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All Fuels articles – Page 35
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ArticleUniversity of Nottingham adds nine electric Renault Kangoos to fleet
The University of Nottingham has added nine electric Renault Kangoo vans to its fleet as part of its sustainability strategy.They will account for around 15% of the fleet vehicles used by the university’s estates and catering teams every day.Nottingham said the new zero-CO2-emission vans will improve air quality, reduce noise ...
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Scottish courier finds mid-sized electric vans a good fit for multi-drop, city centre routes
Courier and express delivery firm SGM Distribution is making significant emissions and fuel cost savings through the operation of two electric vans on multi-drop work in Aberdeen city centre.The Forfar, Angus-based operator trialled a Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL supplied by its local dealer around 18 months ago for a two-week period.Following ...
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Clean Air Better Business helps organisations slash emissions and save costs through freight management
Clean Air Better Business (CABB) has launched a practical toolkit to enable local authorities, businesses and freight operators to understand what measures they can take to reduce emissions from their freight activities in the capital.Organisations are encouraged to assess and improve their impact on London’s air quality and develop their ...
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UPS urban delivery projects address congestion and air quality in cities
UPS is undertaking a series of delivery projects in major cities worldwide to tackle the congestion, air quality and logistical challenges associated with the increase of people moving to urban areas.The global parcel firm’s latest corporate sustainability report said that today, half of the world’s population resides in urban areas, ...
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UPS: A Greener Blueprint For City Delivery
Bala Ganesh, senior director of marketing for the US 2020 Team at UPS, blogs about how future logistics models need to adapt to cope with surging city populations.We need a new model of logistics to ensure those city dwellers get what they want, when they want it – and in ...
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ArticleCIVITAS urban transport projects focus on clean fuels, reducing impact of freight and tackling city congestion
Beverley Bell in 2012A series of sustainable urban transport studies will take place as part of the latest phase of the EU co-funded CIVITAS initiative.CIVITAS – which takes its name from city, vitality and sustainability – was launched in 2002 to help shape transport measures and policies and create cleaner, ...
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Industry experts and top academics to speak at Freight in the City Expo
Industry experts and top academics heading up successful urban logistics projects from across Europe will be speaking at the inaugural Freight in the City Expo this autumn.Driving down harmful emissions will be the focus of seminars in the ‘Clean’ arena, asking how far national governments and local authorities have to ...
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Freight must receive fair share of low-emission vehicle funding, says FTA
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is calling for a ‘green truck fund’ to help operators adopt cleaner technology following the latest progress report from the government’s Low Carbon Truck Trial.The association said the fund would support operators in adopting alternative fuels and low-carbon technologies, as high upfront vehicle purchase or ...
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Government's low-carbon truck trial second progress report published
The government has published the second progress report of its low-carbon truck trial, which has examined the data provided by 13 separate industry-led projects operating more than 300 alternative-fuelled HGVs.Launched in 2012, the UK trial aims to enable commercial fleet operators to learn about alternative fuels, for manufacturers to learn ...
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Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership reveals shortlist for Champions Awards
The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) has announced the shortlist for its 2015 Low Carbon Champions Awards, which aim to recognise the UK’s continued progressive thinking in the area of low carbon transport.Now in their fifth year, the awards celebrate best practice in the UK in accelerating the shift to ...
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Low-Emission Commercial Vehicle plan to stimulate uptake of greener fleets in London
Transport for London (TfL) yesterday (22 July) announced a series of measures for freight operators, businesses, manufactuers and local authorities to boost uptake of low-emission goods vehicles in the capital.In its Ultra Low Emission Vehicle Delivery Plan, TfL said it aimed to overcome the challenges and explore opportunities for stimulating ...
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Public sector air quality champions urged to enter Energy Saving Trust Fleet Hero Awards
The Energy Saving Trust is looking to recognise the action being taking by local authorities and public sector bodies in reducing harmful emissions in urban areas through a new Air Quality Initiative Award.It is one of 11 categories at the 10th Energy Saving Trust Fleet Hero Awards that highlight best ...
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Freight in the City Expo attracts big name exhibitors
The inaugural Freight in the City Expo is already attracting major industry manufacturers looking to demonstrate how fleets can be made, cleaner, safer and more efficient in their urban delivery operations.Daf, Volvo, Isuzu and Iveco will be bringing along their latest urban delivery vehicles for visitors to explore, while technology ...
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John Lewis signs up to use new high-pressure-connected public CNG filling station for HGVs
John Lewis Partnership is the first major operator to sign up to use a public-access compressed natural gas (CNG) filling station that will open later this year.CNG Fuels has secured planning permission for the new station to be located close to junction 28 of the M6 in Lancashire.It will be ...
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New video highlights how liquefied natural gas fuel can cut pollution from HGVs
Gasrec, supplier of liquefied natural gas for transport, has produced a video for YouTube to show how the growing use of natural gas as a transport fuel is helping reduce pollution from HGVs across the UK.The company said greater use of this low-emission fuel will help the UK meet its ...
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London's mayor urged to promote cleaner HGV technology and smarter freight management
The Mayor of London has been urged to promote the use of cleaner HGV technologies and smarter freight management in a bid to slash pollution caused by diesel vehicles on the capital’s roads.A report released today (14 July) by the London Assembly Environment Committee showed that 40% of harmful NOx ...
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Local authorities can get free electric vehicle charging point replacements
Local authorities will be able to replace ageing public-access electric vehicle charging points free-of-charge under plans announced by Chargemaster.The offer forms part of an expansion plan for the company, which aims to boost the UK’s electric vehicle infrastructure by extending its own Polar charging point network.More than 2,000 additional charging ...
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Local authorities pivotal in promoting shift to low-emission vehicles in cities
Take-up of low-emission vehicles in towns and cities is steadily increasing year-on-year, but local authorities have a significant part to play in supporting this growth.This was the message delivered by the Office of Low-Emission Vehicles (OLEV) to delegates attending a Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership workshop in York city yesterday (6 ...
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Freight in the City seminar programme to provide practical, real-life guidance to improve city deliveries
The seminar programme is taking shape for the inaugural Freight in the City Expo on 27 October at London’s Alexandra Palace.Split into three distinct work streams to cover all aspects of clean, safe and efficient urban logistics, the seminars will bring together operators, local authorities, businesses, industry experts and policy-makers ...
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Climate Change Committee recommendations for lowering UK transport's greenhouse emissions
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has urged the government to provide greater long-term certainty on policies that enable the UK transport industry to invest in emission-reduction schemes and vehicles.It said many existing policies and funding streams for the transition to a low-carbon economy are due to end by 2020 ...