FROM 28 March UK hauliers will have to register their commercial trailers with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) before towing them into any European country that ratified the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road […]
15 JUNE 2019, will see the mandatory introduction of the ‘smart tachographs’ in all new vehicles. This will be one of the most significant changes in tachograph regulation in more than 12 years. The next […]
VOLVO Trucks is introducing the FH with I-Save option. By combining the new D13TC Euro 6 Step D engine with turbo compounding and an updated fuel efficiency package, it could cut fuel costs by up […]
INVESTMENT of more than £1 billion in the A66 from Cumbria, through County Durham and into North Yorkshire will move a step closer in May as Highways England begins a consultation on ideas to complete […]
MERCEDES-Benz Trucks has launched a new initiative aimed at time pressed customers needing new vehicles. The WorkReady programme provides operators with access to a range of rigid vehicles and tractor units, which are readily available […]
THE GOVERNMENT is providing £22.9 million for research and trials on new surface materials or pothole repair, and trade associations applauds the Department for Transport’s project. From the trialling of plastic roads, fixing potholes, to […]
A FORMER haulier convicted of fraud and perverting the course of justice has been ordered to pay £48,000 following a Proceeds of Crime Act investigation, the DVSA has revealed. Gerald Eaton, 50, of Nottingham, was […]
COMMERCIAL drivers operating in the EU need to prepare for Brexit by making sure they have the right documents. To get ready for deal and no deal scenarios, road haulage operators need to: register trailers […]
THE SCOTTISH Government has raised strong concerns that an inadequate number of the permits required to operate in the EU, if no other arrangements are agreed, have been allocated to Scottish haulage companies. Holyrood Cabinet […]
BOC HAS now added BioLNG to its growing HGV offer. It’s a sustainable version of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) produced by the anaerobic digestion of organic waste and by moving to BioLNG, the CO2 savings […]
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