Haulage News & Transport News

The Government are considering banning the use of hands-free phones while driving in an efforts to improve road safety.

Road Haulage Association calls for UK Government to lead EU discussions on Calais amidst the recent chaos caused by the French ferry workers strike.

Samsung look to revolutionize road safety with their innovative ‘Safety Trucks’.

The CILT publishes their findings on the current driver shortage crisis.

UK supermarkets could soon face a shortage of essential products because illegal immigrants trying to force their way onto lorries at the French port of Calais has brought the UK's food supply chain to the brink of collapse.

UK lorry drivers are avoiding Calais because illegal immigrants are trying to force their way in to their vehicles.

The European Commission has begun legal action against Germany in response to their continuous application of the country’s new minimum wage law to international truck drivers following widespread protests from the road haulage industry.

Online petition aimed at the Department of transport has been started to improve minimum standards of lorry driver toilet facilities.

RHA and FTA have announced their requirements of the new Conservative government.

Recent figures show nearly 1,100 motorway crashes last year involved foreign HGVs, an increase of 14% when compared to figures from 2012.

The first ever self-driving lorry has now been licensed for commercial use, becoming the largest autonomous vehicle to hit the roads.

The EU passes a new law so that all new cars and light goods vehicles will have to contain tracking devices that link up and send alerts to the emergency services in the event of an accident.

Recent survey reveals 20% of HGV operators now equip their fleet with multi-cameras following call from FTA.

UK based company have developed a concept whereby freight is distributed across a town or city through a network of underground pipes in an effort to cut down on haulage vehicles in towns and cities.

Recent poll conducted by the RHA shows the majority of people working within the road haulage industry sees a Conservative government best represents the interests of the industry.

The ‘Green Party’ leader, Natalie Bennett has publicly recommended removing the presumption of innocence of HGV drivers when collisions occur with cyclists.

The HGV levy which was put in to action in April 2014 has now raised more than £44m from foreign HGVs using the UK roads.

Transport Minister announces extension of their 'Ultra-low emission plug-in van grant' & £4m funding towards early deployment of gas refueling stations for HGVs.

UKIP pledge to scrap the EU’s controversial ‘Certificate of Professional Competence’.

The FTA have released their ‘Quarterly Transport Activity Survey (QTAS) which reveals that congestion on UK roads is at its worst level in over 10 years.

Solving the HGV driver shortage was the sole agenda of at the FTA’s one day ‘Driver Crisis Summit’ an event that seems to have attracted a lot of interest and was oversubscribed

A 60mph speed restriction on motorways and dual carriageways is one of the needed policies for the next government to help tackle the UK air pollution problems according to the Environmental Industries Commission (EIC).

Road haulage rates have barley risen over the last three years according to recent data released from the Office for National Statistics.
 

A meeting to discuss the 'driver shortage crisis' between Treasury officials and haulage industry representaitives from the FTA and RHA went ahead last Friday.

Following on from a meeting about the HGV driver shortage last month between executives from the FTA and Danny Alexander MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, it is now the turn of the RHA, who has now been called to meet with Treasury officials next Friday.