has expanded its all-electric truck range to include a construction variant as well as distribution and low-entry models. Paris plant hire specialist, the Noblet Group, which is committed [...]

  • Transport manager CPC provision expanded

    Published On: Saturday 20 March 2021

    Logistics UK (formerly the FTA) has expanded capacity for its Transport Manager CPC qualification in association with City & Guilds. The move follows the withdrawal of the OCR examination board [...]