Parcel carrier Tuffnells has commissioned a new ‘mini-wedge’ trailer design from Don- Bur to improve utilisation of its tractor fleet, while gaining improved accessibility for deliveries and increased payload over [...]
Heavier vehicles operating in Greater London from 1 March will need to comply with Transport for London’s (TfL) Direct Vision Standard (DVS) requirements or face significant charges, trade associations and [...]
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has reminded fleet operators that tyres aged over 10 years are now banned on the front steered axles of lorries, buses and coaches, [...]
With all-electric CF distribution trucks already in service in tractor and 6×2 rigid form, Paccar subsidiary DAF has now extended its battery-electric range down to the LF urban delivery sector. [...]
Figures suggest major upsurge in agency driver use
Published On: Tuesday 9 February 2021
Statistics released by road transport software provider Aquarius IT have indicated a marked increase in the number of agency drivers used by the firm’s UK customers during the Covid-19 pandemic [...]
An unusual refrigerated curtain-side truck has joined the own-account fleet of Timothy Taylor’s brewery of Keighley, Yorkshire. The brewery uses temperature-controlled transport to ensure its cask beers are maintained as [...]
German trailer giant Schmitz Cargobull (SCB) has launched a range of curtainside trailers with aerodynamic roof profiles. The EcoGeneration range includes two variants with adjustable roofs to suit bulkier loads. [...]
Diesel trucks to reach the end of the road by 2040
Published On: Tuesday 2 February 2021
Europe’s truck makers have agreed to phase out the use of fossil fuels in new vehicles by 2040, with the objective of achieving carbon neutrality in road freight transport by [...]
Delays follow Brexit transition end as Covid crisis rolls on
Published On: Saturday 23 January 2021
The combination of new paperwork requirements owing to changed regulations post-Brexit transition, and the increased severity of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK, was continuing to pose major logistical hurdles [...]
