• FTA calls for ‘green truck fund’ and London air quality incentives

    Published On: Saturday 1 August 2015

    The Freight Transport Association has called on the government to launch a ‘green truck fund’, which it claims would help fleet operators to adopt alternative fuels and low carbon technologies, [...]

  • BMW and Scherm launch max-weight electric truck

    Published On: Thursday 30 July 2015

    What is thought to be the first road-going, all-electric maximum-weight heavy truck in Europe has gone into service with German logistics company Scherm Group on a contract with BMW in [...]

  • Gas power combines with longer trailers to save carbon and cash

    Published On: Wednesday 29 July 2015

    Iveco has joined forces with pan-European logistics company SMET to trial an 18-metre articulated combination powered by liquid natural gas. The combination is 1.5 metres over the maximum length of [...]

  • Hauliers’ clamour grows for Dover/Calais solutions

    Published On: Thursday 23 July 2015

    Bosses of the UK’s transport sector trade associations have provided stark evidence to MPs about the impact on hauliers of the worsening migrant situation at the Port of Calais – [...]

  • Transport industry reacts to summer Budget statement

    Published On: Sunday 19 July 2015

    Transport trade groups and operators have responded to the various measures impacting on the industry within chancellor George Osborne’s first Budget statement of the new parliament, which was published on [...]

  • FTA concern at city truck ban suggestion

    Published On: Saturday 18 July 2015

    The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has said that peak-hour bans on trucks in cities is not “the right way forward on vulnerable road user safety”, after media reports suggested that [...]

  • Government rejects driver apprenticeship proposal

    Published On: Friday 17 July 2015

    The skills minister Nick Boles has rejected a ‘trailblazer’ bid mounted by industry bodies which would have provided apprenticeship funding and support for large goods vehicle (LGV) drivers. Trade associations [...]

  • Senior TC launches driver regulation consultation

    Published On: Wednesday 15 July 2015

    Beverley Bell, the senior traffic commissioner (STC) for Great Britain, has announced the launch of a new consultation on the regulation of professional lorry, bus and coach drivers. The consultation, [...]

  • DVLA extends licence check window

    Published On: Monday 13 July 2015

    The Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has extended the validity of codes generated by its online driving licence information sharing system to 21 days, following complaints from industry that [...]