The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency is trialling a new ‘road to DVSA Earned Recognition’ pro­gramme, which is open to new HGV and PSV operators whose licence was issued in […]

Both Logistics UK and the House of Commons transport committee have expressed disappointment at the government’s response to a call for clarity on its decarbonisa­tion strategy. The official response was […]

Road Haulage Association man­aging director Richard Smith (pictured, right) explained to delegates at the Microlise Transport Conference that the fragmented nature of the transport industry meant op­erators could not be […]

Mark Cartwright, head of commer­cial vehicle incident prevention at National Highways, explained the role of his fleet of so-called ‘cabs’ at the recent Microlise Transport Conference – tractor units oper­ated […]

A cooperation between British electric truck manufacturer Tev­va and ZF has seen the German automotive giant’s electronic braking system (EBS) integrat­ed into the vehicles. The EBS blends the vehicle’s regenerative […]

Operators looking to maximise payload on their 18-tonne rigids can save 600 kg by opting for a Cummins-built 6.7-litre engine in the DAF XD 4×2 chassis-cab in place of the […]

The future of Great Britain’s traffic commissioners (TC) as regulators of the commercial road transport sector has been assured after a public consultation by the Depart­ment for Transport (DfT). In […]

Transport trade groups have called for urgent progress on planning reform to enable the construction of more roadside facilities for truck operators, following the publication of the second part of […]

Daimler Trucks has begun pro­duction of its new battery-electric Fuso eCanter truck in Tramagal, Portugal. Revealed at the IAA Show last year, the new eCanter differs from its predecessor in […]