Transport and Logistics Network
Volvo’s I-Torque Powertrain has secured the Jim Winsor Technical Achievement Award from North American Truck Writers – a committee that includes transportation and logistics reporters and editors from across Canada and the U.S.
The annual award spotlig…
Terminal tractor manufacturer Tico (Terminal Investment Corporation) Manufacturing has announced the full production of its Pro-Spotter Electric terminal tractor.
Tico has partnered with Volvo Penta to integrate their driveline, batteries and e-accesso…
Mack and Volvo have greatly increased the number of updates fleet owners can complete over the air.
They’ve been offering over-the-air (OTA) updates since 2018, but initially only focusing on the three ECUs covering the engine, aftertreatment system an…
A panel discussion at the Technology & Maintenance Council’s spring meeting revealed that some things won’t change when it comes to insuring autonomously driven trucks. Others will. And there’s still a lot of unknowns.
Some of the liability for cra…
Following a step-up in its order book, leading upholstered furniture manufacturer, Buoyant Upholstery Ltd, has taken delivery of four new Renault Trucks T440 4×2 Evolution tractor units.
The new T440s with sleeper cabs were supplied by local dealer, JD…
Mitchells of Mansfield, the overnight pallet distributor based in Nottinghamshire, has received the UK’s first 18-tonne E Tech electric curtain-sided truck from RH Commercial Vehicles, the East Midlands’ largest independent Renault Trucks dealer.
Mitch…
A new report by Rail Partners suggests that a growing rail freight market if it is supported by the right policies, can deliver significant economic and environmental benefits between now and 2050.
Rail Partners is the trade body that brings together t…
It takes 900 of today’s heavy trucks to create the emissions just one did in the 1980s. But regulators, shippers and employees are still pushing the trucking industry to completely eliminate its emissions.
The challenges that fleets have to overcome al…
Steve Agg, chairman of the Governance and Standards Advisory Group (GSAG), explains the group’s pivotal role in ensuring that FORS remains the UK’s leading fleet accreditation scheme.
What is GSAG and why was it established?
The Governance and …
Wheels, Donlen and LeasePlan USA will all be rebranded as Wheels in the wake of the fleet management companies’ previously announced merger.
“We approached the branding process with careful consideration, utilizing both internal and external resources …