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 [...]
NIC calls for ban on new diesel truck sales by 2040
Published On: Thursday 16 May 2019
A government-appointed body has called for a ban on the sale of new diesel-powered trucks by 2040, with the aim of ‘decarbonising’ road haulage by 2050. The National Infrastructure Commission [...]
The Road Haulage Association has published a revised assessment of the rate of nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions from lorries in Great Britain – which suggests that, as of the end [...]
Electricity emerged as a future alternative to diesel for some transport applications at the 2019 Commercial Vehicle Show; however, it is obvious that diesel will continue as the only viable [...]
We report from this month’s Commercial Vehicle Show on some of the passenger-carrying vehicles on display MAN’s position in the British passenger transport market could be on the verge of [...]
