• Tilbury expansion to boost traction services

    Published On: Friday 20 September 2019

    British hauliers offering traction services are likely to get a boost when P&O opens a new unaccompanied freight route between Calais and Tilbury. Tilbury is just 25 miles from central [...]

  • Eurotunnel ‘is Brexit-ready’

    Published On: Friday 20 September 2019

    Eurotunnel’s Le Shuttle Freight operation, which claims to handle 26 per cent of UK – EU trade, now has its Brexit preparations in place. Pre-declaration will operate in the customs [...]

  • Scania launches V8 anniversary trucks

    Published On: Wednesday 18 September 2019

    Scania is launching a limited edition of 25 flagship S-series Highline tractor units in celebration of the 50th anniversary of its V8 engine. Available in either two- or three-axle format, each [...]

  • Haulier costs could soar due to off-payroll work rules

    Published On: Tuesday 10 September 2019

    Recruitment specialist Driver Require has released an in-depth report for hauliers discussing the impact of forthcoming changes to so-called IR35 rules, designed to ensure that workers providing services through intermediaries [...]

  • Fleets fear two-day port delays as Brexit stand-off escalates

    Published On: Tuesday 10 September 2019

    The road transport sector was bracing itself for what commentators were predicting – not for the first time – was the beginning of the Brexit endgame, as the longest parliamentary [...]

  • DfT releases anti-terror advice for transport sector

    Published On: Thursday 5 September 2019

    The Department for Transport (DfT) has published best practice guidance for goods vehicle operators and drivers to help them mitigate the threat of ‘vehicle as a weapon’ (VAW) incidents, such [...]

  • CNH in Iveco spin-off and hydrogen hook-up

    Published On: Tuesday 3 September 2019

    Truck maker Iveco is to be spun off from its parent company, farm equipment manufacturer CNH Industrial,  as part of a separate business unit by 2021, subject to shareholder approval. [...]

  • Truck manufacturers gear up for no-deal Brexit

    Published On: Friday 30 August 2019

    Truck manufacturers have invested large sums of money to ensure continuity of parts supplies should the UK leave the European Union without a deal. However, questions remain about how long [...]

  • TIP to handle Ford service

    Published On: Friday 30 August 2019

    Less than one year after launching its all-new F-Max heavy truck at the IAA Commercial Vehicle Show in Hannover, Germany, Ford Trucks has appointed TIP Trailer Services to provide aftersales [...]