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[ February 21, 2020 ] Meachers Global Logistics lands partnership with Geest Line Operator News
[ February 21, 2020 ] Howard Tenens Logistics sees profit boost in first full year of trading Operator News
[ February 21, 2020 ] Go Freight Transport appoints insolvency practitioner Operator News
[ February 21, 2020 ] Deadline extended to enter 2020 Motor Transport Awards Awards
[ February 21, 2020 ] CEMEX to slash carbon emissions by more than a third by 2030 Operator News

West of England councils mull congestion charges as traffic from toll-free Severn Crossing spikes

February 17, 2020 Carol Millett

Local councils near the Severn Crossing are considering congestion charges to cope with rising traffic levels triggered by the scrapping of tolls on the bridge.

Don’t adopt England’s “inflexible” CAZ framework, RHA warns Wales

February 14, 2020 Carol Millett

Hauliers are calling on the Welsh government not to follow England in creating “expensive” and “inflexible” clean air zones.

RHA urges UK hauliers to prepare for ending of cabotage

February 14, 2020 Chris Tindall

UK hauliers undertaking international work in the EU should prepare for the ending of cabotage from next year, according to the RHA.

Small transport businesses can expect “new era of growth”, report claims

February 13, 2020 Chris Tindall

Small businesses in transport and distribution are looking forward to “a new era of planning for sales growth” according to latest research, which claimed Brexit uncertainty had now been cast aside.

HS2 go-ahead good news for tipper sector but will badly disrupt local road network, RHA warns

February 13, 2020 Tim Wallace

The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has described the government’s decision to go ahead with high-speed rail link HS2 as a huge relief to the tipper sector but warned it will cause serious disruption to the wider transport and logistics industry.

“Urgent” government action needed to prepare for post-Brexit trade barriers, industry warns

February 12, 2020 Carol Millett

The logistics industry is calling for urgent action to prepare for a no-deal Brexit after the government confirmed this week that there will be trade barriers post-Brexit for both exports and imports.

“FORS not fit for purpose,” insists West of England traffic commissioner

February 10, 2020 Chris Tindall

Accreditation scheme FORS “isn’t fit for purpose”, with auditing processes that are no longer thorough enough, according to the traffic commissioner for the West of England, Kevin Rooney (pictured).

RHA slams CAZ national charging plans as “anti-business” and “childish”

February 10, 2020 Carol Millett

Government plans for a national Clean Air Zone (CAZ) charging system that will not allow operators of non-Euro-6 trucks to automatically pay entry charges have been slammed as “anti-business, childish and unacceptable” by the RHA.

Production hub revealed for Nikola TRE heavy-duty electric trucks

February 7, 2020 Tim Wallace

The IVECO manufacturing facility in Ulm, Germany, is to be the production hub for the Nikola TRE battery electric and fuel-cell electric heavy-duty truck models.

RHA demands alternatively fueled vehicles have at least 12-year lifespan after petrol and diesel ban is brought forward

February 6, 2020 Chris Tindall

The government must provide reassurance that cleaner lorries running on alternative fuels will last for at least 12 years if the industry is to decarbonise within the next 20 years, according to the RHA.

LoCITY Fuels in Action helps freight operators understand market for alternative fuels

By Christopher Walton and Colin Barnett A Fuels in Action event at Kempton Park in Surrey last week (20 March) was the ...

Shell opens second hydrogen fuel pump, but remains focused on full ‘mosaic’ of alternative fuels

By the end of 2018, Shell will have opened three new hydrogen refuelling pumps on sites around London.But the fuel giant says ...

Electric vehicle uptake would improve with better distributor and operator collaboration

Improved collaboration between electric vehicle operators and electricity distributors will see a substantial increase of battery-powered vehicles on the roads of London, ...

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Shell opens second hydrogen fuel

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Electric vehicle uptake would improve

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