Cenex, the government-backed, low-carbon transport agency, has just announced that the Department for Transport (DfT) is to invest £1million in electric vehicle and HGV charging points, and alternative fuelling stations. Hence, the so-called Infrastructure Grant Programme (IGP) is currently open to both public and private applications. In addition to all that, it was stated that [...]
Logistics Management company Howard Tenens is apparently now looking to reduce its fleet’s CO2 emissions by 20 percent – by converting its HGVs to run on natural gas. The so-called ‘Duel-Fuel’ system, developed and installed by the HardStaff Group, was designed to burn gas and diesel simultaneously and thus reduces HGV driving CO2 emissions. In [...]
Want to try something different in life? Looking for a career that will pay off at the end of the day? If that the case, then there is absolutely no doubt that you are the right person for the job – the job of professional HGV driving. The UK HGV driving business or the road [...]
Apparently, Eddie Stobart has won a distribution contract for Tesco’s brand-new 910,000ft purpose-built import centre at Teesport, Middlesbrough. The agreement, worth in the region of £25M annually, will see firm Stobart move the bulk of Tesco’s non-food products to various distribution warehouses and centres throughout the UK. Andrew Tinkler, Chief Executive of Stobart Group, says: [...]
As the UK road transport industry faces the prospect of another 2p/litre rise in fuel duty on the 1st of September, which is in fact the third increase in nine months, the Road Haulage Association (RHA) and the Freight Transport Association (FTA) both insist that they have not given up lobbying on the issue – [...]
Fleet engineers are currently being encouraged to attend a so-called ‘Commercial Vehicle [HGV] Fuel Economy Conference,’ run by IRTE, BTAC, CILT and Freight Best Practice. Apparently, the Conference will feature strategies of managing fuel economy, as well as tips and advice on fuel trials, fuel use, and costs of various fuels. In addition to that, [...]
Finding a standardised method for operators to measure, report, and reduce carbon emissions is the key aim of the DfT’s newly formed ‘Low Carbon Supply Chain Steering Group,’ which held its first meeting on Wednesday the 22nd of July. Basically, the Department for Transport has launched a ‘green strategy’ to help reduce emissions. The group [...]
Online auctioneers Shiply has drawn 4,000 members to their service during its first year of operation. The Manchester-based company officially launched in June 2008, with approximately 1,500 HGV driving firms and transport companies signing up to the website, which enables operators to bid for shipments listed by consumers – free of charge. The website differs [...]
The HGV industry is awaiting the launch of new a price-comparison website for the movement of all types of domestic and international freight. Currently under development, all UK-based operators are being encouraged to register their details ahead of the go-live date proposed in September this year. Cargo-solv.com is aimed at business customers and is the [...]
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has expressed “utter dismay” at the Welsh Assembly’s decision to scrap proposals for an M4 ‘relief road.’ Jo Tanner, Director of Communications at the FTA, states that the Government in Wales has performed a “complete about face” over the relief road between Magor and Castleton in Gwent. The ‘relief road’ [...]