• Industry warns PM to rethink customs union exit

    Published On: Saturday 15 July 2017

    The surprise result of last month’s general election was swiftly followed by calls from the transport industry for the government to reconsider its approach to Brexit – specifically, its intention [...]

  • Industry issues in the spotlight at Talent in Logistics

    Published On: Monday 3 July 2017

    Advice and inspiration on how to tackle some of the key challenges facing the sector was offered last month at Talent in Logistics, a new annual event dedicated to training [...]

  • Mobileye driver alerting technology ‘cuts collision risk’

    Published On: Tuesday 13 June 2017

    Fewer accidents, lower fuel costs and better employee safety are some of the benefits of adding automated driver alerting technology to HGV and public sector fleets already on the road, [...]

  • ‘Don’t let diesel be branded the new asbestos’

    Published On: Sunday 11 June 2017

    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 the poor [...]

  • Driver CPC bottleneck looms in 2019

    Published On: Saturday 10 June 2017

    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. Worries that [...]

  • Opinion: keep an eye on driver surveillance

    Published On: Friday 9 June 2017

    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 in the [...]

  • Scania refreshes engine ranges as latest trucks roll out

    Published On: Thursday 8 June 2017

    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 engine family. [...]

  • Truck market makes stable start to year

    Published On: Thursday 1 June 2017

    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 new vehicles [...]

  • Truck makers ‘still waiting for direct vision guidance’

    Published On: Tuesday 30 May 2017

    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 Microlise Transport [...]