• Global driver shortfall ‘could double by 2028’

    Published On: Wednesday 22 November 2023

    The global shortage of truck drivers is set to double by 2028, according to a new report by the international union for road transport, IRU. The report found that over […]

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  • Government unveils £8bn road repair boost

    Published On: Wednesday 22 November 2023

    Funding redirected following the cancellation of the HS2 rail project’s northern leg will be ploughed into resurfacing more than 5,000 miles of road across England, the Department for Transport has […]

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  • RHA welcomes longer trailer deadline reprieve

    Published On: Friday 10 November 2023

    The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has announced that the deadline by which fleet operators that have been participating in the longer semi-trailer (LST) trial must switch to the new, post-trial […]

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  • Call for emissions-linked fuel rebate

    Published On: Monday 6 November 2023

    The Road Haulage Association (RHA) last month urged the gov­ernment to incentivise hauliers and coach operators to shift to low-carbon fuels like hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) through the in­troduction of […]

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  • TC queries Transport Manager CPC syllabus

    Published On: Friday 3 November 2023

    West of England traffic com­missioner (TC) Kevin Rooney has questioned the relevance of the current Certificate of Professional Competence syl­labus to the core of the trans­port manager’s role: ensuring safety […]

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  • Sales open for MAN eTruck

    Published On: Wednesday 1 November 2023

    MAN Truck & Bus has opened sales for its first heavy-duty electric truck, in the form of the MAN eTGX for long-distance transport and the MAN eTGS for distribution. The […]

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  • Safe systems standardised on DAF trucks

    Published On: Tuesday 31 October 2023

    Driver aids and safety systems, many of which were already offered on the recently-an­nounced XB range of distribu­tion trucks are to be standardised on all models of DAF New Genera­tion […]

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  • Logistics UK tackles maintenance best practice

    Published On: Monday 30 October 2023

    Some concise and wise words on compliance were provided by Chris Yarsley, senior policy manager at Logistics UK (pictured, right), at the organisation’s Transport Manager conference. He reported that pass […]

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  • Mercedes-Benz reveals production eActros tractor

    Published On: Friday 27 October 2023

    Details of the production ver­sion of Mercedes’s 44-tonne long-haul eActros 600 have been revealed. It has a claimed range of 500 km before recharging, en­abling it to cover around 1,000 […]

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