HGV News

Rivus HGV-DHL eCommerce VMU

Rivus HGV appointed by DHL eCommerce for SM...

May 20, 2024Comments off

Rivus HGV, a subsidiary of Rivus Group, has been appointed by DHL eCommerce UK in a new five-year contract starting August 2024. The appointment sees

VECTON Long Drain 20L

Castrol launches new VECTON fully synthetic...

May 13, 2024Comments off

Castrol has launched a new product under its VECTON commercial vehicle lubricant range that meets the Association of European Automobile Manufacturers’ (ACEA) 2022 specifications for

JOLT members with Volvo eHGV

Operators unite to give logistics sector a ...

May 07, 2024Comments off

Called Project JOLT – standing for Joint Operator Logistics Trial – the programme is led by The Centre for Sustainable Road Freight (SRF) and involves partners

Level 4 Autonomous truck on the autobahn

First autonomous truck on the motorway

May 01, 2024Comments off

MAN has become the first commercial vehicle manufacturer to send an autonomous truck onto the German motorway. On board of the test truck, which drove

Euro NCAP safety tests

Euro NCAP reveal details of first ever HGV ...

Apr 25, 2024Comments off

Euro NCAP today (24th April 2024) officially announces a major milestone in the development towards a Truck Safe rating scheme. This is in direct response to data

Crash test with damping front. Swedish Transport Agency

New truck front to save lives

Mar 13, 2024Comments off

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, have developed a new truck front concept to significantly reduce fatal crashes in car-truck collisions. The new

Mercedes-Benz Low-entry trucks

GRS Group proves low-entry trucks are up to...

Mar 12, 2024Comments off

The arrival of GRS Group’s latest batch of Mercedes-Benz trucks means the operator is now running the country’s biggest fleet of low-entry Econic tippers. The

AccessXL PALFINGER tail lift

AccessXL expands tail-lift range as PALFING...

Feb 20, 2024Comments off

AccessXL, part of XL Global Group and a leader in the design and manufacture of hydraulic lifts for commercial vehicles, is delighted to announce a

New truck on a motorway

Demand for new trucks grows for second year...

Feb 16, 2024Comments off

Demand for new heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) grew for the second year running with UK registrations up 13.5% in 2023, according to the latest figures

Whincup select Krone for European loading versatility

Whincup select Krone for European loading v...

Dec 07, 2023Comments off

Brian Whincup and Sons have taken delivery of three curtainsider trailers from Krone, which enable the company to operate to maximum load capacity within UK