Approximately one in every five truck tyres is operating outside the correct tyre pressure window, according to a study from Continental. The tyre specialist says that the statistic, based on [...]
European automotive industry body ACEA has told the European Parliament that EU targets to reduce CO2 emissions from trucks by introducing alternative powertrain technology can only be met if the [...]
DVSA has reminded operators that from 1 January 2023, it will refuse to perform annual roadworthiness for most vehicles and trailers if presented unladen. There are limited exemptions: including tri-axle [...]
Plans announced only last month to scrap last year’s controversial IR35 off-payroll tax reforms, which require larger transport operators to assess whether drivers should be taxed as employees via PAYE, [...]
Paccar subsidiary DAF has refreshed its LF lightweight truck range with new Cummins-built engines and fully-automatic ZF PowerLine torque-convertor transmissions. Fuel savings of up to seven per cent are promised, [...]
Report: England’s on-site lorry parking capacity ‘close to full’
Published On: Tuesday 11 October 2022
A new Department for Transport-commissioned report on the state of overnight truck parking capacity in the vicinity of England’s strategic road network (SRN) has found that the situation has worsened [...]
Driver welfare plea among commissioner’s conference warnings
Published On: Saturday 8 October 2022
Opening the Autumn round of Transport Manager Conferences organised by Logistics UK, Kevin Rooney, traffic commissioner (TC) for the West of England, warned delegates at a packed event in Shepton [...]
DVSA action day finds 1 in 10 vehicles with ‘most dangerous’ issues
Published On: Wednesday 5 October 2022
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) organised a coordinated day of commercial vehicle enforcement action last month, targeting high-risk vehicles across Great Britain in partnership with National Highways and [...]
Damaged tyres are driving up annual test failure rates on trucks since the end of lockdown, Phil Lloyd, the head of Engineering at Logistics UK told delegates at the organisation’s [...]
