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Green fuel from waste producer wins £4m funding to capture CO2
...HGVs – and capture around 1,600kg of carbon dioxide. Full-scale rollout could see 50 UK modules built at around 15 sites, ranging from a single module to six per site...
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Generation Logistics initiative powers into its second year with DfT support
...able to have a role working with the latest technology and perhaps even a nine-to-five desk job operating HGVs.” Transport secretary, Mark Harper said: “The first year of Government funding...
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Guide to funding support for logistics employers
...roles across our industry, not least HGV drivers,” she explains, “but many employers are confused about how to access vital funding in order to recruit and train new workers. This...
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Decarbonise fleets with help of Supply Chain Consultancy service
...decarbonisation agenda: sales of new diesel HGVs will be banned by 2040, 2035 for those 26 tonnes and under, and petrol and diesel vans by 2030. “However, there is a real...
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Is biomethane the answer to decarbonisation?
Could biomethane hold the key to reduction of HGV emissions? The Transport Policy Briefing, hosted by ADBA (Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association) has revealed its agenda, including a discussion on...
Case Study
Case study: Tuffa HVO tank offers EGGER a sustainable alternative to red diesel
...of raw chipboard per annum, for customers across the UK and Europe, involving the use of HGVs, excavators, sawmills, generators and various mobile plant machinery. Manufacturing with raw natural resources...
Opinion
Net zero logistics progress, but energy planning essential to avoid future demand shocks
...HGVs (76.7%) and logistics vans (79.1%) will take place at depots or operating sites and adequate energy infrastructure at these locations will be critical. However, a comprehensive public charging network...
Opinion
Logistics UK urges government to maintain fuel duty cut to protect economy
...cost to run a 44t truck. 99% of logistics businesses are SMEs and even a small haulage firm with seven HGVs could be facing an additional £34,000 to annual operating...
Opinion
Massive spring hike in fuel duty would add £5k pa to truck running costs
...costs to a total of £26,246 per vehicle, before the cost of fuel itself. Logistics UK estimates that a small haulage firm with seven HGVs (98% of logistics businesses are SMEs)...
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Crown Oil’s new fuel for fleet
...HGVs, pickups, trailers and vans which are all approved to run on HVO fuel without technical adjustments or any reduction in vehicle performance. HVO offers a fast and simple step...
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Innovative hydrogen system reduces rail emissions and improves fuel efficiency
...recent 18-month study on HGVs reduced the worst emissions and particulates by over 91%. “Rail is one of the sectors most under scrutiny, but Engine Carbon Clean and Capture offers an...
Opinion
Fuel crisis proves that supply trust is vital
...or out of the labour market. Sure, the Government can go to low-cost countries and offer visas to HGV drivers, but what happens after three months? “A better temporary solution...
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Diversifying into truckstops
...from Junction 18 on the M5 Motorway. Avon Lodge offers outstanding facilities for driver welfare and vehicle security, including a truck wash, bunkered fuel and secure overnight parking for 65 HGVs,...
Insight
Fleetmaxx Solutions: prioritising mental health in the workplace
...the company’s head office sharing the same location in Motherwell, together serving a diverse customer base of over 50,000 clients. Customers range from HGV operators and hauliers to couriers, delivery...
Opinion
New Zemo report highlights policies needed to accelerate UK transport decarbonisation
...Develop an initiative for the coach sector modelled on the Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator Programme (ZEHID) to identify the most suitable technologies for coach operations and trial opportunities...
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New refuelling site opens this week
...Port of Liverpool, allowing up to 8 HGVs to refuel simultaneously. “We’re delighted that our schedule of works has gone to plan and it is great to see the new...
Opinion
Is there a market for building vehicles to run on alternative fuels?
...CNG filling station opened in Crewe in March. It is the UK’s largest such facility with the capacity to fill 500 HGVs a day. The UK’s first bio-LNG refuelling station...
Opinion
Logistics UK calls for diesel duty cut to protect UK economy
...result. “Fuel is the single biggest expense incurred by logistics operators – it accounts for a third of the annual operating cost of an HGV and without it, goods cannot...