New, but sensitive, incentives are urgently required to encourage commercial fleet operators to renew their HGVs and/or switch to alternative fuels if the government is to improve air quality, says...
Fleet Operating Costs
For UK hauliers seeking compensation from truck manufacturers found guilty of running a cartel, RHA (the Road Haulage Association) says it is now seeking to bring collective proceedings to the...
Fleet Operating Costs
Volvo Bus’s double-deck electric hybrid got its world premiere at the Euro Bus Expo event this week (1—3 November 2016, NEC, Birmingham).
Electric Vehicles
Centaur, Golden Boy and City Circle are the latest to order high-spec new coaches from Irizar.
Bus & CoachVolker Mornhinweg, executive vice president of Mercedes-Benz Vans, has taken over the leadership of the Light Commercial Vehicle General Mangers’ Committee at ACEA (the European Automobile...
People
In this second of our two-part IAA commercial vehicle event review, Brian Tinham, Peter Shakespeare and Steve Banner examine the showstoppers
Alternative Fuels
Operators, workshops and even technicians themselves are still falling foul of safety inspection issues. Brian Tinham talks to the FTA’s Andy Mair about what’s going wrong
Health & Safety Legislation
Police Scotland and the road haulage industry are joining forces in a bid to help truck drivers stay safe this winter, especially when crossing high level and exposed roads and bridges.
Road Safety
Logistics firm Howard Tenens is reporting fuel savings that are “impossible to ignore” following trials running Bridgestone’s low rolling resistance Ecopia tyres.
Tyres & Retreads
According to O&H Vehicle Conversions, an unnamed “leading private ambulance company” has taken delivery of 70 PTS (patient transport) vehicles destined for two ambulance trusts.
Emergency Service Vehicles
LowCVP (Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership) launched the Low Emission Bus Guide yesterday (1 November 2016) at the Euro Bus Expo exhibition, NEC, Birmingham.
Alternative Fuels
Independent lubricants blender Millers Oils has acquired two Renault Trucks Range T rigids as part of its nine0strong HGV fleet revitalisation process.
Rigids