In an imaginative move to highlight the driveability and fuel efficiency of its bestselling FH model with I-Save, Volvo has made a short film telling the story of a beautiful love affair between two trucks.

A new report from the Road Haulage Association (RHA) reveals that nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions from HGVs in Great Britain have fallen by at least 72% since 2013.

Power management company Eaton and transport specialist HAGERO Logistics have announce a pilot programme with fleet-tech data analysts, fleetenergies; a profile of which featured in the September edition of The Mover.

Volvo Trucks unveiled a completely new, fully electric rear axle at the 2022 IAA transport show held at Hannover, Germany, in September.

In their annual report 2001/22, published in July, the Traffic Commissioners (TCs) for England acknowledged that the impact of the pandemic has continued to dominate their work over the past year.

Renault Trucks has announced plans to recycle its end-of-life trucks and is about to open a dedicated plant in the heart of its manufacturing facility in Lyon–Vénissieux.

DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) in the UK is aware that some trailers fitted with Knorr Bremse Electronic Braking Systems (EBS) may have been incorrectly tested for service efficiency during the roller brake test aspect of the annual test.

The DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) has announced that it carried out 11,197 more lorry driving tests in the UK between 1 January, 2022 and 31 March than during the same period last year.

The latest TEG index data reveals that the average price-per-mile for haulage vehicles dropped between June and July for the first time since 2019, in line with lower fuel prices.

The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) has recently launched its Don't Chance Fraud campaign, to highlight the serious consequences of turning to fraud and landing a record on the Insurance Fraud Register (IFR).

TruTac, the supplier of compliance control software products, is warning businesses about little-known but stringent tachograph compliance rules that require commercial vehicle operators to record and show evidence of drivers’ timetables – both during and outside of working hours – for the past 28 days.

Long-term demountable body detester James De-Machen explains why he had a change of heart.

TruTac, the supplier of compliance control software products, is warning businesses about little-known but stringent tachograph compliance rules that require commercial vehicle operators to record and show evidence of drivers’ timetables – both during and outside of working hours – for the past 28 days.

Richard Turfitt, Senior Traffic Commissioner in the UK, speaking at the BAR Conference encouraged operators to report companies that they knew were overloading vehicles, especially the under 3.5 tonne vans not falling under Operator’s License regulations. Richard’s responsibilities include the licensing of the operators of Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) in the UK.

From 1 July, 2022 new rules on the use of self-driving vehicles in Great Britain have come into force.

Legal transport specialist Backhouse Jones is reminding operators that from 1 August, 2022 the Office of the Traffic Commissioner will no longer be accepting paper applications for new ‘O’ licences and for major changes to existing licences.

Steeles Removals from Barrow in Furness in Cumbria, UK, has recently added to its fleet of vehicles with a new Scania for long-distance removals built by SBR Specialist Coachbuilders in Preston.

In a long and eagerly awaited decision, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) handed down a landmark judgment on 8 June, 2022 approving the Road Haulage Association’s application for a Collective Proceedings Order (CPO) in respect of damages claims arising from the European Commission’s Trucks Cartel decision.

The International Road Transport Union’s (IRU) annual driver shortage survey shows unfilled commercial driver positions continue to increase at alarming rates across the globe.

Matthew James Global Relocation Ltd has taken delivery of a Mercedes-Benz Econic with impressive direct visibility credentials that make it ideally suited to removals work in and around London.