Green Trucking around the world
Achieving a zero-emissions global trucking industry by 2050 may seem daunting today but several partnerships between truck OEMs and other logistics stakeholders are currently underway to help transporters achieve green compliance affordably, including electric trailer technologies for long-haul applications and hydrogen-powered trucks for medium-haul distribution.
There is a universal understanding within the logistics industry that truck transport’s transition to zero emissions will be an incremental process as fleets weigh capital investment in green technologies against current business profitability. In essence, what commercial truck fleets require to...
The latest global Logistics Performance Index (LPI) released by the World Bank has rated South Africa, Egypt, Benin, Botswana, Namibia, Djibouti and Rwanda better...
FX Logistics, the leading perishable logistics operator in Zimbabwe, has commissioned an extension to its Europort Cold Storage Facility (based on Harare’s RGM International...
“Scanias and Volvos are the best tipper chassis out there” says company director Darren Doherty, “and Thompsons’ Loadmaster bodies complement them perfectly. For trucks, I’m a...
Scotch whisky producer, Chivas Brothers, makers of Chivas Regal and The Glenlivet, has announced the delivery of Scotland’s first all-electric tractor unit, a Volvo...
Schmitz Cargobull has become a minority shareholder (26%) in the Australian Trailer Solutions Group (ATSG), in a partnership that aims for long term success...
JLM Transport has refreshed its fleet with six more New Generation DAF XF 480 6×2 tractor units from Asset Alliance Group to help meet the growing needs of its...
Norfolk-based Roger Warnes Transport and Prometeon Tyre Group have renewed their 13-year partnership for a further three years. The deal covers the entire fleet...