Month: November 2024

Belgian safety organisation Euro NCAP has released its first set of results for HGV tractor unit tests for safety, writes Peter Brown. It is the first time that HGVs have been tested specifically for safety, […]

Training company HGVC has seen 19 third-party logistic (3PL) firms sign up to train more than 35 new drivers so far this quarter as part of its majority-funded Skills Bootcamps in HGV driving scheme. 3PL […]

Glasgow-based Hydrogen Vehicle Systems (HVS), which manufactures hydrogen trucks, has made a swathe of redundancies as it battles to secure additional funding, writes Peter Brown. The start-up has scaled back operations and made several redundancies, […]

MPs have launched a new report that which highlights the rising threat of freight crime, writes Carol Millett. It calls for government action to roll out secure lorry parks across the UK’s road network. The […]

Lorry drivers making their way across Scotland have been warned that they must ‘drive to the conditions’ as Met Office forecast ice and snow across the country, writes Peter Brown.   Retired transport consultant and […]

Lorry drivers heading south of the border are regular users of English and Welsh truckstops and lorry parks as they make deliveries and collections before returning to Scotland, writes Peter Brown. They have added their […]

Registrations of new HGVs fell 6% in the third quarter compared to the same period last year but shouldn’t be a cause for concern, writes Peter Brown. The figures for July to September were published […]

Alterations to the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (DCPC) have been praised as a boost to UK road safety, writes Chris Tindall. As well as cutting the minimum length of training courses from seven hours […]