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Arial view of a container ship

UK exporters urged to act as new customs pl...

Aug 25, 2023Comments off

In just three months, the UK’s legacy customs platform, CHIEF (Cargo Handling of Import and Export Freight), will be replaced by the Customs Declaration Service (CDS). Rhenus

ULEZ Boundary sign

ULEZ: An opportunity for businesses to embr...

Aug 24, 2023Comments off

Nicholas De Juniac, UK General Manager of Zoomo, seeks to educate businesses about the full potential of alternative vehicles, rather than the focus being on

Truck on a highway

Digitally driven cold chains: how to upgrad...

Aug 24, 2023Comments off

In today’s intricate food and beverage supply chains, ensuring product quality from farm to fork is paramount. One of the most crucial factors determining the integrity of

Krone's variable height trailers

Krone’s variable height trailers suit Eur...

Aug 23, 2023Comments off

A & A McNeill Transport has become a convert to Euroliner trailers after taking delivery of two Profi Liner curtainsiders from Krone Trailer UK. Based

Noise Camera

The support for ‘noise’ cameras...

Aug 22, 2023Comments off

Drivers want to see cameras that can automatically detect vehicles with illegally loud exhausts or whose engines are revved unnecessarily rolled out across the UK,

Road transport price stability threatened b...

Aug 22, 2023Comments off

New data from the TEG Road Transport Price Index reveals that road transport prices fell 2.13% during July, with haulage prices dropping just under 4%.

Wet July sees pothole breakdowns up a fifth...

Aug 22, 2023Comments off

A month of exceptional rainfall saw pothole related breakdowns rise by a fifth this July compared to July 2022, according to the AA Pothole Index*.

French drink drive limit is lower than England

French police 20 times more likely to breat...

Aug 22, 2023Comments off

British motorists are being warned they are TWENTY times more likely to be breathalysed in France than in the UK. The gendarmes tested 109 drivers

Traffic on A414 dual-carriageway

Research aims to reduce road crashes caused...

Aug 21, 2023Comments off

A new research project is aiming to reduce road crashes caused by sleepiness through monitoring shift-workers who drive either as part of their work, or

Five quarters of truck fleet growth

Aug 21, 2023Comments off

The UK market for new heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) grew by 17.2% to 11,174 units in the second quarter of 2023, the fifth consecutive quarter