Recycling is everywhere these days and tyre maker Continental is tailoring its tyre ‘recycling’ philosophy so truck operators can demonstrate that they are reducing their impact on the ecosystem. In the latest feature focusing on […]
It hasn’t been easy building trailers; better reliability with longer warranty attached means operators have held onto what they have. Covid and the war in Ukraine forced SDC Trailers’ hand and it has responded by […]
Range and payload are the two immediate challenges for electric truck manufacturers, the third is cost but we’ll save that for another day. A fully freighted battery electric tractor-trailer combination from Mercedes-Benz made a 1,000km […]
While used truck dealers struggled for stock, some rental / lease players successfully cashed in by offloading prime rolling stock to end-users desperate for vehicles. Now it seems the days of a sellers’ market are […]
From the first online buying tool for consumers to use at truck auctions, it’s taken 13 years for the sale to become available exclusively online. Transport News talks to Commercial Vehicle Auctions, which now does […]
Dead mileage, running empty, hauling air; call it what you will, it’s something Scottish hauliers actively avoid. Forming partnerships or a database of ‘reloads’ helps, as do the freight forwarders and agents but there is […]
VOLVO Trucks UK & Ireland has officially opened its new Apprentice Training Centre, investing more than £300,000 in the facility, located within Remit Training’s Automotive Academy, in Derby. Karen Bailey, head of competence development at […]
New start truck maker HVS is to offer its hydrogen HGV through a ‘truck as a service’ programme. Launched in partnership with Zeti and Gravis Capital Management, the pay-per-mile financing scheme minimises the risk for […]
Dumfries-based transport firm Curries Solutions has recognised more than 100 of its employees for a collective 2,000 years of dedicated service to the business. The 107 staff members at Curries Solutions have received awards for […]
DAF’s New Generation DAF XB series goes on display in the UK at the EV Show at ExCel London from the 28-30 November. The show exhibit, a 12 tonne XB Electric, is the newest addition […]
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