Schmitz Cargobull has officially opened its new plant at Wythenshawe in Greater Manchester and taken the opportunity to unveil its latest curtainsider semi-trailer. More than 200 customers and local dignitaries gathered at the Schmitz Cargobull factory last week to celebrate the official opening of the plant and to see the unveiling of the pillarless curtainsider, known […]
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Building materials supplier Cemex is trialling a system which could radically cut its cement tankers’ fuel use and emissions. The system is the brainchild of Nigel Ponton, Cemex UK national fleet engineer and involves the use of electric cement discharge, which replaces the traditional diesel-powered approach. Ponton worked with supplier Gardner Denver to create the […]
Speaking exclusively to MT after his address to the Logistics UK Future Logistics conference, transport minister responsible for decarbonisation Jesse Norman MP did not rule out increasing the 44-tonne maximum weight limit for zero emissions HGVs to compensate for the additional weight of alternative drive trains. The DfT has just ended the 11-year trial of […]
DP World is helping to fund a new rescue and rehabilitation facility which will care for sick and injured seals found off the coasts of Essex and Kent, which was opened last week. The new Seal Unit is part of South Essex Wildlife Hospital, a rescue, rehabilitation and public education charity focused on high animal […]