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Logistics has for a long time served the masters of service and cost, but now the world is changing: new mandated societal behaviours during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis suggest that a Read more…

Chris Eddy has successfully completed and defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘An investigation of higher capacity urban freight vehicles’, (University of Cambridge, July, 2019).  The abstract is provided below. Click Read more…

There is an increasingly vociferous debate between those who think that future long-haul heavy goods vehicles should be powered by Hydrogen and those who favour direct electrification. Most Hydrogen-powered vehicles use fuel Read more…

In the first of a series of regular articles to be featured in My Logistics Magazine, Phil Greening discusses the concept of the competency trap in the current retail/logistics environment. Read more…

Brian Weatherley has written an excellent article about the SRF’s aerodynamics research for the December 2018 issue of Transport Engineer magazine… click here: Knowing with the flow. A copy of Read more…

The Centre for Sustainable Road Freight is recruiting a Research Manager. We are looking for someone who can work with our researchers to help deliver key outputs and meet the Read more…

I was invited into the local BBC radio station last Monday to discuss the UK trial of longer semitrailers (LSTs).  I found myself debating a representative of Campaign for Better Read more…

There was an excellent workshop last week, entitled ‘How is Technology Shaping the Energy Industry’, organised by Cambridge University Energy Network (CUEN).  There was an interesting discussion about use of Read more…

Dr Anna Keyes from Heriot Watt University has been seconded to BEIS for a period of 3 months. As part of her secondment Anna will be reviewing the recent batch Read more…