The European Commission has proposed a package of road safety reforms that would apply across the European Union if adopted. These would include mandatory load security checks whenever freight vehicles [...]

Transport trade associations have offered a qualified welcome to this month’s announcement of a new agreement between the UK and the European Union, including on sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) checks [...]

Investment in road infrastructure will be critical to the government’s aim to build 1.5 million new homes over the next five years, according to the Road Haulage Association (RHA). The [...]

Mercedes-Benz Trucks has announced that it will expand its portfolio of battery electric trucks with further variants based on its flagship long-haul eActros 600. New models will be available to [...]

The ZENFreight consortium, part of the UK government’s Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator (ZEHID) programme, has expanded its ranks with the addition of John G Russell (Transport) Ltd, which [...]

Restrictions on the number of days British commercial driv­ers can spend within Europe’s Schengen Area are now threat­ening the future of the UK’s international haulage industry, industry representatives have warned. [...]

A new national rating scheme for commercial ve­hicle maintenance providers, the result of a major cross-sector collaboration between industry and gov­ernment, was launched at the Commercial Vehicle Show last month. [...]

It’s not a question of ‘if’, but ‘when, and how bad?’, was the warning about the dangers of cyberattack which came from a roundtable discussion at the recent Microlise Transport [...]

Logistics UK has launched a new service which will provide its members with access to accurate CO2 emissions data. The service, which the organisation has announced will be available to [...]