All articles by Steve Hobson
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MT ArticleAPPG launches formal inquiry into HGV driver health and wellbeing
The All-party Parliamentary Group on Freight and Logistics will conduct a wide-ranging inquiry into driver physical and mental health, with chair Rachel Taylor MP calling the state of UK driver facilities ‘a scandal’ and pledging to take evidence from across the road transport sector.
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FCZ ArticlePollock runs four eHGVs on Amazon trunking lane to Inverness
Gregory Group’s Scottish 3PL Pollock is operating three Mercedes-Benz e600 Actros and one MAN eTGX on its Amazon trunking contract between Bathgate and Inverness, with 57% of lane miles now run on battery electric and the remainder on HVO.
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MT ArticlePalletline 2.0: managing an evolution
Carl Moore talks to Steve Hobson about growth, technology and the future of the UK’s leading pallet network
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MT ArticleIsuzu dominates Asia-Pacific and plans to invest £6.6bn in R&D in race to zero emission vehicles
Japan’s second-largest vehicle manufacturer controls 25% of Asia-Pacific heavy truck market but faces mounting pressure to accelerate zero-emission vehicle development, with ICCT urging government intervention on decarbonisation targets.
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MT ArticleJohn Lewis cutting emissions today and in the future with the best technology available
The John Lewis Partnership’s fleet manager has cut transport emissions in half since 2018 by switching 500 trucks to bioCNG and trialling electric vehicles, achieving a major milestone by purchasing the company’s final diesel vehicle this year.
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FCZ ArticleOperators willing to electrify but lack of charging holding them back says Logistics UK
Lamech Solomon has been Logistics UK’s head of decarbonisation policy since May 2025, and his CV includes almost two years at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). He says: “I left university and went to join the civil service followed by several different roles. ...
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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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MT Article
Time to make a SHIFT on driver health
Image: Shutterstock Loughborough University and Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) have developed a seven-hour Driver CPC module designed to improve the health and well-being of the UK’s HGV and other professional drivers. The Structured Health Intervention for Truckers (soon to be renamed Transport) or SHIFT is the result ...
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FCZ ArticleViability of battery electric trucks could be transformed by smarter interaction with the grid
‘If the wheels aren’t turning, she ain’t earning’ has been the mantra for hauliers through the decades. But using battery electric vehicles to provide services to the electricity grid could turn that on its head. Freight Carbon Zero in association with FTI Consulting and New Power Info held a roundtable ...
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MT ArticleThe sad story of how Culina lost 230 years of management experience in a matter of months
Thomas van Mourik collecting the MT Service to Industry Award 2020 Motor Transport caught up with Glyn Davies recently and amongst other things the subject of Culina came up. Davies was quite clearly upset and disappointed by what had taken place last year. In his view there ...
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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 ArticleMTA Low Carbon winner JLP wants to take the high road to zero emissions
John Lewis Partnership (JLP) picked up the Motor Transport Low Carbon Award for the third time in the last seven years in 2024. Its winning entry stated: “As a responsible retailer we must reduce our consumption, find renewable alternatives, and look critically at our impact across our ...
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MT ArticleA New Era for renewable fuel supplies dawns in Essex
The use of renewable fuels such as hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) to cut carbon emissions from diesel trucks now rather than waiting for battery electric vehicles to develop into a more practical solution is becoming increasingly popular.
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MT ArticleBattery electric nothing new for Bradshaw Electric Vehicles
Battery electric vehicles are sometimes regarded as new-fangled devices but they were first seen on the roads of Europe in the 1890s and in the 1960s the UK had the world’s largest fleet of BEVs in the days when electric milk floats were a common sight on every street. Today ...
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MT ArticleBVRLA EV report card says ‘could do better’
The sixth annual ‘Road to zero’ report from vehicle rental association the BVRLA painted a gloomy picture of the progress toward zero-emission commercial vehicles, though it said the “future looks brighter” for electric trucks as a result of the government-funded ‘Zero emission HGV and infrastructure demonstrator’ (Zehid) programme.
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MT ArticleBattery 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.
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MT ArticleX2 (UK) pushes sustainable, efficient logistics practice to the forefront
Photos: Karen Massey 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 ...
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MT ArticleSDC continues to design and build trailers that deliver exactly what the customer needs
SDC Trailers was established 45 years ago by welder and fabricator Seamus McCloy in a tin shed small unit beside his house in the village of Bellaghy, Northern Ireland.
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MT ArticleFrom small electric beginnings big things are growing at Electra
Blackburn-based electric truck maker Electra Commercial Vehicles, winner of the 2020 Motor Transport Innovation Award, is continuing to develop its range of battery electric vehicles and looking to move to a bigger factory as it ramps up production. MD Ben Smith tells Steve Hobson about his plans.
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MT ArticleWith 150 years’ collective experience, Culina Group directors know a few secrets to success
It is not often MT gets to interview three recent winners of the Motor Transport Service to Industry Award who between them have almost 150 years’ experience in the transport industry.