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20th October 2018
Police forces in Thames Valley, Hampshire and West Midlands have run a month-long campaign targeting driver eyesight, revoking the licences of those who don’t pass the 20 m numberplate check. Throughout September, anyone stopped by…
20th October 2018
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has called on ministers and London mayor Sadiq Khan to work with the industry to “support, devise and implement” national and international vehicle standards (including the possible retrofit of equipment),…
18th September 2018
Mercedes-Benz Trucks has unveiled a new Actros Edition 1 at the IAA Show in Hannover – a special model, limited to 400 vehicles worldwide, of which at least 35 will come to the UK. Merc said Edition…
6th September 2018
Mercedes-Benz has taken the wraps of it’s new Actros at a launch event in Berlin. The new truck boasts a 3-5 per cent boost to fuel economy, packs semi-autonomous driving systems and Active Brake Assist 5,…
22nd August 2018
Scania has begun the “challenging process” of reducing its backlog of truck orders built up after a delivery and order stop caused by a lengthy strike at one of the manufacturer’s main casting suppliers. “This…
1st August 2018
If you’re finding yourself sat in a Truck Stop with your morning brew and bacon butty, ferry bound, ask yourself have you booked with Freightlink? If not; why? We know how difficult it can be…
26th July 2018
A new map revealing the UK’s most dangerous roads has been produced using fatality data gathered by the Department of Transport and the Police Service of Northern Ireland over a five-year period. The map identifies…
5th July 2018
Scania has announced it is unable to fulfil its deliveries to customers of more than 2000 trucks ordered with V8 engines due to an ongoing strike at one of its crucial suppliers of cast engine components…
22nd June 2018
Retained profits in the transport and logistics sector decreased by 96.0 per cent compared to the same period a year ago, according to new figures. In addition, the volume of bad debt owed to the…
13th June 2018
‘Operation Brock’ has been announced as a new temporary plan to ease traffic in Kent in the event of cross-Channel disruption. The interim plans, revealed in May by roads minister Jesse Norman, will allow traffic…
13th June 2018
DVSA is reminding operators a “significant number” of specialised heavy vehicles – including breakdown vehicles, tractor units pulling exempt trailers, and mobile cranes – have now fallen into scope of annual testing for the first time. To…
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