Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) has appointed Heather Mewhinney, director of human resources at Kriska Transportation Group, as the first chairwoman of the newly formed TAT Canada Committee (TCC).Caroline Blais, recruiting manager at Kriska, will co…
The Commercial Truck Insurance Market report provides a detailed analysis of global market size, regional and country-level market size, segmentation market growth, market share, competitive landscape, sales analysis, the impact of domestic and global …
There is a growing consensus that hydrogen and battery electric will be the key zero emissions technologies for the road freight sector, according to a joint study published by Shell and Deloitte.
The study is based on the views of road freight exec…
Shell and Deloitte see a path for the world’s trucks and buses to produce net-zero emissions by 2050, but identify “urgent action” that needs to be taken to reach the goal.Decarbonizing Road Freight: Getting into Gear highlights 22 solutions for the ne…
An electric Volvo Truck / Credit: Volvo Trucks
A new report outlines a roadmap for the decarbonisation of road freight through the “critical” next decade
The road freight sector is nearing a decarbonisation tipping point, with hydrogen fuel cell and ba…
Loop Energy has appointed George Rubin chief commercial officer, the company announced Tuesday.He will also become a member of the executive management team, it said.
Loop, based in Burnaby, B.C., provides hydrogen fuel cell solutions for the medium-to…
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Merkel Strikes Deal to Extend German Virus Curbs to Mid-February
(Bloomberg) — Chancellor Angela Merkel and regional leaders agreed to extend Germany’s coronavirus curbs as they step up their efforts to check the stubborn spread of the dis…
British Columbia will cover up to $100,000 toward the cost of an electric medium- or heavy-duty vehicles through an expanded CleanBC Specialty-Use Vehicle Incentive (SUVI) and Commercial Vehicle Pilot (CVP) program.The rebates – covering up to 1/3 of t…
Early development and adoption of connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) technologies is likely to bring considerable economic benefits to the UK and position it as a market leader.
The 2020 Market Focus report forecasts that in 2035, 40% of new UK car…
Renault Trucks UK & Ireland has announced plans to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) status by 2030, unveiling details of its Sustainability Initiative (January 12). The commitment is driven by a nationwide transformation programme across the m…
The French subsidiary of GEFCO, a global multimodal supply-chain expert and a leading provider of automotive logistics in Europe, is continuing to explore the use of cleaner alternatives to diesel. Its latest test involves a Scania truck powered…
The transport company Trans Dóniz recently landed four new Scania P 450 on the Spanish island of Tenerife, optimised for transporting butane gas canisters in a challenging topography. The trucks have the latest safety equipment needed to tr…
Strongly committed to sustainable transport, Rhyner Logistik has just acquired a fully electric Renault Trucks D Wide Z.E. to supply Denner supermarkets. As part of this approach, the Swiss haulier has also fitted solar panels onto the body of t…
Port of Tyne has completed a detailed modelling exercise and long term analysis of its electricity network, as part of its award-winning decarbonisation and clean energy strategy.Port of Tyne has completed a detailed modelling exercise and long …
Port of Tyne has signed an option agreement with Dogger Bank Wind Farm. This successfully concludes the preliminary phase of a state-of-the-art development to build the operations and maintenance (O&M) base of the world’s largest offshore win…