• RHA launches Calais hotline as migrant crisis deepens

    Published On: Tuesday 24 November 2015

    The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has announced the launch of a new Calais incident reporting line, which it says will allow hauliers and drivers affected by incidents of intimidation or [...]

  • DfT considers private testers for ATFs

    Published On: Monday 16 November 2015

    The Department for Transport (DfT) is inviting comment from operators on the future strategy for its motoring service agencies, in a wide range of areas relevant to the commercial vehicle [...]

  • DVSA updates vehicle defects guidance

    Published On: Thursday 12 November 2015

    The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced updates to its ‘Categorisation of defects guide’, which it says can help aid operators in ensuring compliance with roadworthiness standards. The [...]

  • Truck manufacturers lobby for ban on SCR cheat devices

    Published On: Tuesday 10 November 2015

    Four years after Transport Operator first raised the issue, truck manufacturers are now lobbying the Department for Transport to get selective catalytic reduction (SCR) bypass devices, which dupe vehicles’ on-board [...]

  • Commissioner slams useless, ‘old school’ transport managers

    Published On: Sunday 8 November 2015

    The traffic commissioner for London and the South East has criticised a lack of knowledge and professionalism among transport managers called by him to public inquiry (PI) after their companies [...]

  • How DVSA will operate remote enforcement

    Published On: Friday 6 November 2015

    Delegates attending the Freight Transport Association’s Transport Manager Conference in Chepstow, south Wales –  one of 12 such events that the FTA hosts at locations through Great Britain each year [...]

  • RHA highlights impact of employment tax fraud

    Published On: Thursday 5 November 2015

    The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has warned that fraud involving the tax status of lorry drivers is becoming a serious concern for the industry, with drivers increasingly paid as if [...]

  • RHA in plea for £150m fund to train new truck drivers

    Published On: Thursday 5 November 2015

    A House of Commons reception attended by Transport Operator was hosted by the Road Haulage Association (RHA) last month, to plead for £150 million to be given direct to hauliers [...]

  • TC: get compliant or get out of industry

    Published On: Wednesday 4 November 2015

    Operators and drivers who fall foul of DVSA are likely to have to give an account of themselves to their area’s traffic commissioner (TC), and some valuable insight into the [...]