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Author: John Loughran

Scaling up zero-emission commercial vehicles across Europe

CEOs and experts from key industries – including Martin Daum of Daimler Trucks, Florent Menegaux of Michelin and Gerrit Marx of CNH Industrial – joined EU decision-makers, end-users and infrastructure providers recently for an online conference on how zero-emission commercial vehicles can help decarbonise the road transport sector.

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Maximising fleet uptime with Marshall Fleet Solutions

As part of its ongoing customer service programme, Marshall Fleet Solutions has launched Marshall ASSIST, a dedicated contract maintenance operation devised by the company to maximise customer’s fleet uptime through a range of optimised maintenance and repair programmes.

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Relay Technical Transport chooses Arrivals Board from Mandata

Relay Technical Transport, leaders in electronic equipment handling, have added Mandata’s new Arrivals Board software to their TMS system so that their customers can be given accurate ETAs ahead of each scheduled delivery.

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Highways England entices transport firms with free EV van trial

It’s no secret that Britain is on a mission to significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions. The government last year brought legislation into force that aims to bring the UK to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. With that in mind, they’ve been coming up with ways to make that goal realistic...

Government outlines new plans for Freeports to turbo-charge post-Brexit trade

The government has set out further details around how it will create a number of new innovative Freeports across the UK to create jobs, drive investment and regenerate communities.

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Michelin launches new web portal for commercial vehicle customers

Michelin has launched a new web portal giving commercial vehicle customers quick and direct access to expert online tyre advice, services, latest promotions and news about its tyre range.

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Make the best choices as a new HGV Driver

If you are a brand new HGV driver, then you need to make sure you focus on doing as much as you can, and there are plenty of things that play a massive part in this. Come up with some of the best factors that you should consider when you...

Ontruck launches new web tool

Ontruck, Europe’s leading digital road freight platform, has rolled out a new free web tool to help fleet managers increase volumes of loads and improve their overall business ratio in one, easy-to-use solution. A pilot of the tool conducted with 15 fleets has shown that each fleet successfully doubled their...

RHA and Logistics UK sign Open Letter to Brexit negotiators

The Road Haulage Association and Logistics UK are among a group of 33 road haulage associations across Europe urging all parties to agree a deal on Brexit.

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ArrowXL launches national recruitment drive

Leading two-person home delivery company ArrowXL is expanding its workforce due to an increase in demand in 2020. Around 100 jobs will be created in the two-phase recruitment operation, which will take place in various cities and towns across the UK.

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Tacho consultants chooses TruTac

Mister Tacho Ltd, the independent transport consultants, have clarified the position regarding WTD (Working Time Directive) regulations and highlighted the benefits of using reliable compliance software to keep operators on the right side of the law.

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FTAI says logistics industry must test and trial news systems

FTAI is urging the government to allow the logistics industry to trial and test new systems for international trade.

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