• FTA: industry must solve its driver crisis

    Published On: Sunday 29 March 2015

    The transport industry needs to find its own solution to the driver shortage, Freight Transport Association managing director of policy and communications James Hookham told 600 delegates at the FTA [...]

  • Trade groups react to pre-election budget

    Published On: Tuesday 24 March 2015

    The budget package unveiled by the chancellor George Osborne on 18 March has been met with a mixed response by the road transport industry. Among the measures announced that will [...]

  • New HGV speed limits in force from 6 April

    Published On: Thursday 19 March 2015

    The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has issued a reminder to operators regarding the speed limit increases for HGVs over 7.5 tonnes travelling on single and dual carriageways in [...]

  • Tyre pressure optimisation ‘could save 8% on CO2’

    Published On: Thursday 19 March 2015

    The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is searching for partners with whom to develop technology for heavy-duty vehicles that could alter tyre operating pressure to adapt to a range of surface [...]

  • UK’s first hydrogen bus refuelling station opens

    Published On: Tuesday 17 March 2015

    The city of Aberdeen is now home to the UK’s first commercial-scale hydrogen production and bus refuelling station, which was officially opened on 11 March. The station is situated at [...]

  • Road congestion at worst ‘for over 10 years’

    Published On: Monday 16 March 2015

    The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has released figures which suggest that congestion on UK roads is at its worst level for more than a decade. The rate of deterioration in [...]

  • New headlamp testing standard details revealed

    Published On: Sunday 15 March 2015

    DVSA has provided more detail on the new “simpler, more consistent” headlamp standard for vehicle testing (Transport Operator, January/February), which is being rolled out from 1 April 2015. The new [...]

  • MPs back driver training grants for UK residents

    Published On: Sunday 15 March 2015

    A survey commissioned jointly by the Road Haulage Association (RHA) and Road Transport Media found 60 per cent support among members of parliament for government grants towards the training of [...]

  • DVSA goes live with ‘more cost-effective’ ATF service

    Published On: Friday 13 March 2015

    The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has begun the formal rollout of its Next Generation Testing (NGT) programme, which it says will provide commercial vehicle operators with a more [...]