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Transport Engineer's library houses editorial features going back five years. The content is classified and can be filtered by key transport industry sector topics such as engine/transmission management, trailers, heavy good vehicles, tippers, truck aerodynamics, workshop equipment, maintenance and fleet operating costs and much more.

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Engineering Technology
15/11/2023

The end of the LST trial

On 31 May 2023, DfT legalised the general use of longer semi-trailers in ...
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15/11/2023

The basics of EBPMS

Transport fleets are increasingly embracing EBPMS – electronic braking ...
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All about LSTs - 30/10/2023
Comment: Horse and cart - 30/10/2023
Comment: Fossil-fuel thinking - 12/10/2023
Product training matters - 12/10/2023
All about braking systems - 12/10/2023

Fleet Management
30/10/2023

VECTO comes to trailers

The EU is extending its strict targets for CO2 emissions reduction from ...
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30/10/2023

How roles have changed

Appointed Palletline’s group fleet manager last year, Sam Loader speaks to ...
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Gebruder Weiss operates XCIENT - 31/08/2023
Cutting fuel consumption - 31/08/2023
Fuso explores EV safety - 31/08/2023
US truck and engine R&D - 09/08/2023
DAF LF gets new powertrain - 08/08/2023

Legislation and Compliance
15/11/2023

VECTO comes to trailers

The EU is extending its strict targets for CO2 emissions reduction from ...
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15/11/2023

Wheel security best practice

Where there's a wheel, there’s a way for it to become detached. Richard ...
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Avoiding falls from height - 05/10/2023
Clandestine entrants - 05/10/2023
Gebruder Weiss operates XCIENT - 31/08/2023
All about roadside inspections - 31/05/2023
We are listening - 30/05/2023

Bus and coach
12/10/2023

Safety via geofencing

A first-of-a-kind implementation of geofencing technology in the UK will ...
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12/10/2023

Keeping bus at bay

Recently, the number of vehicle fires reported by licensed public service ...
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Product training matters - 12/10/2023
Transitioning to ebuses - 12/10/2023
Coach repower project - 31/08/2023
Busworld - 31/08/2023
Charge in the community - 31/08/2023

Vans and LCVs
12/10/2023

Flooding risks

Heavy, unceasing rain, overflowing watercourses and an often-inadequate ...
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31/05/2023

Working on the undercarriage

Bashed, battered and bruised, light commercial steering and suspension ...
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A leg up - 12/05/2023
Electric vans go mainstream - 10/02/2023
Little Skips - 20/01/2023
Just desserts - 21/12/2022
Saving grace - 20/09/2022

Workshop
15/11/2023

The basics of EBPMS

Transport fleets are increasingly embracing EBPMS – electronic braking ...
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30/10/2023

Preventing wheel detachment

Where there's a wheel…there’s a way for it to become detached. Richard ...
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Linking mobile column lifts - 30/10/2023
Securing loads - 31/05/2023
Winning attitude - 15/03/2023
Mental health maintenance - 15/03/2023
Longer-lived lubricants - 15/03/2023