Following the Autumn Statement, when the Chancellor announced that the duty differential between diesel and methane will be held until 2024 (with a review in 2018), the Road Haulage Association...
Alternative Fuels
MOT tests for all diesel vehicles – including vans and trucks – are to be tightened to check that exhaust filters are still in place, according Roads Minister Robert Goodwill.
Engines & Engine Parts
Rob Flello, who chairs the all party parliamentary group for freight transport, has written to the Chancellor in advance of the Autumn Statement, calling on him to review the government's approach to...
Alternative Fuels
Independent European technical certification centre TÜV is reporting that Iveco's Stralis Hi-Way Euro 6 tractor unit delivers a 2.33% fuel consumption reduction, compared to its Euro 5 counterpart.
Tractor Units
European long-haul operator Cranleigh Freight Services is reporting 2.92% fuel savings – equating to £98,500 per annum – since switching to Shell Rimula R6 LME 5W-30 synthetic engine oil.
Lubricants & Systems
Frozen food distribution specialist Nagel Langdons has ordered 139 new vehicles for 2014, with half of those representing business growth requirements.
Rigids
Northern Ireland-based abnormal load specialist Mar-Train Heavy Haulage has bought its first five-axle step-frame trailer, with extending outer boxes and beavertail, capable of carrying plant weighing...
Trailers
Linde Gases is running the first fleet of six eco-friendly Frostcruise vehicles in Europe, via its subsidiary Gist, for daily delivery to Marks & Spencer and Starbucks retail stores.
Refrigeration
Renault Trucks UK and BRS announced yesterday (21 November 2013) that it is starting consultation with employees at Dunstable, following a recommendation to relocate their UK HQ to Volvo in Warwick by...
Driver / People Management
Former Isuzu Trucks UK chief executive Nikki King OBE is to appear on tonight's Question Time (10.35pm, Thursday 14 November 2013), being staged by the BBC at Portsmouth, where shipbuilding is about...
People
Male, pale and stale. That's how senior traffic commissioner Beverley Bell described the public's perception of road transport, at last month's CV Forum, staged by the CV Show organisers in London. If...
Continuing Professional Development
Welcoming two hundred-plus delegates to the IRTE Conference 2013, SOE chief executive Peter Walsh urged non-members to join up and get involved
Continuing Professional Development