Operators in Staffordshire were recently subject to a week of enforcement action by the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency. Curtain-sided lorries were the target of the operation, which saw 37 [...]

The Road Haulage Association has warned that the cost of operating a 44-tonne artic and trailer has increased by 19 per cent, as evidenced by findings from its annual Haulage [...]

A cross-party committee of MPs heard last month from witnesses on the challenges of autonomous vehicle rollout, as part of its inquiry into the development and deployment of the technology. [...]

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced investment of up to £100 million from industry and government in improved roadside facilities and rest areas around England’s strategic road network. Truck-stop [...]

The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has told Transport Operator that its current trial of remote tachograph sensing equipment (RTSE) at the roadside is set to continue to April [...]

ACEA, the European automobile manufacturers’ association – whose members include the major continental commercial vehicle producers – has aired “serious concerns” about newly published European Commission (EC) proposals for a [...]

Top truck industry executives used the recent IAA Transportation show to lay out their routes to carbon-free road freight transport. It is clear that, while there is some consensus on [...]

The government has responded to a range of recommendations made in June by the House of Commons transport select committee in its report on the road freight supply chain – [...]

Fuel cells which turn hydrogen gas into electricity and water are being adopted by many truck manufacturers as an alternative to battery-electrics in some applications. Their advantages are lower weight, [...]