Year: 2023

TRANSPORT bodies are urging police to fairly and consistently apply regulations on moving large or heavy cargo. Hauliers report that some police forces have imposed and are enforcing blanket movement embargoes on abnormal loads which […]

SCOTTISH haulage firm Andrew Black has been fined £150,000 after one of its HGV drivers was fatally electrocuted by overhead power lines. The company, which operates out of North Berwick, pleaded guilty at Edinburgh Sheriff […]

MOTUS Commercials, part of Motus Group (UK) Ltd, has added Solway DAF to its portfolio, cementing the Motus business’ position as the largest DAF dealer group in Europe. The Solway DAF sales dealership in Carlisle, […]

Most operators have no plans to decarbonise their fleets over the next three years and half of those surveyed don’t expect this to change after 2026, according to a new study. Asset Alliance Group’s state […]

Operators involved in exporting goods have been warned to use the summer to get to grips with the government’s new customs declaration process, before its introduction in November, writes Chris Tindall. HMRC delayed the introduction […]

TIP GROUP has launched a used truck sales division based at a new site in Warrington. A new venture for TIP, this latest addition to their portfolio of services will see it offering used trucks […]

MAN will start production of its electric long-haul truck in 2024, with already more than 500 order enquiries. “As early as 2030, half of our trucks registered annually in Europe should be battery-electric. For this […]

IVECO Group and Shell will cooperate in the deployment of sustainable solutions and technologies to progress towards decarbonisation. Meeting in Turin, Gerrit Marx, CEO of Iveco Group, and Giorgio Delpiano, senior vice president business mobility […]

TRADERS can now reclaim duty on goods moving into Northern Ireland which do not subsequently move into the EU after HMRC launched the Duty Reimbursement Scheme which allows traders to reclaim EU duty where they […]