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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
‘Set financial standing levels in pounds, not euros’
Published On: Tuesday 3 October 2017
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has called for the UK to set its own transport operator financial standing requirements in pounds sterling after Brexit is formalised in 2019 – or [...]
Volkswagen subsidiary Scania has vowed to appeal against a decision by the European Commission (EC) to fine it more than €880 million, after finding that the manufacturer broke EU price-fixing [...]
Shell Rimula has introduced two new products to strengthen its heavy-duty diesel engine oil portfolio, in line with the new American Petroleum Institute (API) CK-4 engine oil specification. Newly reformulated [...]
‘Undetectable’ tacho cheating by foreign operators
Published On: Monday 25 September 2017
The DVSA has recorded a 21 per cent increase in the detection of tachograph cheating offences from April 2016 to March 2017 compared to the previous year, with the vast [...]
DAF has revamped its British-built LF light/medium-weight truck with a new 3.8-litre engine which is says is ideal for light urban distribution applications. Trucks fitted with the new PX-4 engine [...]
Volvo Trucks is set to launch a concept heavy-duty long-haul hybrid truck along with production gas-powered engines before the end of the year, as it seeks alternatives to diesel for [...]
