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 [...]
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, [...]
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 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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]