Commercial vehicle manufacturer MAN reckons transport operators could realistically save £650 million a year on articulated trucks alone, if drivers were trained to drive more fuel efficiently.
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Sainsbury’s is to fit its 343 new trucks with TISS’ TankSafe Impregnable fuel security and safety device, in a move to cut diesel spillage and improve its environmental credentials.
The government is cracking down on the number of foreign lorries that continue to flout UK road laws. Police and VOSA enforcement officers can now, for the first time, issue on-the-spot fines to all foreign hauliers found exploiting drivers’ hours, overlo
Surefreight, which operates between Britain, Ireland and continental Europe, reckons it has achieved cost savings equal to an annual £300,000 in trials of the EcoTrak system.
Iveco has delivered a Eurocargo diesel-electric parallel hybrid urban distribution vehicle to Coca-Cola Enterprises at the European Business Summit in Brussels.
Tate & Lyle has signed a deal with Russell Group to deliver sugar from East London to Scotland by rail.
The Ordnance Survey has released new “steep road” information for satnav providers to route lorry drivers more appropriately.
TecnoCom, the Spanish information and communication technology service provider, has renewed its contract with Ceva Logistics.
The latest fuel duty rise will push many businesses already struggling with the economic downturn over the edge, according to the Freight Transport Association.
The Bottlegreen Drinks Company has awarded its outsourced warehousing and UK distribution to Gloucestershire-based Downton.
