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Mar 20, 2020
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Mar 12, 2020
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) is calling for the UK government to reform its clean air zone (CAZ) policy as matter of urgency.
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Mar 08, 2020
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is calling for the UK government to make use of longer semi-trailers (LSTs) a permanent fixture on the UK’s roads following the successful outcome of its trial. However, the trial has been extended until 2027.
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Mar 08, 2020
Scania has introduced side detection technology utilising two different systems.
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Mar 06, 2020
Plans for a controversial charging CAZ (Clean Air Zone) in Coventry have been scrapped in a move the Road Haulage Association (RHA) described as a victory for common sense.
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Mar 06, 2020
Leading manufacturer of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and management software, EVBox, has announced plans for a North American headquarters and production facility at Innovation Park, Libertyville, close to Chicago, Illinois.
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Mar 05, 2020
Information supplied to The Mover from the Urban Access Regulations website advises that many LEZs and congestion charges have tightened from the beginning of 2020.
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Mar 05, 2020
The Road Haulage Association’s (RHA) strategy paper setting out the Association’s approach to decarbonising the freight and logistics sector has been published.
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Feb 22, 2020
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) says more detail is needed on the UK government’s ‘Australian style’ points system for immigrants and the criteria for establishing the basis of ‘skilled’ work.
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Feb 21, 2020
According to a survey conducted by DriveElectric - one of the UK’s leading EV (Electric Vehicle) leasing companies - eight out of ten employees who currently opt out of a company car scheme would be keen to move back to company cars if they were electric.
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Feb 20, 2020
A concrete barrier that can be set up within hours to keep Kent’s roads moving at times of cross-channel disruption will be available from December this year. The announcement was made by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps on 17 February.
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Feb 13, 2020
The UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, has said it is disappointed at yet another year of stagnation in the annual drink-drive statistics announced on 12 February, saying the ‘hardcore’ of persistent drink-drivers are still not getting the message.
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Feb 11, 2020
Highways England announced on 6 February that Britain’s biggest road project - to improve the busy A14 - is set be completed more than half a year early and will open to traffic this spring.
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Feb 10, 2020
The announcement by Boris Johnson on 4 February that the deadline for banning the sale of petrol and diesel cars and vans will be brought forward to 2035 has attracted comments from both the Freight Transport Association (FTA) and the Road Haulage Association (RHA).
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Feb 02, 2020
On 5 February, entries will open for a brand-new event in the logistics industry, FTA’s Transport Manager of the Year competition (Freight Transport Association).
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Feb 02, 2020
Both the Freight Transport Association (FTA) and the Road Haulage Association (RHA) have responded positively to the news that an urgent government review will take place into the safety of so-called Smart motorways currently being rolled out in the UK.
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Feb 02, 2020
New images showing plans for Britain’s longest road tunnel connecting Kent, Essex and Thurrock have been released as the project begins its next phase of public consultation.
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Jan 30, 2020
The Road Haulage Association has warned that charging truck operators £100 to enter a clean air zone (CAZ) in Bath will put firms at risk.
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Jan 28, 2020
From 26 October, 2020, the Direct Vision Standard (DVS) scheme will require HGVs over 12 tonnes entering or operating in London to have a safety permit.
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Jan 24, 2020
DAF Trucks has introduced a new function to its DAF Connect fleet management platform - Remote Tacho Download – that transport operators can use to read, store and analyse the memory of driver cards and tachographs online and in real time. Remote Tacho Download helps the operator to maintain an accurate tacho administration system and to save time.
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