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‘Don’t let diesel be branded the new asbestos’
June 11, 2017 · No comments

Mounting concern about the threat to health posed by diesel exhaust fumes could see clean and efficient Euro 6 heavy-duty diesels being banned from many cities because of...

Driver CPC bottleneck looms in 2019
June 10, 2017 · No comments

Driver CPC training providers fear another last-minute stampede for training places, with the industry having now passed the halfway point in the current five-year cycle for lorry drivers....

Opinion: keep an eye on driver surveillance
June 9, 2017 · 1 comment

Researcher and supply chain risk expert David Hogarth, formerly an international truck driver, argues that the increasing surveillance of drivers by their employers will play a growing role...

Scania refreshes engine ranges as latest trucks roll out
June 8, 2017 · No comments

VW Group subsidiary Scania has further distanced itself from exhaust gas recirculation as a means of controlling diesel emissions with the launch of new ratings for its modular...

Truck market makes stable start to year
June 1, 2017 · No comments

The truck market began the year in stable form, with an increase of 0.4 per cent over the first quarter of 2016 to record the registration of 10,406...

Truck makers ‘still waiting for direct vision guidance’
May 30, 2017 · No comments

The prospect of more devolved British cities effectively imposing their own versions of the Construction & Use Regulations on truck operators alarmed senior truck manufacturer representatives at the...

Telematics data ‘may put operators in breach of GDPR’
May 25, 2017 · No comments

Transport operators need to be aware of all the implications of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into force in May of next year, Paul Currie,...

Experts outline driver fatigue safety risks
May 25, 2017 · No comments

Operators should think very carefully about the health and safety implications before acquiescing to pressure to switch to night-time deliveries, according to Richard Brewer, the lead technical executive...

Volvo dumps manual gearboxes for I-Shift
May 22, 2017 · No comments

Volvo Trucks will no longer offer manual gearboxes as an option on heavy trucks, as its I-Shift automated transmission has become almost universally accepted. The company said that...