Logistics

Big data involves processing and analysing huge swathes of information to identify common trends, and it is increasingly being used in the commercial vehicle industry. Modern trucks generate vast amounts of data via telematics and other digital tools such as…

Lorry drivers face tough new penalties if they are caught exceeding time limits on the road. New rules mean the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency will be able to issue on-the-spot fines for any drivers’ hours offences committed in the previous…

A UK and Ireland-based haulage company has taken its first delivery of 40 double-deck trailers that feature an innovative flat lower-deck design. Maxi Haulage will be using a new 13.6-metre tri-axle, step frame fixed double-deck trailers from Tiger Trailers in…

Tesla is set to launch its first autonomous electric lorry next month as the company attempts to break into the commercial vehicle market. The Tesla Semi truck is scheduled to be unveiled on October 26 and is expected to have…

A transport manager at a Nottinghamshire-based haulage company was so inspired following completion of a FORS commercial driver training course that he decided to take what he had learnt to a vital new audience – children at a local primary…

The Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) will be undertaking the UK’s first HGV platooning trials on British motorways next year. The trials will feature convoys of semi-automated trucks that will operate in tandem using a wireless connection. Acceleration, braking and steering…

Royal Mail is set to trial a fleet of nine new ‘autonomous ready’ electric delivery vans in London as the postal service seeks to cut emissions and increase efficiencies. The vans, manufactured by Banbury-based company Arrival, have a range of…

International development organisation Transaid has launched a nationwide appeal to find a second-hand tractor unit and trailer to support its new driver training project in Uganda. Transaid is calling on manufacturers, dealers, used vehicle retailers and operators who may be…

HGV drivers will face strong action if they are caught tailgating, Traffic Commissioner for Wales, Nick Jones, has warned. Jones’ pledge came after he added an extra month to professional driving bans of two HGV drivers who were reported for…

Competition for this year’s Freight Transport Association (FTA)’s Driver of the Year will be tough as organisers have revealed a record number of entries. Open to all UK drivers from any business sector, the competition has received double the number…