Truck

DHL is planning to step up its transition to heavy electric vehicles with 44 new Volvo trucks deployed on routes in the UK and across Europe. The international delivery service’s intended order includes 40 electric Volvo FE and Volvo FLs,…

In a £10m pilot scheme funded by the government, 20 DAF LF Electric trucks have entered service with the NHS and local authorities. NHS Supply Chain will operate eight LF Electric rigids with refrigerated bodies at several locations across the…

South Gloucestershire Council is preparing for the colder months ahead with nine new Volvo FMXs gritting trucks and snow ploughs. The seven FMX 330 6×4 units and two FMX 330 4×4 rigids, join the local authority’s fleet of 45 HGVs,…

A Manchester logistics company has taken delivery of it’s first of six New Generation DAF trucks that are fuelled, like the rest of its 22-strong fleet, with Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil. JSP Hauliers’s new XG+ 530 FTG is the latest step…

Perth’s McLaughlan Transport is continuing to improve the sustainability of its temperature-controlled trailer fleet with three new fuel-saving Carrier Transicold units. The Vector HE 19 refrigeration systems join McLaughlan’s fleet of 70 temperature-controlled trailers – delivering a range of items…

Cambridgeshire firm Knowles Transport has taken delivery of the first Renaults to join its 120-strong fleet as it aims to improve fuel performance and minimise downtime. The two T440 6x2s, supplied by Renault Truck Commercials, will move food, drink and…

A truck and bus manufacturer is sponsoring three cyclists in Transaid’s Cycle 2022 challenge to travel 310 miles across rural Malawi to raise donations for the international transport development charity. The nine-day event from 1-9 October will see MAN Truck…

South Yorkshire structural steel transport specialist MJ Hughes has added the first truck with MirrorCam to its all-Mercedes-Benz fleet. The 8×2 Arocs, supplied by Northside Truck & Van, will spend much of its time in London, where the manufacturer’s alternative…

A Welsh construction supplier has put a new Volvo FL 250 4×2 with an X-High chassis into operation to provide reliability and ground clearance on the rural roads of the Swansea Valley. Lliw Building Supplies’s new 18-tonne rigid also features…

Amazon has added five battery electric DAF trucks to its UK middle mile fleet, as the global company decarbonises its delivery services. The 37-tonne gross combination weight DAF CF Electric tractor units are the first electric middle mile delivery trucks…