UK truck market leader DAF has called for the industry to throw its weight behind a conversion from conventional fossil-derived mineral diesel to synthetic HVO (hydrogenated vegetable oil). Speaking at [...]
British trailer-maker Don-Bur said the Smart trailer that took pride of place on its stand at the Commercial Vehicle Show at the end of April was quite possibly the biggest [...]
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has published final versions of its new HGV and PSV inspection manuals, which contain the standards and procedures followed by its staff when [...]
The DVSA has said that the freeze on applications for new authorised testing facilities (ATFs), which was put in place late last year, is likely to remain for “some considerable [...]
German truck manufacturer MAN has sought to calm fears about a shortage of supply of new and used Euro 6 trucks for the UK. Speaking at the Commercial Vehicle Show [...]
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency has revealed that more than 1 in 20 of the goods vehicle and bus drivers it stopped last year had breached drivers’ hours rules, [...]
Transport trade groups have issued strong criticism regarding recently-announced changes to the HGV road user levy, which will see operators pay 10 per cent less via the tax for lorries [...]
TfL ‘passes the buck to manufacturers’ on direct vision
Published On: Saturday 7 April 2018
Transport for London (TfL) has announced that vehicle star ratings for the direct vision standard (DVS) scheme are now available for Euro 6 trucks. But instead of publishing them directly, [...]
DfT issues update on Brexit trailer registration plans
Published On: Friday 6 April 2018
The Department for Transport has provided further detail on its plan to introduce a registration system for UK trailers travelling internationally, as part of its measures to safeguard the continuity [...]
