THE RHA is taking a stand against proposed changes to the Highway Code which would lead to ‘more dangerous’ roads. The government is presently consulting on changes that will: • Make drivers of larger vehicles […]
2020 Fleet Award For DAF XF FOR THE second year in succession, the DAF XF has been crowned Fleet Truck of the Year at the prestigious Motor Transport Awards. It’s the third win in five […]
WITH uncertain economic and political times ahead, how can the Scottish Logistics industry optimise the service it provides, while remaining flexible and responsive to changing demands? These issues and more will be debated at Logistics […]
A SCOTTISH transport firm has condemned as ‘inexcusable’ delays by the traffic commissioner’s office in processing O-licence applications after it was left waiting since May to run HGVs, writes Chris Tindall. Eion Robertson said he […]
MUNICH based MAN Truck & Bus has linked with a Nuremberg university to research and develop hydrogen based vehicle drive systems. And the unusual aspect of this cooperation is that the ‘Hydrogen Campus will be […]
LOOK OUT for a novel centre section in next month’s Transport News as the north’s road haulage magazine presents a Used Trucks supplement geared to serve northern hauliers. Led by a market appraisal of residuals […]
CARRIER Transicold has reaffirmed its commitment to reducing emissions with the launch of the first fully autonomous, all-electric engineless refrigerated trailer system, the Vector eCool ‘We believe the Vector eCool represents the future of refrigerated […]
THE government’s latest red diesel consultation which closed on 1 October 2020, called for views on its intended removal of the entitlement to use red diesel from April 2022 except in agriculture, rail and non-commercial […]
THE LEAD organisation overseeing the UK platooning trials has confirmed that the project is ‘very much still alive’, despite progress stalling due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) said the government remained […]
• FORS has announced that all FORS Bronze audits from Thursday 5 November will now be held via video conferencing. The FORS Bronze is the first step members take at the entry level of the […]
Copyright © 2020 Transport News