Gregory Distribution is extending the use of Bio-LNG (liquefied natural gas) into its milk transhipment operation, with the arrival this week of 12 new Volvo FM Globetrotter LNG 6×2 tractor [...]
The first intensive short courses are now underway in a government-funded scheme to help up to 11,000 people take up careers as HGV drivers. Funded by the Department for Education [...]
Recruitment specialist Driver Require has provided further insight into the UK’s HGV driver shortage following analysis of figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), suggesting that almost 30,000 drivers [...]
Logistics platform warns of road freight price rise
Published On: Monday 6 December 2021
While road freight price-per-mile levels stabilised in October and November, a December spike could impact both retail and consumer choice this Christmas, according to Lyall Cresswell, CEO of online logistics [...]
Transport trade groups have called for key caveats and derogations from the government’s recent commitment to the phasing out of non-zero-emission HGVs, which they say will be vital to the [...]
New measures set to be introduced by the government will make prosecutions against drivers using handheld mobile phones at the wheel easier. While texting or making a phone call (other [...]
Changes to procedures for driving tests and licences for HGV and bus drivers in Great Britain are now in effect, as part of the government’s plan to combat the driver [...]
DfT relaxes cabotage rules despite industry opposition
Published On: Wednesday 17 November 2021
The Department for Transport (DfT) pressed ahead with plans for a temporary relaxation of cabotage rules for non-UK hauliers late last month, despite 72 per cent of respondents to its recent [...]
Road Haulage Association members and key trade bodies have written to the prime minister Boris Johnson calling for urgent action to prevent supply chain chaos in the run-up to the [...]
