The DVSA has invested some of the money it has saved through the Earned Recognition scheme in a £300,000 prototype Mobile Inspection Unit (MIU) that can be quickly and easily moved around the country to carry out compliance spot checks on suspect HGVs. The MIU enables DVSA examiners to carry out the same full range […]
Total Vehicle Solutions Group has rebranded as TVS Interfleet, as the CV bodybuilder positions itself to offer greener products to the transport industry. It has also launched a bespoke bodywork division called Purpose Bodies, which will build lightweight ambient vehicle products. TVS has collaborated with OEMs to develop lightweight e-tippers and e-mixers, including the UK’s […]
Brexit and Covid-19 have had huge impacts on demand for warehousing in the UK, the evidence being clear from the number of large sheds springing up alongside major motorways. MT spoke to three experts in the field of logistics property development to get their views on prospects for 2023. Charles Binks, UK logistics team department […]
Kitchen and joinery products supply giant Howdens is trialling an innovative driver training tool – EyeGym – in a bid to improve driver performance and safety. The online visual, cognitive and decision-making training has been endorsed by many top sports people including England Rugby World Cup winning manager Sir Clive Woodward and F1 driver Valtteri […]
Whatever the post 2035 road transport landscape looks like it is certain to involve the use of growing amounts of electricity to power vehicles as the 120-year dominance of diesel begins to decline. Whether trucks are powered by batteries, catenaries or hydrogen – or a combination – they will need a lot of electricity, preferably […]
At the start of 2022 the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) had a complete shake up of its management team (see panel) following the appointment of £4bn a year European consulting, digital services and software development giant Sopra Steria as the new FORS administrator in October 2021 after a competitive tender by TfL. The organisation […]
Nick Denton recently retired from his full time role as traffic commissioner (TC) for the West Midlands after 10 years regulating the road transport industry. Quite rightly, he takes immense pride in the quasi-judicial role of TC, which is a far from easy balancing act of keeping Britain’s roads safe from rogues while allowing the […]
While the debate over whether zero emission HGVs will be powered by batteries or hydrogen or both, Green Biofuels is quietly getting on with helping operators including Hovis, Travis Perkins and CEVA Logistics cut their CO2 emissions by up to 90% and NOx emissions by 30% now by replacing standard diesel with its Green D+ […]
Culina Group announced its takeover of GreenWhiteStar Acquisitions (GWSA) on 1 July 2021, a deal that brought Eddie Stobart, Eddie Stobart Europe, iForce, The Pallet Network and The Logistics People into the Culina Group fold. GWSA’s 20% holding in courier Speedy Freight was sold to a management buyout as part of the acquisition.
A five-year trial of platooning trucks on UK roads has found that the technology is as safe as trucks running separately and fuel savings could be as much as 4.1% – but only if roads are optimised for platooning.