Hessle, East Yorkshire-based Neill & Brown Global Logistics, have recently put two Euro-6 compliant Volvo FH tractor units into service. The company operate a fleet of forty trucks and have run Volvo for over thirty years. These trucks are the first in a five-year replacement plan, which is set to renew the fleet. Fuel efficiency […]
The DVSA has committed to increasing the number of test stations that can provide individual vehicle approval(IVA), after admitting there was room for improvement. IVA, which is the UK’s national vehicle type approval scheme run by the DVSA for those producing very small numbers of vehicles as an alternative to EC Whole Vehicle Type Approval and National Small […]
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Lorry drivers will be allowed to increase their speed from 40 to 50mph on single carriageway stretches of the A9 on a trial basis next year. The pilot will be introduced at the same time a system of average speed cameras becomes operational on the road between Dunblane and Inverness. Hauliers argue that driving at […]
A second meeting of hauliers in the Solent region, who are hoping to create their own local solution to tackle the problem of driver shortages, took place on 24 February. Hosted by Southampton-based Williams Shipping at the Royal Southampton Yacht Club, the meeting reunited the delegates that attended an inaugural get together in November 2013. This featured […]
One of Europe’s largest road freight companies has further increased its freight market expansion. Waberer’s France has commenced operations in Paris, and soon similar, market-specific companies will be established in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Italy. Waberer’s International Pte.Co is establishing local companies in Europe’s most important trade hubs, close to its customers, while increasing […]
DVSA has revised its estimate of the number of professional drivers it believes will need to complete the Driver CPC for the first time, chopping 75,000 from the long-standing total. Since the Driver CPC transition began in 2008, DVSA (formerly Vosa and the DSA) has stuck with an estimate that by the ultimate 14 September deadline […]
Hargreaves Logistics has broken cover as one of the six operators involved in a trial of a new LPG system, dubbed EASI-LPG, that could improve mpg by as much as 15%. Headed by Frome-based vehicle monitoring equipment supplier Btrack, the trial is being lead by fuel efficiency consultant Dr Michael Coyle. Based on “LPG enhancement” rather than more […]
Three-quarters of professional drivers support a ban on smoking in cars carrying children, a survey shows. On February 10, MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour – 376 for, 107 against. A ban is likely to come into force in England before the next general election. The TrackCompare poll, held during the week leading up to the Commons […]
After 2013 saw a boom in the registration of new trucks, one of the leading players in the trailer rental market has predicted a surge in the market as operators refresh their trailer fleets in 2014. James Smith, MD at Hireco, which has seven outlets throughout the UK and one in the Republic of Ireland, […]