• Industry heavyweights return to CV Show

    Published On: Sunday 19 February 2017

    Three of the major truck manufacturers will be represented at this year’s Commercial Vehicle Show, which takes place from 25-27 April at the NEC Birmingham. The annual event, which will [...]

  • Speakers line up for Microlise Conference

    Published On: Wednesday 15 February 2017

    Delegates to the 2017 Microlise Transport Conference will see presentations from two of the most powerful people in British transport law enforcement: Gordon Macdonald, head of enforcement policy at the [...]

  • Euro 6 trucks far greener on NOx than diesel cars

    Published On: Tuesday 31 January 2017

    The organisation that revealed the Volkswagen ‘emissionsgate’ scandal has given the Euro 6 heavy-duty diesel engines fitted to trucks and buses a clean bill of health as far as nitrogen [...]

  • Hauliers gear up for hard Brexit

    Published On: Sunday 29 January 2017

    Preparation is underway by road transport groups for the potential impact of a so-called ‘hard Brexit’ approach to Britain’s departure from the European Union. The prime minister Theresa May recently [...]

  • London mayor takes next steps towards dangerous lorry ban

    Published On: Wednesday 25 January 2017

    Transport for London (TfL) has announced a new consultation on its forthcoming Direct Vision Standard (DVS) system, which will see some vehicles banned from the capital based on a ‘star [...]

  • ATF update: renewed calls for third-party examiners

    Published On: Thursday 19 January 2017

    Steve Banner casts an eye over the latest happenings in the authorised testing facility (ATF) network There is no denying that Boleyn Recovery & Fleet Services has benefited from being [...]

  • 3D component printing comes to the truck industry

    Published On: Friday 13 January 2017

    Replacement parts for trucks produced by 3D printing to order at a local dealership are now a reality for operators of older Mercedes-Benz models. Replacement plastic components such as covers, [...]

  • Renault launches retrofit anti-rollaway parking brake

    Published On: Wednesday 11 January 2017

    A system designed to prevent drivers leaving the cab of their truck without applying the parking brake has been introduced by Renault Trucks UK. Dubbed Anti-Runaway Automated Park Brake (Anti-RAPB), [...]

  • TCs get new guidelines on repute and cabotage

    Published On: Friday 6 January 2017

    Revised guidelines have been issued for traffic commissioners (TCs) examining cases of transport managers’ repute and authorisation, and cabotage by international hauliers visiting the United Kingdom, in the light of [...]