Scania has launched a new 11-litre truck engine to fill the gap in its range between the nine-litre, five-cylinder unit that tops out at 360 hp and the six-cylinder Super [...]
Aberdeen is among several cities in the UK whose hydrogen buses are reportedly being underutilised, in this instance due to difficulties acquiring the fuel. It was recently reported that the [...]
eFreight 2030, one of the consortia that make up the UK government’s Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator Programme (ZEHID), has announced that family-run IJ McGill Transport is its latest [...]
Roads minister: logistics is an ‘unstoppable force for economic growth’
Published On: Thursday 5 June 2025
The roads minister Lilian Greenwood has said the UK logistics sector is at the heart of the government’s plan for change, and an “unstoppable force for economic growth”, as part [...]
Employers could be prosecuted for failing to protect drivers, campaign warns
Published On: Wednesday 4 June 2025
Employers that do not provide adequate training to staff who drive for work could face prosecution, a new national road safety campaign has warned. The Driving Down Inequality campaign, led [...]
The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) has released new guidance, developed in collaboration with the road transport sector, to help individual police forces across the UK deal appropriately with the [...]
The European Commission has proposed a package of road safety reforms that would apply across the European Union if adopted. These would include mandatory load security checks whenever freight vehicles [...]
Transport trade associations have offered a qualified welcome to this month’s announcement of a new agreement between the UK and the European Union, including on sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) checks [...]
RHA: roads investment crucial to meet housebuilding targets
Published On: Tuesday 27 May 2025
Investment in road infrastructure will be critical to the government’s aim to build 1.5 million new homes over the next five years, according to the Road Haulage Association (RHA). The [...]