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Tougher fines on the way for drivers’ hours breaches
October 20, 2017 · No comments

The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has vowed to ramp up its enforcement effort against truck, bus and coach drivers caught breaking drivers’ hours rules, thanks to...

TfL reveals first star ratings for Euro 6 trucks
October 17, 2017 · No comments

Transport for London (TfL) has published the first of the ‘star ratings’ for its HGV Direct Vision Standard (DVS), which it will use to decide which trucks will...

Driver shortage ‘likely to worsen’
October 16, 2017 · 3 comments

The transport industry is failing to retain the relatively small number of young people that it recruits to truck-driving, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has admitted. Addressing the...

Trade bodies slam EU worker plans
October 5, 2017 · No comments

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has critcised proposals set out in a document leaked from the Home Office last month, suggesting that free movement of labour would end...

‘Set financial standing levels in pounds, not euros’
October 3, 2017 · No comments

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has called for the UK to set its own transport operator financial standing requirements in pounds sterling after Brexit is formalised in 2019...

Scania to appeal EC ‘cartel’ fine
September 29, 2017 · No comments

Volkswagen subsidiary Scania has vowed to appeal against a decision by the European Commission (EC) to fine it more than €880 million, after finding that the manufacturer broke...

‘Undetectable’ tacho cheating by foreign operators
September 25, 2017 · No comments

The DVSA has recorded a 21 per cent increase in the detection of tachograph cheating offences from April 2016 to March 2017 compared to the previous year, with...

Light refreshment for DAF LF
September 20, 2017 · No comments

DAF has revamped its British-built LF light/medium-weight truck with a new 3.8-litre engine which is says is ideal for light urban distribution applications. Trucks fitted with the new...

Volvo to launch hybrid and gas long-haul trucks
September 18, 2017 · No comments

Volvo Trucks is set to launch a concept heavy-duty long-haul hybrid truck along with production gas-powered engines before the end of the year, as it seeks alternatives to...