Latest fleet news – Page 89
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MT ArticleFirst electric vehicle transporter to hit the roads in Austria
Photo: Roland Froschauer Austria will see its first electric truck for car transport in operation starting January 2025. The truck, a Mercedes-Benz eActros 300, will shuttle finished vehicles between the Magna Steyr plant in Graz and Hödlmayr’s nearby compound, a distance of just 4kms. The eActros 300 ...
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MT ArticleYodel looks to the future despite looming legal action with former director
Yodel intends to increase its scale with a focus on smaller parcel deliveries after new owner Judge Logistics acquired the business last summer.
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MT ArticleKinaxia kicks off 2025 with board shake-up and new investment strategy
Kinaxia Logistics has announced a series of new board appointments, along with an investment programme for 2025 that it said would embrace AI, staff retention and decarbonisation.
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MT ArticleLorry parts manufacturer facing strikes in February
Operator machining automotive part by cnc turning machine
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MT ArticleLTS gets top marks in storage and transport audit
Logistics specialist LTS Global Solutions has secured a BRCGS AA grade for storage and distribution following an audit.
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MT ArticleGB operators pause applications for new generation grid connections
GB’s transmission network operators will stop accepting applications for new generation to connect to the high-voltage electricity transmission network from 29 January. The ‘pause’ is intended to allow networks to implement a new connection process that should speed up new connections. The pause does not apply to demand customers, who ...
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MT ArticleDrunk HGV driver banned from the roads
Police in Cambridgeshire said they were “lost for words” about why a lorry driver got behind the wheel of his artic after drinking and then drove down the A14 putting lives at risk.
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MT ArticleRoad user charging in Reading on the cards for rat-running lorries
Reading will investigate the potential of road user charging for through traffic, including “inappropriate HGV movements” after councillors complained the Berkshire town was being used as a short cut.
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MT ArticleTurnover and profit down at UPS
UPS said macroeconomic factors in the UK were to blame for a 6% decrease in revenues at the package delivery company.
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MT ArticleOperators who service retailers face perfect storm
Last year was a turbulent one globally, with political and economic repercussions impacting retailers and their supply chains. We saw many companies being acquired or going into administration, and unfortunately, 2025 doesn’t look set to bring the glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.
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MT ArticleCertas Energy invests in renewable fuels with target to supply 1bn litres of HVO
Certas Energy is the UK’s largest independent distributor of fuel and lubricants in the UK, with a diverse customer base spanning rural residential customers, small, medium and large businesses and farms. It has specialist sector teams for marine, fuel retailing and lubricant customers and, in the road ...
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MT ArticleTransport manager alterations go digital from end of January
Any changes that need to be made to transport managers on an operator’s licence must be done online from the end of the month when the current TM1 form is withdrawn.
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MT ArticleThe Perfume Shop partners with GXO for high street deliveries
Contract logistics giant GXO has partnered with fragrance retailer The Perfume Shop to provide weekly high street deliveries to more than 200 stores through its shared transport network, helping reduce environmental impact, urban congestion and transportation costs.
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MT ArticleWincanton lands warehousing contract with Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Wincanton has seen off rivals in a competitive tender to win a new five-year contract with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to provide warehousing for around 500,000 litres of aerial dispersant chemicals.
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MT ArticleFORS launches emissions calculator to support fleet decarbonisation
The Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) has launched a free emissions calculator to support operators in understanding their fleet’s well-to-wheel (WTW) CO2 emissions. Developed with TfL and Zemo Partnership, the calculator uses information on vehicle type, fuel type, number of vehicles and typical mileage to create an emissions estimate.
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MT ArticleM&S rolls out five new Renault eHGVs under eFreight 2030 project
Marks & Spencer is adding five new Renault eHGVs to its clothing and home fleet. Based out of the retailer’s distribution centre in Welham Green, the trucks will deliver to 30 stores in London and the South East.
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MT ArticleAssets of collapsed haulier TEF Transport up for auction
Just over a month after calling in the administrators, Yorkshire-based TEF Transport’s assets, including a fleet of 30 trucks and 60 trailers, are being auctioned off.
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MT ArticleAmazon orders more than 140 new eHGVs
Amazon has placed an order for more than 140 new Mercedes-Benz eActros 600s and eight Volvo FM Electrics. The trucks are due to join the online retailer’s UK fleet over the next 18 months to replace similar diesel trucks.
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MT ArticleTIP Group refurbishes 304 trailers for P&O Ferrymasters
Commercial vehicle lease and rent specialist TIP Group has refurbished 304 trailers for P&O Ferrymasters in a move aimed at extending the life of the vehicles, whilst also cutting the company’s costs and carbon emissions.
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MT ArticleWhistl makes two key appointments to executive board
Parcels, mail and e-fulfilment specialist Whistl has appointed Fliss O’Hara and Laura Sanjurgo to the Whistl Group executive board.