Online retail giant Amazon has ordered over 200 battery-electric trucks: choosing the Mercedes- Benz eActros 600. This is the largest order for electric trucks in the history of both Mercedes-Benz [...]
Birmingham City Council is replacing an owned fleet of worn-out vehicles and hired-in trucks with 151 new Dennis Eagle refuse collection vehicles. The new trucks will begin arriving in March [...]
RHA calls for reform of rules on ‘clandestine entrants’
Published On: Wednesday 8 January 2025
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has urged the government to introduce reforms to the penalty scheme applied when so-called clandestine entrants are found on vehicles coming into the UK, which [...]
The Department for Transport (DfT) has opened a consultation into proposals that would reduce the regulatory burden on operators of zero-emission vans in terms of drivers hours’ rules and roadworthiness [...]
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has urged the government to boost road capacity as a means of growing the economy, warning that a reliance on merely repairing existing routes will [...]
Trade groups: put logistics at heart of devolution plans
Published On: Tuesday 17 December 2024
Key industry trade associations have responded to a new white paper published by the government yesterday, which sets out its planned direction for devolution across England. The white paper proposes [...]
Members of parliament held an in-depth discussion on the subject of freight crime in a Westminster Hall debate last week, with a focus on reducing the financial and personal burdens [...]
The Office of the Traffic Commissioner (OTC) has announced that all alterations to transport managers on operator licences, and applications to surrender licences, will need to be performed digitally from [...]
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has updated its guidance for goods vehicle operators in England, Wales and Scotland on how to ensure cargo is secured and unloaded safely. [...]
