Dunbar cement plant to host prototype for electrified rail freight Prototype aims to help make diesel redundant near to electrified railways Innovation will help UK transport hit government’s net zero targets and improve local air quality A prototype electrified rail freight terminal in Dunbar is one of 30 projects to …
Read More »
Hauliers and owner-drivers working under contract to Tarmac in London are switching in growing numbers to truck-mounted concrete mixers and tippers based on eight-wheeled Mercedes-Benz Econic chassis. Key to the Econic’s increasing popularity with operators working in busy urban areas is the significantly enhanced visibility afforded to drivers by its …
Read More »
Tarmac, the UK’s leading building materials and construction solutions business is now working with Edinburgh-based PODFather to deploy a logistics planning and live customer delivery tracking solution across its 1,800-strong vehicle fleet and that of its extensive subcontractor network. The fleet, which operates from more than 400 UK sites, now …
Read More »
A Freightliner class 66 diesel locomotive has been named “Poppy” in memory of 15 workers from Buxton Lime Firms (now Tarmac) who served and died in the Battle of the Somme. A naming ceremony at Tarmac’s Tunstead Quarry was attended by more than 50 people, including Andrew Bingham, MP for …
Read More »
MHW Magazine News and stories from the Materials Handling Industry
