Nationwide container transport specialist DRS Logistics has taken delivery of two more R440 Toplines from Scania dealer TruckEast. The vehicles bring DRS’ total of new Scania vehicles delivered this year [...]
CV equipment and accessories supplier aide automotive has announced the launch of a new product, Unstuck CV, which is designed to keep fleets moving during winter conditions. aide says Unstuck [...]
New Stoneridge site ‘meets all customers’ tacho needs’
Published On: Wednesday 13 November 2013
Tachograph manufacturer Stoneridge has launched a new aftermarket website, which it says will help make customers’ jobs easier by providing useful tachograph-related information and training support. “In an industry led [...]
Trade groups warn against 4m vehicle height restriction
Published On: Sunday 10 November 2013
A group of trade associations has warned that proposals from the European Parliament to impose a prohibition on cross-border movements of vehicles exceeding four metres in height would have an [...]
UK road transport’s leading trade associations have responded to the European Commission’s consultation on the future of Driver CPC, in order to spell out their visions for how the scheme [...]
The roadworthiness of trucks on British roads improved slightly last year, according to VOSA’s latest effectiveness report. While brake systems and components remain, worryingly, the most frequent reason for a [...]
France suspends truck ‘Ecotax’ amidst violent protests
Published On: Friday 1 November 2013
The French government has indefinitely suspended the French ‘Ecotax’ (Transport Operator, October) on heavy goods vehicles, which was due to come into force in the New Year. The planned green [...]
The Department for Transport (DfT) is currently consulting on plans to turn the Highways Agency into a government-owned company. The organisation is currently an executive agency of the DfT – [...]
Richard Denby, VOSA’s area manager for Bristol and the South West, told the FTA Transport Managers’ conference how a concerted effort by his enforcement officers got a non- UK operator [...]
