In-cab rest clampdown ‘won’t target truck stops and services’
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has obtained an important clarification from the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) regarding the recent tightening of weekly rest enforcement policy – which appears […]
TC vows to put non-compliant fleets out of business
Kevin Rooney, the new traffic commissioner (TC) for the West of England (pictured, right), gave attendees at the FTA’s transport manager’s conference in Somerset an insight into the workings of […]
Iveco outlines alternative fuel offerings
Iveco consultant Peter Symons mounted a spirited defence of diesel as a heavy-vehicle fuel before discussing alternatives at the FTA transport manager’s conference in Sparkford, Somerset. “Is diesel dead?” He […]
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Big fleets ‘in firing line’ on emissions control sabotage
Operators caught knowingly running vehicles with damaged, missing or sabotaged emissions-control systems will face action against their O-licences, the DVSA has warned. Speaking at the FTA’s transport managers’ conference in […]
Making allowances
Nigel Morris, tax director at MHA MacIntyre Hudson, offers advice to help HGV operators cope with recent overnight allowance changes Under a 26-year-long agreement between the Road Haulage Association (RHA) […]
Tougher fines on the way for drivers’ hours breaches
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 wider-ranging fine-issuing […]
TfL reveals first star ratings for Euro 6 trucks
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 be allowed […]
Driver shortage ‘likely to worsen’
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 FTA’s transport […]
Trade bodies slam EU worker plans
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 immediately after […]
