Transport and Logistics Network
A group of sixteen European associations wrote a joint letter highlighting the persisting issues with the Weights and Dimensions Directive (WDD), part of the Greening Freight Package. The document entails the introduction of bigger trucks (European Mod…
Between January and September 2025, new EU truck registrations fell by 9.8%, to 225,483 units. The decline was particularly steep in Germany (-17.9%) and France (-13.4%), the two largest truck markets in the Union.
Across the Channel, the UK truck mark…
Aberdeen-based Freeland Freight has adopted a Michelin tyre policy after a six-month trial of the manufacturer’s fitments demonstrated significant gains in tyre longevity, damage resistance and improved fuel efficiency.
With support from local dealer …
Abbey Logistics, part of the Sitra Group, has taken delivery of 40 DAF XF 450 FTP 6×2 tractor units, strengthening the UK’s largest bulk liquid and bulk powder food transport fleet. The latest investment forms part of the company’s rolling replacement …
The ape escape came after a truck carrying the research animals overturned on the highway in Mississippi, US, with the driver telling cops that the monkeys were aggressive and carried diseases
20:42, 29 Oct 2025Updated 20:55, 29 Oct 2025
View 3 Images…
About half of our goods (as measured in ton-miles of freight[1]) travels by truck before reaching its destination, whether that’s in last-mile shipping from a warehouse, offloading freight from a railyard, direct ground shipping, etc. This makes the tr…
28 October 2025
A new system allows electric vehicles to charge directly from the road while driving.
On the A10 motorway, around 40km southwest of Paris, a consortium led by VINCI Autoroutes has launched the Charge as you Drive project – the first in …
Cambridgeshire-based S R Harradine Haulage Limited has continued its transition to Volvo Trucks, acquiring its latest model from the manufacturer – an FMX 460 8×4 tipper – which replaces a vehicle from a rival marque in the firm’s fleet.
Supplied by D…
Road freight operators across Europe are continuing to face rising toll costs as EU member states introduce new charging structures designed to support environmental goals and shift the sector toward lower-emission transport.
Research from Transport In…
Drivers are facing chaos on a major UK motorway[1] with traffic at a standstill after a crash.
Emergency services have been scrambled to a smash on the M6. And witnesses say the collision on the north Staffordshire-leg of the motorway appears to have…