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The latest guidance on load retention from DfT and HSE has been published, and it features in the current issue of Transport News thanks to freelancer Richard Simpson. Top of the list is workplace safety, […]

An MP has tabled a Bill in parliament calling for action to tackle organised freight crime, writes Carol Millett The Bill forms part of the MP’s campaign to tackle an epidemic of theft impacting the […]

Six times a day a bridge is struck, and the fall out for the lorry driver and their employer can be wide reaching. As well as the sheer inconvenience, there can be a prosecution, a […]

Police in Scotland are looking into the death of a man at a Pollock (Scotrans) haulage yard in West Lothian, reports Chris Tindall. Emergency services were called to the industrial estate in Bathgate on 4 […]

Hauliers are paying more in staffing costs than any other sector, writes Chris Tindall, up by more than a third in just three months. Government figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed […]

Two European truck makers have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to design and build a new cab for heavy-duty trucks, writes Peter Brown. The JDA between Ford Trucks and Iveco will see both co-develop, […]

From the start of April 2025, Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) and Heavy Goods Vehicle Road User Levy will rise in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI), writes Peter Brown. The hike will affect all […]

Last year, the markets for trucks powered by the internal combustion engine and zero-emission fuels fell, according to figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The UK’s new HGV market fell […]

A fatal accident inquiry into the death of a pedestrian struck by the extended outrigger leg of a lorry found that deaths in similar circumstances could happen again, writes Chris Tindall. Chloe Morrison died in […]