Following earlier suggestions that fuel duty was likely to rise as part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Budget announcement last month, trade groups welcomed George Osborne’s decision to in [...]
Government consults on driver fines as stowaway incidents persist
Published On: Saturday 26 March 2016
On one day last month in Kent, 52 suspected migrants of Middle East/North African origin were found in two trucks which had passed through UK security on the short-channel crossing. [...]
A panel of MPs heard oral evidence from a series of witnesses last month on proposals to build a new 3,600-capacity lorry park in Kent as an alternative to Operation [...]
A recent debate between MPs in Westminster Hall focused on the topic of the use of satellite navigation systems by HGV drivers – resulting in lorries taking inappropriate routes leading [...]
Volvo Group has announced new gearbox options for its Volvo FH and FMX ranges, and performance-enhancing tweaks to its Renault Range T heavy trucks. Crawler gears are now available in [...]
Little appears to have changed in the DVSA’s latest updated advice on EU drivers’ hours regulations (Transport Operator 52), and what changes there are have been driven by shifting interpretation [...]
A haulage and motor fleet insurance specialist has urged fleet managers to take a keener interest in their insurance renewals as a result of what it calls “worrying cases of [...]
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has announced the launch of a new 44-tonne category in its Truck Driver of the Year 2016 competition, in association with Mercedes-Benz Trucks. The competition, [...]
Transport Operator has received an overwhelming response from readers to our lead story last month – in which we reported on statistics gathered by logistics consultant Kirsten Tisdale, suggesting that [...]
