Trade associations representing the road transport industry have offered their perspectives on pre-election manifesto pledges from the Labour and Conservative parties, as well as those of the Liberal Democrats. According [...]

As the quinquennial spike in demand for Driv­er CPC training for lorry drivers begins to ramp up, the Department for Transport (DfT) has laid its proposed reforms to the qualification [...]

Transport trade associations have responded to the decision by prime minister Rishi Sunak to call a gen­eral election for 4 July by outlining their key priorities for the industry. “Now [...]

With the deadline for changes to Transport for London’s Direct Vision Standard (DVS) regulations rapidly approaching, compliance specialist Convey Technology last week hosted a special webinar to outline some of [...]

The Road Haulage Association (RHA) last month reiterated calls for Transport for London (TfL) to extend the grace period for com­pliance with more stringent Direct Vision Standard (DVS) rules set [...]

A shortage of drivers is prevent­ing more than half of European truck operators from expanding their business, according to a report from trade body the Inter­national Road Transport Union (IRU). [...]

Traton subsidiary MAN has expanded its e-truck offering from three basic models to over a million different possible specifications. The new chassis versions of the eTGX and eTGS can be highly [...]

A cross-charter agreement between P&O Ferries and Irish Ferries will enable truck operators to travel on the next available sailing by either operator, irrespective of which company the crossing was [...]

Switching to electric trucks could increase transport costs by up to 114 per cent according to research under­taken in the USA by fleet giant Ryder System. Faced with increased pres­sure [...]