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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Freight Transport Association has responded to a call by the London Assembly for a rush-hour lorry ban in the capital on safety grounds, subject to an impact assessment. Christopher [...]
The first ever National Lorry Week has been a huge success, according to its organiser the Road Haulage Association (RHA) – which has confirmed it plans an even bigger event [...]
