HGVs

Road Transport Expo to return next June

 
Road Transport Expo (RTX) has announced it will be back next year at NAEC Stoneleigh from 4-6 June. The popular summer tradeshow, which this year attracted more than 8,500 visitors, will once again bring its powerful ‘all about the truck’ ethos …

We need urgent help with our growing HGV technician shortage

 
It’s impossible to ignore that the UK is suffering from skills shortages. Not a week goes by without an occupation being highlighted and a plea to train more people or for access to non-UK workers. The driver shortage which reached its peak in a…

Royal Mail kicks off transition to HVO for its HGV fleets

 
Royal Mail has launched a major strategy to cut its HGV fleet emissions by switching from diesel to Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO). The first sites transitioning to HVO are Sheffield mail centre, the Midlands Super Hub and Royal Mail’s Manches…

Air crash probe finds plane hit HGV just before touchdown

 
An aircraft struck an HGV as it came in to land at an airfield in Somerset, according to a crash investigation. The light aircraft, a Vans RV-9A (see pic) was approaching Henstridge airfield at Templecombe in March when its right wingtip struck …