The Freight Transport Association has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to go further than freezing fuel duty, by announcing a 3p per litre cut in the upcoming Budget [...]
Ro-ro freight traffic on the Dover Straits grew rapidly last year, with both Dover and Calais ferry ports reporting double-digit percentage growth over 2012. Dover has recorded its best full-year’s [...]
As part of its campaign to improve safety for cyclists in the capital, the Metropolitan Police has taken delivery of a new MAN TGX 26.480 6×2 tractor, which will form [...]
Remote enforcement office trial ‘makes good progress’
Published On: Tuesday 18 February 2014
There has been a positive response to the Remote Enforcement Office trial in the Western Traffic Area, according to VOSA successor organisation the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). Remote [...]
The Department for Transport is to target foreign trucks for non-payment of the Lorry Road User Charge using live automatic number plate recognition technology when the toll is introduced on [...]
A recent evidence session of the House of Commons transport select committee saw MPs question the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) on a high rate of vehicle non-compliance in the [...]
Traffic commissioner: some operators ‘no idea’ how to use tachos
Published On: Friday 14 February 2014
Nick Denton, the traffic commissioner for London and the South East, has raised concerns about some restricted licence-holders’ neglect of their legal duties when it comes to digital tachographs. The [...]
The British and Irish governments have announced the introduction of a new marker for rebated fuels, including off-road ‘red diesel’, as part of a bid to clamp down on illegal [...]
A strong performance in the UK helped DAF Trucks strengthen its position in the European truck market last year (Transport Operator 33). In the heavy truck segment (16+ tonnes), a [...]
