Latest Interviews
The APC still flying the flag for independent couriers 30 years on
The APC was founded 30 years ago as The Alternative Parcels Company and still has an unusual ownership model in the parcels world, in that it is owned by its 103 independent, entrepreneurial delivery-and-collection couriers.
‘There are ways round the cost of buying electric but hydrogen’s a non-starter…’
John Granby, director of e-Truck and e-Van at EO Charging, has worked in the automotive sector for over 25 years, including spells with Scania and MAN Truck & Bus. Prior to joining EO in 2021, he led the development of Tevva’s hydrogen electric trucks across the UK. Here he tells ...
Battery electric vehicles need to focus on upstream as well as tailpipe emissions
Head of sustainability for most operators is a relatively new job description, and Dr Nicholas Head who covers that role for XPO UK & Ireland has indeed only been doing the job for just over two years.
X2 (UK) pushes sustainable, efficient logistics practice to the forefront
Formed in 2003 as a 4PL transport network to handle full trailer loads, X2 (UK) now employs 20 people at its Hinckley HQ and has recently become a silver sponsor of Generation Logistics, the industry-led campaign to promote career opportunities in the transport and logistics sector.
Diesel to electric: A MAN-sized challenge…
MAN Truck & Bus is set to launch its new eTruck in the UK at next month’s Road Transport Expo. UK MD Stefan Thyssen discusses the key questions and concerns operators still have over decarbonising their fleets
Darcica MD starts out with Amazon but trucks remain his ‘passion’
Anthony Tattersall, MD of Bicester pallet and parcel carrier Darcica Logistics, is an outstanding example of what can be achieved in the transport industry with ambition and hard work. He drove a truck for a local Palletways member over 20 years ago before moving into the waste management industry and ...
‘Covid allowed a lot of zombie companies to limp on - it needed a sort-out’
Graham Lackey, chief executive of Cheshire-based logistics firm Brit European, reflects on the alarming rise in administrations in the haulage sector, and why he’s still reluctant to switch his fleet to electric, despite recently investing in a carbon neutral site…
MT’s 2024 top Decarbonisation Power Player on a mission to decarbonise road freight transport
Naming Sam Clarke as the number one Motor Transport Decarbonisation Power Player for 2024 our judges described him as “a continual industry presence providing a positive can-do attitude to environmental logistics”.
Industry leader in complex logistics, Howard Tenens chooses its customers carefully
Gloucestershire 3PL Howard Tenens was established in 1953, and on its website says it “has grown from humble beginnings of making car crates for exporting vehicles to becoming one of the UK’s most successful privately-owned logistics companies”.
RHA spells out hauliers’ priorities for next general election
At its well-attended Parliamentary reception at the Palace of Westminster in January, the RHA launched its ‘Driving growth, delivering for the country’ manifesto for the next general election, widely expected to be in autumn this year.