Articles by Transport News

THE OFFICE of the Traffic Commissioner has confirmed new financial standing levels for hauliers that took effect on 1 January 2019. Standard national and International licence applicants will be required to demonstrate £8,000 (previously £7,950) […]

A GREENER future for road transport is in reach, according to the Logistics Emissions Reduction Scheme (LERS) annual report, which found its members have reduced their average greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 4% in 2017. […]

BATHGATE based Lothian Vehicle Bodybuilders Ltd have a new investment team on board after Gordon and Rosina Nisbet felt that the time was right to allow external investment into the company to realise its full […]

THE ROAD Haulage Association warns that plans to set an income based threshold on immigration after the UK leaves the EU won’t meet the needs of business, particularly the logistics industry. The government announced plans […]

TRANSPORT Scotland’s road network maintainer AMEY is drawing up plans to introduce weather related diversions for HGVs and high sided vehicles on the A1, between Dunbar and Haddington, following a number of incidents in which […]

A ‘MAJOR Incident’ occurred on a P&O ferry as extreme weather conditions caused a number of articulated truck and trailer combinations to topple over, crushing cars in the process. Thankfully no one was hurt on […]

IN ADDITION to the EU Commission’s proposals for free movement of goods during 2019, the invitation for the UK to also join the Common Transit Convention (CTC) in its own right is great news for […]

THE FREIGHT Transport Association is calling on MPs to vote in favour of the Withdrawal Agreement to keep Britain trading post-Brexit by delivering the frictionless trade that the logistics sector was promised. James Hookham, deputy […]