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Latest news – Page 7
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FCZ ArticleDP World launches UK’s first low carbon truck programme
DP World is offering hauliers access to low carbon fuel at its London Gateway and Southampton logistics hubs, in what it said was a UK industry first.
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FCZ ArticleProlog fulfils carbon credentials for fifth consecutive year
Prolog Fulfilment has achieved carbon neutrality for its warehousing and contact centre sites, retaining its carbon neutral status for the fifth year in a row.
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FCZ ArticleChargePoint and Eaton launch ultrafast HGV chargers
A charging point installer and an electricity network systems specialist say they have developed a combined solution for charging points that will mean they can be installed more cheaply, more quickly and in more locations, and require less space.
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FCZ ArticleForklift investment puts Knowles on road to zero
Knowles Transport is forging ahead with its ambitions for sustainability after taking on 60 electric forklift trucks to operate across its network.
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FCZ ArticleGXO and B&Q on track to meet zero emissions targets by 2040
Contract logistics specialist GXO and home and garden retailer B&Q are making strong progress toward their shared goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions across B&Q’s logistics operations by 2040, the two companies have announced this week.
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FCZ ArticleCDS Superstores partners with Gregory Distribution to add two DAF electric trucks to its fleet
CDS Superstores, which trades as The Range, Wilko and Homebase, has forged a landmark partnership with Gregory Distribution, which sees the company using two fully electric DAF HGVs to serve its UK store network for the first time.
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FCZ ArticleGovernment science advisor finds little role for hydrogen in transport
A Net Zero Technology Outlook from the Government Office for Science has named steelmaking and chemicals as the most likely roles for hydrogen in future industries, suggesting it would only find niche uses in the transport sector.
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FCZ ArticleReport for DfT says more financial and other support needed to boost renewable fuels
The government could increase the proportion of renewable fuel used in heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and other heavy duty vehicles (HDVs) by increasing financial incentives for users and making the fuel easier to source. But it will also have to address the technical and operational concerns of vehicles manufacturers and ...
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FCZ ArticleTransport sector ‘on the cusp’ of realising electric trucks will work
Logistics is undergoing a second digital revolution paired with the reversal of the industrial revolution. In some ways, these changes require a full time job’s worth of work to understand. VEV was established in 2023 to carry some of that burden and help fleets to electrify. The Vitol-backed company focuses ...
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FCZ ArticleAmsterdam orders 40 electric bin lorries with 8-year battery warranty
Forty battery-electric bin lorries will join Amsterdam’s waste fleet in 2026, using depot charging and LFP battery packs covered by an eight-year warranty.
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FCZ ArticleE-reefer trial scheme helps firms break the ice
TIP said it was seeing a healthy pipeline of operators wanting to make use of its ‘try before you hire’ scheme for e-reefers and trialling zero-emission technologies before fully investing.
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FCZ ArticleCloud-based platform helps manage decarbonisation
Route planning provider Optrak has launched a cloud-based platform to help haulage firms manage fleet decarbonisation.
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FCZ ArticleScope 3 goes legal: contracts demand carbon clarity
In UK transport and logistics, the rules of the game have changed. Winning contracts is no longer just about moving goods faster or cheaper, it’s about moving them cleaner. That’s because large customers and supply chain partners increasingly expect environmental performance to be as robust as operational performance. Sustainability has ...
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FCZ ArticleRHA gives industry chance to shape EV payload rules
Firms running battery electric vehicles (BEVs) have an opportunity to tell the government about the reality of operating the tech after the RHA launched a survey covering payload concerns.
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FCZ ArticleAegis Energy takes the long view of shared access eHGV charging
Vision of the future - how Aegis EV charging stations will shape up A casual visitor to the Road Transport Expo held at NAEC Stoneleigh in June might get the impression that most trucks sold today are electric, given the preponderance of new EV models on the ...
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FCZ ArticleRHA hails plug-in lifeline for hauliers
The RHA has welcomed the government’s confirmation that the Plug-in Van and Truck Grant (PVG) will be extended until at least 2027 — a move it said brings “welcome certainty” to operators navigating the transition to zero-emission commercial vehicles.
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FCZ ArticleAlltruck launches EV lorry into leasing sector
Alltruck has introduced its first all-electric lorry, a DAF XS Electric, to the leasing sector.
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FCZ ArticleGroup gets funding for autonomous e-HGV exploration
Experts in commercial vehicles and autonomous HGVs have secured funding to explore their viability in the UK.
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FCZ ArticleDual-use charging hubs critical to electrifying HGV fleets, says Heliox UK head
Strategic partnerships and dual-use charging infrastructure will be pivotal to accelerating the transition to electric HGV fleets, according to Stephen Wood, UK and Ireland country manager at Siemens eMobility / Heliox.
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FCZ ArticleUK truck drivers ask: How can we go green with only five public charging sites?
In the race to decarbonise road freight, Germany’s electric lorry drivers can choose from 50 public charging sites designed for heavy goods vehicles. In the UK, there are five. The gap has not gone unnoticed by British drivers, many of whom are openly questioning whether the government’s green freight ambitions ...