• DVSA: compliance with Driver CPC rules ‘near total’

    Published On: Tuesday 29 September 2015

    The vast majority of truck and bus drivers have complied with Driver CPC regulations and undertaken 35 hours of approved training or passed the necessary test modules when acquiring their [...]

  • Cycle advanced stop lines in the safety spotlight

    Published On: Sunday 27 September 2015

    In a bid to raise awareness among cyclists about sharing urban road space with heavy vehicles, one London borough is telling them to keep out of the very areas around [...]

  • Poll highlights TMs’ struggle with driver recruitment

    Published On: Thursday 24 September 2015

    A recent poll conducted for the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has highlighted the impact that the driver shortfall is having on transport managers. In the poll of 265 operator licence-nominated [...]

  • Report studies emissions impact of refrigerated transport

    Published On: Monday 21 September 2015

    Diesel transport refrigeration units transporting perishable goods can emit up to 29 times as much particulate matter and six times as much nitrogen oxides (NOx) as a Euro 6 truck [...]

  • Iveco launches new Eurocargo medium-weight truck

    Published On: Sunday 20 September 2015

    With the launch of its new Eurocargo medium-weight truck, Iveco has thrown down two challenges. One is to DAF, which dominates not only the UK truck market but more particularly [...]

  • RHA campaign to spread love for lorries

    Published On: Wednesday 16 September 2015

    The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has announced plans to stage a ‘National Lorry Week’ from 26-31 October, which it says has been developed: “to demonstrate to the public and politicians [...]

  • Ford project could make DME fuels mainstream

    Published On: Tuesday 15 September 2015

    Ford of Europe is heading a €3.5 million research project into the use of alternative fuels for road vehicles, concentrating on dimethyl ether (DME) and oxymethylene ether (OME1). Volvo Group [...]

  • Driverless trucks ‘could save industry nearly £34bn’

    Published On: Tuesday 8 September 2015

    A new report published by financial services provider Axa UK has suggested that a shift to automated or ‘driverless’ haulage and logistics vehicles could yield nearly £33.6 billion in savings [...]

  • 50% say EU exit ‘would damage UK haulage’

    Published On: Friday 4 September 2015

    Half of respondents in a survey of more than 800 decision-makers in the UK road transport industry think that leaving the European Union would negatively impact the British haulage sector, [...]