CV BRAKING control systems specialist WABCO is the subject of a ‘definitive agreement’ to be acquired by German engineering giant ZF in a $7 billion deal. The combined sales of both companies is approx. €40 […]
THE MARINE Accident Investigation Branch is investigating the shift and toppling over of freight vehicles on board the P&O ro-ro passenger ferry European Causeway during heavy weather while on passage from Larne, Northern Ireland, to […]
GRANGEMOUTH based road haulage business, Duncan Adams Ltd, is in administration. Michael Magnay and Clare Boardman of Deloitte, the business advisory firm, have been appointed as administrators to the company which has a fleet of […]
ESCALATING fuel costs are forcing logistics businesses to freeze recruitment, lay-off staff and delay vehicle upgrades to stay afloat, according to a new study by FairFuelUK. Speaking in reaction to the Shadow Chancellor’s support for […]
THE ROYAL Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) is calling for an end to clock changes in order to prevent serious injury and death on the road. The family safety charity supports the European […]
UK COMMERCIAL drivers who operate in the EU will need new paperwork in addition to the documents they already carry if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. Driver documents needed include: International Driving […]
THE EUROPEAN road transport sector is facing the most acute professional driver shortage in decades, confirms a new report by Geneva based International Road Transport Union (IRU). Polling of IRU members and associated organisations in […]
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