• Refurbs at Renault

    Published On: Wednesday 6 February 2019

    Steve Banner paid a visit to the manufacturer’s Used Trucks factory in Bourg-en-Bresse, France Not content with producing new vehicles, Renault Trucks has started manufacturing used ones, too. It is [...]

  • Masternaut offers telematics tips to tackle driver shortfall

    Published On: Tuesday 5 February 2019

    With Brexit looming and its potential impact on already challenging driver shortages, vehicle tracking specialist Masternaut has issued advice for operators to help them motivate, retain and grow their driver [...]

  • VDD helps GB Cullet deal with defects more easily

    Published On: Tuesday 5 February 2019

    Glass recycling specialist GB Cullet has traded paper vehicle defect reports for VDD Solutions, a daily defect app for fleet management. With a small fleet of vehicles, Barnsley-based GB Cullet [...]

  • Weighing up the options with VPG Onboard Weighing

    Published On: Tuesday 5 February 2019

    VPG Onboard Weighing – a specialist in the design, manufacture and sale of on-board weighing systems, including vans, light commercial vehicles and heavy trucks – has outlined some of the [...]

  • DVSA rolls out tougher approach to old tyres

    Published On: Tuesday 5 February 2019

    The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has said its enforcement teams may now pursue follow-up investigations of HGV, trailer and PSV operators found to be using tyres that are [...]

  • Lorry park ‘farce’ and ‘recruitment roulette’ as Brexit circus rolls on

    Published On: Monday 28 January 2019

    The scale of the operational impact of Brexit on the road transport industry remained as uncertain as ever as Transport Operator went to press in late January, following an historic [...]

  • Last call for views on London Direct Vision

    Published On: Friday 25 January 2019

    Transport for London (TfL) is giving truck operators, drivers and the public a last chance to offer an opinion on its Direct Vision Standard for trucks operating in the capital, [...]

  • Localism drives further urban restrictions

    Published On: Thursday 24 January 2019

    FTA policy manager Chris Yarsley warned delegates at the FTA Transport Manager Conference of an increasing number of environmental restrictions soon to be imposed on transport operators by local authorities, [...]

  • Southampton abandons clean air charge for trucks

    Published On: Monday 14 January 2019

    Operators sending trucks into Southampton docks no longer face the prospect of clean air zone (CAZ) charging, after the city council reportedly dropped plans to introduce a charge of £100 [...]