Research published last month has cast further light on the state of the perceived driver shortage, and the transport industry’s continued failure to recruit and, more importantly, retain, licensed truck [...]

Fewer than one in three candidates passed the most recent OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA) examination to obtain the transport manager (TM) certificate of professional competence (CPC) for road haulage. [...]

DVSA will continue to operate its annual tests for vehicles and trailers through the ATF network during the current lockdown. Operators have been asked to only book tests close to [...]

Network Rail has named the Watling Street bridge on the A5 in Hinckley, Leicestershire, as winner of the dubious accolade of Britain’s ‘most-bashed bridge’ – having being struck 25 times [...]

Logistics UK, formerly the Freight Transport Association, predicted last month that a failure of London and Brussels to reach a deal on the UK/EU future relationship by the end of [...]

Messe Frankfurt, the organiser of the Automechanika events aimed at the automotive aftermarket, recently hosted a webinar discussion on the topic of how digitalisation is altering the way the sector [...]

Birmingham and Bath will introduce clean air zones (CAZs) next year, imposing high daily charges on all but Euro VI trucks and coaches. The Road Haulage Association’s spokesman for the [...]

Transport for London will not be forced to expand its congestion charge by the government. Cash-strapped TfL has been forced to rely on government handouts to keep going since revenue [...]

Having recently thrown its weight behind battery-electric power for distribution trucks, Traton subsidiary MAN is to explore the use of hydrogen in long-haul transport. Prototype vehicles are to be built [...]