BIFA, the British International Freight Association, has cautioned that it is far too early to draw any conclusions over the impact of Brexit on the international transport sector. “To be [...]
Kent County Council is consulting on recently introduced restrictions that forbid trucks from waiting or using laybys on many of its roads, ahead of plans to review the scheme to [...]
Statistics released by industry trade body the Gas Vehicle Network (GVN) have shown a 78 per cent increase in sales of gas as a transport fuel during 2020. Isaac Occhipinti, [...]
Parcel carrier Tuffnells has commissioned a new ‘mini-wedge’ trailer design from Don- Bur to improve utilisation of its tractor fleet, while gaining improved accessibility for deliveries and increased payload over [...]
Heavier vehicles operating in Greater London from 1 March will need to comply with Transport for London’s (TfL) Direct Vision Standard (DVS) requirements or face significant charges, trade associations and [...]
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has reminded fleet operators that tyres aged over 10 years are now banned on the front steered axles of lorries, buses and coaches, [...]
With all-electric CF distribution trucks already in service in tractor and 6×2 rigid form, Paccar subsidiary DAF has now extended its battery-electric range down to the LF urban delivery sector. [...]
Figures suggest major upsurge in agency driver use
Published On: Tuesday 9 February 2021
Statistics released by road transport software provider Aquarius IT have indicated a marked increase in the number of agency drivers used by the firm’s UK customers during the Covid-19 pandemic [...]
An unusual refrigerated curtain-side truck has joined the own-account fleet of Timothy Taylor’s brewery of Keighley, Yorkshire. The brewery uses temperature-controlled transport to ensure its cask beers are maintained as [...]
