• Solving the logistics skills shortage

    Published On: Friday 23 September 2016

    Jacqueline O’Donovan, managing director of O’Donovan Waste Disposal, offers her take on how industry should seek to inspire the next generation In July, a report from the House of Commons [...]

  • Driving the new Scanias

    Published On: Wednesday 14 September 2016

    Transport Operator’s Richard Simpson gets behind the wheel of Scania’s new cab launches After Scania launched what it described as its most important new trucks ever, a select group of [...]

  • Scania goes flat-floor with ‘most important trucks ever’

    Published On: Wednesday 31 August 2016

    Scania has launched its first all-new truck cabs in a more than a decade, and announced a renewed commitment to sustainable transport and renewable fuels. The S-series, with a flat [...]

  • RHA to seek compensation from ‘cartel’ truck makers

    Published On: Wednesday 31 August 2016

    Having sought legal advice regarding the recent price-fixing findings by the European Commission (EC) involving several of Europe’s major truck producers, the Road Haulage Association (RHA) has said it will [...]

  • MPs report on driver shortage

    Published On: Tuesday 30 August 2016

    The House of Commons transport committee has published its report on skills and workforce planning in the road haulage sector, which includes recommendations on how the current driver shortage should [...]

  • 4 in 5 women ‘would drive a lorry’

    Published On: Monday 29 August 2016

    More than 79 per cent of women surveyed would be keen to get behind the wheel of a truck, according to figures unveiled by the Freight Transport Association (FTA) last [...]

  • HGV drivers face increased Calais pressure

    Published On: Sunday 28 August 2016

    The recent Brexit vote is being used by people-smugglers to encourage migrants to attempt illegal journeys in UK-bound trucks from the Calais ferry port, according to the Road Haulage Association [...]

  • Senior TC Bell to step down in 2017 while Wales gets own TC

    Published On: Friday 19 August 2016

    Senior traffic commissioner Beverley Bell has announced she will step down from her post next year, while Nick Jones is relinquishing the West Midlands traffic commissioner (TC) role to become [...]

  • RHA welcomes driver funding support proposals

    Published On: Tuesday 16 August 2016

    The Road Haulage Association has welcomed proposals for an improved funding package for transport sector apprentices – which it says will “open up even more opportunities for smaller firms”. From [...]