Logistics UK has condemned the 24% hike in penalty charges on London’s red routes – which comes into force today (17 January) – as a tax on hauliers. Transport for London (TfL) is increasing the fine from £130 to £160. The penalty charge will be…
Volta Trucks has teamed up with Clipper Logistics and London property owner The Crown Estate to bring zero-carbon deliveries to Regent Street retailers. The fully-electric Volta Zero is a major part of The Crown Estate’s delivery consolidation s…
James Hall & Co has opted for Carrier Transicold’s Syberia multi-temperature engineless units, in a move designed to improve the sustainability of its vehicles working with SPAR. The Preston-based firm said the units are each mounted to 18-t…
The University of Westminster, as part of the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight is seeking your views on how road freight operators are decarbonising their fleets, as well as the challenges resulting from Brexit and Coronavirus. Whether you ar…
Plans to roll out Manchester’s clean air zone (CAZ) are in doubt after the city’s mayor put out a statement expressing concerns about the impact on businesses. The CAZ was due to be launched on 30 May, with an ambition to bring down nitrogen dio…
Automotive developer REE has begun trials of its all-electric P7 modular platform for delivery fleets. Supporting up to four tonnes (8,800lbs) max payload, REE said the P7 platform has capacity for 35% more packages than comparable CVs. It added…
Tesco has added two fully electric articulated HGVs to its fleet to transport food and other products 30 miles from the Wentloog rail terminal outside Cardiff to Tesco’s distribution centre in Magor in Wales. The two new 37-tonne DAF electric ve…
Gregory Distribution is to power its milk transport operation with Bio-LNG following the arrival this week of 12 new Volvo FM Globetrotter LNG 6×2 tractor units at its Cullompton depot. Supplied by Volvo Trucks UK & Ireland’s national fleet …
Scania is launching Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) with GVWs of up to 36 tonnes. At the heart of both trucks is a newly developed GE281 Gearbox Electric machine, which incorporates a pair of electric…
Volvo Trucks has received an order for an additional 25 heavy electric trucks from DFDS. The move comes after after the Copenhagen-based company ordered a record 100 Volvo FM EVs in October. The trucks will be used in its European logistics syst…
Traton, Daimler and Volvo have signed a joint venture agreement to operate a public charging network for battery electric, heavy-duty, long-haul trucks and coaches across Europe. Equally owned, it is scheduled to start operations in 2022, subjec…
BP has acquired a 28.57% stake in Gasrec, expanding the oil giant’s footprint in renewable gas production and distribution in the UK. The deal will see BP supply Gasrec with renewable biomethane produced mainly from organic waste, such as food a…
EO Charging said it had filed a patent that would transform smart charging of EV fleets, by harnessing technology to enable AC chargers to be more widely used. The company said its new ISO 15118-compliant EV chargers and software would “unlock t…
Logistics giant DB Schenker has made Europe’s largest pre-order for electric trucks so far after signing a deal with Volta Trucks for 1,470 Volta Zero trucks. The pre-order is part of wider plans under the partnership to speed up DB Schenker’s t…