• NOx emissions down 59% since 2013

    Published On: Wednesday 19 August 2020

    The Road Haulage Association has published its annual NOx (nitrogen oxides) Emission Assessment, which shows that the HGV sector has reduced its NOx output by at least 59 per cent [...]

  • Dutch double down on AdBlue fraud

    Published On: Saturday 15 August 2020

    Authorities in the Netherlands are clamping down on AdBlue fraud, with fines totalling €8,000 being levied for a single offence. Dutch magazine TTM.nl reported how specialist officials from the infrastructure [...]

  • DfT confirms ban on older tyres for heavy vehicles

    Published On: Sunday 9 August 2020

    The Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed that tyres aged 10 years and older will be banned on the front wheels of lorries, buses and coaches across Great Britain in [...]

  • Logistics UK welcomes Driver CPC changes

    Published On: Friday 7 August 2020

    Logistics UK (formerly the FTA) has welcomed changes to the Driver CPC scheme which took effect last month, emphasising the importance of ensuring the ability to tailor training to meet [...]

  • Government to review heavy vehicle testing regime

    Published On: Tuesday 4 August 2020

    The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has revealed that the Department or Transport (DfT) will launch a review into current provision of heavy vehicle testing over the months to come. The [...]

  • CV traffic ‘halved due to Covid-19’

    Published On: Saturday 1 August 2020

    Data from fleet management solutions provider Verizon Connect has suggested that hours spent on the road by UK commercial drivers dropped by more than half (55 per cent) between mid-February [...]

  • FTA rebrands as Logistics UK

    Published On: Tuesday 28 July 2020

    The Freight Transport Association has now changed its name to Logistics UK, as originally announced earlier in the year The association represents the whole of the logistics sector, drawing its [...]

  • HGV road user levy suspended for 12 months

    Published On: Tuesday 21 July 2020

    The government has announced that collection of the HGV road user levy that applies to trucks of 12 tonnes or more operating in the UK will be subject to a [...]

  • Autonomous driving green credentials questioned

    Published On: Friday 17 July 2020

    The amount of power required to run autonomous driving systems in future vehicles may well mean that the technology is unviable, according to a study jointly published by automotive environmental [...]