Careers
Free meals for drivers as TPN looks to improve image of industry
The Pallet Network (TPN) is seeking to tackle the crisis in driver recruitment and a poor industry image by offering free evening meals to all its trunking drivers.
Month: June 2021
Alternative fuels
Amey puts eVivaro to the test
Services company Amey is trialling 10 Vauxhall eVivaros across its highways, waste and facilities management businesses to understand the scale of the transition required to go fully electric.
Industry News
Coventry warehouse and lorry park get the go ahead
A 24/7 lorry park with 173 spaces and a 106,000 sq ft warehouse on Coventry’s Lyons Park industrial estate have both been given planning approval by the local council.
Alternative fuels
Malting firm goes green by switching fleet to vegetable oil
Simpsons Malt, the fifth-generation family malting business, is the latest to switch its fleet from diesel to HVO fuel in a bid to reduce its CO2 and NOx emissions.
Carbon emissions
End of red diesel duty discount should prompt switch to fridges powered from truck engine
Temperature-controlled operators need to act now to avoid an overnight increase in fuel costs when the red diesel rebate is withdrawn, refrigerated systems manufacturer Hultsteins is warning.
Industry News
Truck seized and driver arrested after suspected scrap metal theft
Police in Kent seized a truck after the driver was stopped and arrested in connection with a robbery of scrap metal in Chatham.