THE RHA has cautiously welcomed the news from the Department for Transport that the European Parliament and EU member states plan to allow UK hauliers temporary market access for UK/EU trade without ECMT permits in […]
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 […]
Fleet managers are being urged to tackle the growing risk of drivers being distracted while at the wheel, discovering that the problem with any mobile phone conversation is that it takes the driver ‘out of […]
When an engine rebuild on a 12 year old wagon could not be put off any longer, Volvo Trucks provided operator John Budden with a demonstration truck, so he could keep comparing, while earning.
Popular across the European continent, Brits are opting for a 6×2 rigid with a rear steer axle to access city centre deliveries. Kevin Swallow considers if a 26 tonner is a sound solution.
Scania GB managing director Martin Hay may be having to embrace the world of transport industry uncertainties, but Alistair Vallance caught up with him in Dundee to present our 2019 Top Truck Award.
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