The clamour from beleaguered rail managers imploring HGV drivers to pay more attention to their vehicles’ height has grown in volume, after repeated strikes to a bridge in Birmingham forced [...]
Scania has showcased a new electric self-driving modular urban concept vehicle, NXT, which it says could be deployed to transport commuters in mornings and evenings, deliver goods in the day, [...]
Fleets may face new taxes if alternative fuels take off
Published On: Wednesday 5 June 2019
Decarbonising the freight transport industry may not just mean operators having to invest in unproven vehicles that they cannot afford: they could also be hit by road-pricing as the Treasury [...]
The rollout of clean air zones (CAZs) and low emission zones (LEZ) across the UK showed few signs of abating last month, as Edinburgh became the latest council to publish [...]
Industry suppliers to the cold chain sector are gearing up to exhibit at this month’s Temperature Controlled Storage & Distribution Show (TCS&D), which takes place on 25-26 June at the [...]
Enforcement in the spotlight at Microlise conference
Published On: Tuesday 28 May 2019
Senior traffic commissioner (STC) Richard Turfitt opened his address to the Microlise Transport Conference by saying that he had almost been made late by a major traffic incident on the [...]
A diversified range of technologies will appear from Europe’s truck manufacturers in the near future, as they seek to conform to the tough greenhouse gas emissions targets set by the [...]
Drivers may be being unfairly blamed for some bridge strike incidents, when poor signage could well be an important factor. Speaking to journalists before the opening of the company’s annual [...]
A seven-month trial which saw two MAN 26-tonne drawbar combinations complete some 35,000 km in platoon between DB Schenker depots in Nuremberg and Munich has been declared a success upon [...]
