News

  • Operator Compliance Risk Score

    19 August 2011

    How does the OCRS system work?  Both Roadworthiness and Traffic Enforcement categories of Operator Compliance Risk Score (OCRS) can be historic, low incidence or predictive.

  • Irish lorry firms undercutting Welsh hauliers

    19 August 2011

    A crackdown on Irish lorry firms illegally undercutting Welsh truckers has seen HGVs seized and fines handed out.  Haulage companies have been sending trucks over the Irish Sea to bid for domestic work on UK soil – avoiding the country’s high fuel costs, road taxes and strict operating rules.

  • Road transport activity was depressed in Q2

    18 August 2011

    Road freight activity did not bounce back as expected in the second quarter and operators warn worse is ahead, according to the latest Quarterly Transport Activity Survey.

  • Lorry road-user charging

    11 August 2011

    What are the DFT’s plans? Jim Coates FCILT, Chairman, Road Capacity and Charging Forum, and Martin Richards, one of its leading members, had a discussion with DfT officials earlier this year to find out how their plans for lorry road-user charging are shaping up.

  • Moving towards a brighter future

    10 August 2011

    The past few years have been tumultuous, with the transport and logistics sector taking its fair share of the pain. Pressures still remain but, there are renewed signs of optimism in the industry, as operators start to look at opportunities for growth instead of just survival.

  • Act now on Olympics deadline or face supply crisis: logistics experts

    05 August 2011

    The food industry is entering a crucial planning period with the 2012 London Olympics now a year away and unless it takes action now availability will suffer, according to logistics experts.

  • VOSA targets magnet tacho cheats

    05 August 2011

    VOSA is launching an awareness campaign to tackle the growing use of magnets to falsify tachograph readings.
    From Monday (8 August), VOSA, along with the police, will begin distributing leaflets at the roadside to drivers of all nationalities.