Chamberlain Transport switches Palletforce fleet to HVO

British haulage business Chamberlain Transport has switched its local Palletforce collections and delivery vehicles to now be fuelled by hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) supplied by Certas Energy.
The family-owned company is expected to reduce its annual carbon emissions by more than 150 tonnes (150,000 kilograms) as a result of this change.
Chamberlain Transport plans to use the first six months of this partnership to trial HVO before considering a wider expansion to its fleet of 40 vehicles.
According to Chamberlain Transport’s managing director, Simon Chamberlain, this was a ‘straightforward decision’, designed to ‘shift the dial’ for other UK hauliers who are considering ways to decarbonise their fleets.
Domestic transport continues to be the UK’s largest emitting sector, responsible for 28% of total greenhouse gas emissions in 2022, and proved to be an outlier compared to other sectors, rising by 1.6% that year.
Darren Holloway, commercial director for energy solutions at Certas Energy, said: “Chamberlain Transport is one of a growing number of hauliers turning to HVO in order to help meet short- and medium-term decarbonisation targets while transitioning to electric vehicles.
“This partnership demonstrates how seamless the transition can be from fossil diesel to renewable fuels, resulting in immediate carbon reduction benefits.
“We are pleased to see that the transport sector is increasingly choosing HVO as the necessary bridging solution for its journey to net-zero.”
Simon Chamberlain, managing director at Chamberlain Transport, said: “We must start somewhere, so what better place than in your own back yard? By targeting the areas our trucks visit regularly, where we live, work and go to school, we can make our surroundings the cleanest possible for the people that matter most.”