• DVSA rolls out emissions enforcement nationwide

    Published On: Thursday 20 September 2018

    The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has ramped up its efforts to curb the use by truck operators of emissions cheat devices, with a nationwide rollout of raodside checks. [...]

  • Transport sector blasts ‘ignorant’ post-Brexit migration proposals

    Published On: Wednesday 19 September 2018

    The Freight Transport Association (FTA) and Road Haulage Association (RHA) have both condemned a report from the government’s Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), which has called for restrictions for lower-skilled European [...]

  • Get on board with on-vehicle power

    Published On: Tuesday 4 September 2018

    When a vehicle breaks downs due to tyre problems, it is a tyre repair company’s job to get the customer back on the road as quickly as possible. So, instead [...]

  • MAN and Scania parent group gets market-ready with Traton rebrand

    Published On: Saturday 1 September 2018

    Volkswagen Group has announced that its commercial vehicle subsidiary, Volkswagen Truck & Bus – which comprises the Scania and MAN truck brands, as well as South American operation Volkswagen Caminhões [...]

  • Planners must consider truck parking in industrial areas

    Published On: Wednesday 29 August 2018

    Planners should consider truck parking facilities before approving planning applications for industrial sites, the government has said. New guidelines included in the latest updated National Planning Policy Framework by the [...]

  • FTA airs concern over London borough ‘HGV ban’

    Published On: Thursday 23 August 2018

    A so-called ultra-low emission vehicle (UVEV) zone introduced by the London Borough of Hackney on 3 September amounts to an effective ban on trucks, according to the Freight Transport Association. [...]

  • AdBlue abuses highlighted in TCs’ report

    Published On: Sunday 19 August 2018

    The traffic commissioners’ (TCs) annual report to the transport secretary for 2017-18 has highlighted the use of illegal AdBlue emulators as a “fashionable” issue that had drawn particular attention from [...]

  • Cummins unveils new turbo and emissions technology

    Published On: Friday 17 August 2018

    Transport Operator paid a visit in August to the UK headquarters of Cummins Turbo Technologies in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, to catch a first glimpse of key new turbo and emissions [...]

  • Nottingham drops proposed clean air zone

    Published On: Friday 10 August 2018

    Plans for a clean air zone in Nottingham have been abandoned, as the city’s air quality is being sufficiently improved by existing measures to meet the required standard by 2020. [...]