UK logistics giant Wincanton has taken 14 advanced specification Mercedes-Benz Actros crane-equipped brick and block prime-movers into its construction material supplies fleet. The 2546L trucks have 2.3-metre SteamSpace cabs, rating [...]

South-west logistics giant Gregory Distribution is running seven LNG-powered Volvo tractors units in a trial to test the viability of replacing diesel with natural gas across its 1000-strong fleet. Gregory [...]

Arla, the dairy company, is experimenting with biomethane made from cow slurry as a fuel for milk collection tankers. Slurry from herds totalling 500 cows will be sent to a [...]

Chinese engine manufacturer Weichai Power claims to have broken a significant barrier in truck engine design by producing a 13-litre unit with a thermal efficiency exceeding 50 per cent. Thermal [...]

Local authorities and private sector waste contractors can have their existing diesel bin wagons converted to run on zero-emission battery-electric power thanks to an initiative by Refuse Vehicle Solutions. The [...]

Scania and Mercedes-Benz have both revealed production electric truck offerings. Mercedes-Benz is to start producing electric versions of its Actros rigid heavy truck and Econic municipal vehicle, while Scania will [...]

Transport for London’s (TfL) Direct Vision Standard (DVS), designed to reduce the impact of HGV blind spots on vulnerable road users, will be enforced in the capital from 1 March [...]

A deal on the UK’s future relationship with Europe had still to be struck between London and Brussels at the time of publication, as the pivotal 15 October meeting of [...]

Budding transport managers seeking the Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) required so they can follow their profession now face the news that the country’s major provider of syllabus and examinations [...]