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MT ArticleArla expands its green fleet with a new Scania battery-electric truck
The Swedish dairy company, Arla, expands its green fleet with a new battery-electric truck for quieter, greener urban delivery.
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MT ArticleBosch driving towards climate-neutral commercial powertrain solutions
As it moves toward the goal of climate-neutral freight transport, Bosch is expanding its powertrain portfolio: including diesel, battery-electric, and fuel-cell powertrains as well as the hydrogen engine.
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Stan Robinson Group remains upbeat in face of profit fall
Stan Robinson Group is reporting “another successful year”, despite revealing a near 40% drop in pre-tax profits in its latest annual results.The family-owned Staffordshire haulier specialises in nationwide haulage distribution as well as storage and holds operator licences for a total of 230 HGVs. It employs around 285 staff.Its recently ...
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Meachers to strengthen fleet after delivering better than expected profits
Meachers Global Logistics is set to invest £1.9m in new vehicles this year after seeing turnover and profit “exceed expectations” last year.Meachers Global Logistics, which has its headquarters in Southampton provides national and international freight and transport logistics services, including freight forwarding, supply chain management, UK warehousing, distribution, training, logistics ...
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MT ArticleFife Creamery boosts fleet with 30 FUSO Canters
Fife Creamery is in the process of adding 30 new Canter 7.5-tonners from Ciceley Commercials to its fleet, along with two 18-tonne Mercedes-Benz Actros.Most of Fife Creamery’s 30 new FUSO Canters have been delivered and are already on the road, delivering chilled, frozen and speciality ambient products to a broad ...
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Still time to register for free Scottish Clean Air Roadshow next week in Edinburgh
Commercial vehicle operators affected by Scotland’s Low Emission Zones (LEZ) across Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow should head along to a free half-day roadshow next week, brought to you by Motor Transport and Transport News.You’ll be able to hear directly from Transport Scotland and The City of Edinburgh Council ...
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September marks first growth in van registrations this year, SMMT reveals
Britain’s van market grew by almost 11% in September - the first month to see growth in van registrations this year - according to the latest research from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).SMMT said that the uptick in LCV registrations, which saw overall van registrations during the ...
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London haulier IEFS Logistics rebrands as Ketra (Linked Logistics)
Palletways haulier IEFS Logistics is finally rebranding as Ketra (Linked Logistics) after being delayed by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.The Barking-based firm is rebranding five years after being acquired by fellow Palletways member Ketra (Linked Logistics).Martyn Young, Ketra managing director, bought the business in 2017 when IEFS’s owner retired ...
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MT ArticleGreen Biofuels clears up some of the myths surrounding renewable liquid fuels
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 ...
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MT ArticleTraton, Daimler Truck and Volvo Group kick off European charging infrastructure joint venture
The Traton Group, Daimler Truck and the Volvo Group have officially launched the formation of their joint venture for an HGV electric charging infrastructure in Europe.
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Royal Mail intensifies drive into parcels sector
Royal Mail is ramping up its transformation to a parcels-led business with the launch of two new large parcel conveyors which can handle parcels upto 30kg in weight.First off the chocks is a large parcel conveyor at Gatwick Mail Centre with plans to launch a second large parcels conveyor at ...
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Call for new Transport Secretary to take urgent action to help hauliers
RHA is calling on the new Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan and her team at DfT to take urgent action to reduce the cost of fuel through tax relief by introducing a targeted essential user rebate for hauliers.This is the key demand at the top of a wishlist of actions RHA ...
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MT ArticleIndustry dual cycle challenge raises £230,000 for Transaid
Cycle Malawi 2022 marked a return to the country which hosted Transaid’s first ever cycle challenge in 2006A team of 40 riders drawn from the transport and logistics industry has completed a 505km cycle challenge across southern Malawi in soaring temperatures, pedalling through the spectacular Liwonde National Park to raise ...
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MT ArticleNorthern Ireland hauliers plead with Brussels to help ease post-Brexit trade restrictions
As the British Government made overtures to Brussels last week in a bid to settle differences over the Northern Ireland Protocol, a delegation of hauliers, led by the RHA met with senior officials at the European Commission in Brussels.The delegation of RHA members was organised by RHA’s Northern Ireland policy ...
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MT ArticleDrac Logistics acquires Caledonian Logistics to strengthen container operations
Staffordshire-based Drac Logistics has purchased Aberdeenshire haulage firm Caledonian Logistics for an undisclosed sum.The acquisition sees Stoke-headquartered Drac Logistics expand its footprint in Scotland, where it operates an office in Falkirk.The group, which employs 45 staff, will transfer the four staff based at its Falkirk office to the Caledonian Logistics ...
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MT ArticleFuel price volatility dents profit at John Hackling (Transport)
John Hackling Transport saw a fall in pre-tax profits last year, according to its latest financial results as fuel prices remained volatile.The third generation family business, which is based in Gloucestershire operates a fleet of 75 trucks and 85 trailers HGVs out of two bases, in Cheltenham and Swindon and ...
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MT ArticleAquarius IT unveils new brand identity and logo
Aquarius IT has launched a new brand identity and logo which it says reflects the company’s digital evolution and its aim to offer “forward-thinking” fleet compliance and data management systems for the road transport industry.The company has also launched a new website which showcases the company’s full portfolio of digital ...
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MT ArticleBullet Express invites UKWA chief to open new facility at Westway Park in Renfrew
Bullet Express has officially launched a major new warehouse this week with the help of Clare Bottle (centre), chief executive of the UK Warehousing Association (UKWA).The new facility, which is located at Westway Park in Renfrew, close to Glasgow Airport and the M8, has 67,000sq ft of storage, substantial eaves ...
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MT ArticleAbbey Logistics CEO Steve Granite moves to executive chairman role
Steve Granite, MD, Abbey Road TanksSteve Granite has stepped down from his role as chief executive of Abbey Logistics Group to become executive chairman.In his new role Granite will split his time between the bulk food tanker firm Abbey Logistics and another non-logistics investment.David Patton, who became Abbey Logistics MD ...
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MT ArticleAmazon UK to deliver 700-strong electric truck fleet as part of £1.14bn investment plan
Amazon is planning to expand its UK fleet of electric HGVs to 700 trucks as part of a €1bn (£1.14bn) five-year investment programme aimed at electrifying its European transportation network.Amazon will spend £300m in the UK on expanding its fleet of electric eHGVs - which currently consists of just five ...