Transport business groups have welcomed news in today’s Spring Budget that the 5p-per-litre fuel duty cut originally introduced in March 2022 is to be retained for a further 12 months. However, there was widespread disappointment […]
FORS, the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme, is joining forces with Project EDWARD, the UK’s biggest platform for showcasing good practice in road safety, to promote road safety standards in 2023. Project EDWARD, which stands for […]
The haulage price-per-mile has fallen nearly 2% year-on-year and 3% month-on-month, despite diesel prices rising 12% in the last year. Latest data from the TEG Road Transport Price Index showed the average price charged by […]
More than 40 tanker drivers who deliver fuel to Jet Garages have voted to take strike action over pay this month, raising the spectre of petrol pump queues, writes Carol Millett. The strike action is […]
WHILE Tevva’s focus remains on building and delivering its battery-electric 7.5t vehicle, testing and development of its hydrogen-electric counterpart is continuing apace. A ‘range test’ of Tevva’s dual-energy prototype truck accumulated more than 1,000km (approximately […]
ARGUMENTS in favour of exempting some key commercial vehicles from internal combustion engine (ICE) production deadlines are growing, FleetCheck believes. Peter Golding, managing director at the fleet management software specialist said that difficulties remained around […]
DAF TRUCKS must pay BT and Royal Mail millions of pounds in damages after the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) found that the manufacturer had overcharged the companies whilst involved in an illegal pricing cartel, writes […]
Following a record year globally for Volvo Trucks in 2022, UK registrations data released by the SMMT show that Volvo registered 5,906 medium and heavy-duty trucks. The registrations place Volvo second in the UK truck […]
STERTIL Koni has supplied a recessed 20 tonne, 9 metre galvanised outdoor washbay Skylift and a 7 tonne indoor 4-post lift for Grampian Continental Ltd’s new 4-bay workshop located in the Altens Industrial Estate in […]
A TELETRAC Navman survey of more than 1,800 road haulage fleet operators has revealed that rising fuel costs (39%), disruption due to the impact of Covid 19 (32%), and supply chain pressure (31%), are the […]
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