A new £1.3 million competition aimed at revolutionising the transport sector, bolstering the economy, and stimulating innovation was inaugurated today, 17 April 2024.
In a significant push against smart motorways, ministers are facing calls to bring back the hard shoulder. The request, spearheaded by the RAC, comes exactly one year after Chancellor Rishi Sunak halted new smart motorway developments due to financial constraints and declining public trust in these roads.
A logistics company has reported that it incurred a fine of £66,000 from the authorities following the discovery of six migrants within one of its vehicles.
Phelan haulage has expanded the flexibility of its operations after taking delivery of a DAF XG 530 tractor unit mounted with a HIAB X-HIPRO 858 EP-6 crane from MV Commercial, that its director describes as “an absolute monster”.
The Cold Chain Federation (CCF) has issued a caution that European Union food suppliers to the UK may cease exports next month without a revision of the upcoming checking and inspection mandates for incoming goods, as conveyed in a communication to Defra Secretary Steve Barclay. The Federation has voiced concerns that the impending border control model could disrupt the UK’s food supply chain and escalate food prices.
The DVSA has recently published new and updated guidance on how to make sure goods and other items are loaded, secured, and unloaded safely from HGVs,
Last week, a major electrical wholesaler was fined £472,815 at City of London Court by the DVSA.
Current use of the DVSA Operator Risk Compliance Score will change as of 31st March 2023 – the DVSA has announced. Presently, operators can access their company OCRS score and suite of other reports through the Transport Office Portal (TOPS)
Civil engineering firm Kier has been fined more than £4m after its staff twice struck overhead powerlines while working on the M6 motorway
On 16 November 2020, Robert Gifkins, who worked for Arnold Laver & Company Ltd, was delivering timber to a company in Whaddon near Salisbury. He had climbed onto the bed of his trailer to sling the load and attach it to the vehicle-mounted crane.
