• RHA: new wall at Calais ‘not the answer’

    Published On: Friday 15 July 2016

    The Road Haulage Association has responded with disappointment to proposals for a four-metre high, one-kilometre long wall at the port of Calais, in order to address the ongoing security situation [...]

  • How Brexit could affect road transport

    Published On: Monday 4 July 2016

    The United Kingdom is now on course to negotiate its exit from the European Union. Continued EU membership was an issue that divided opinion in the road transport industry, just [...]

  • Demand for heavy rigid trucks driving market growth

    Published On: Wednesday 29 June 2016

    New truck registrations rose by almost 20 per cent in the first quarter of 2016 when compared to the same period last year, according to figures released by the Society [...]

  • Call for multimodal strategy meets mixed reception

    Published On: Saturday 25 June 2016

    The Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has called for the UK government to develop a national multimodal freight transport strategy to ease congestion, reduce pollution and boost the economy. But [...]

  • Volvo concept truck records 30% fuel saving

    Published On: Friday 24 June 2016

    Reductions in fuel consumption of over 30 per cent have been achieved by a Volvo concept truck, developed in a five-year project aimed at producing a more energy-efficient vehicle. A [...]

  • ‘Significant growth’ for 2016 CV Show

    Published On: Thursday 23 June 2016

    Commercial Vehicle Show bosses have reported that visitors to this year’s event, held as usual at the NEC Birmingham, saw another significant increase, with numbers up six per cent year-on-year. [...]

  • Funding allocated for dedicated Welsh traffic commissioner

    Published On: Wednesday 22 June 2016

    The Welsh government has set aside £210,000 to fund a separate traffic commissioner (TC) for Wales, although the UK government has yet to agree to such a post being created. [...]

  • Iveco claims double-digit fuel economy boost for New Stralis

    Published On: Monday 20 June 2016

    Iveco has revamped its Stralis heavy truck range, with modifications that it says will make the trucks the most efficient and reliable of their kind. A double-digit percentage improvement in [...]

  • Fleet operators could test their own vehicles

    Published On: Wednesday 8 June 2016

    The Department for Transport (DfT) has published its motoring services strategy, in which it outlines how its three executive motoring agencies – the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), Driver [...]