HGV News

On the morning of November 4, four brand-new luxury coaches will arrive in North Somerset to pick up passengers before heading to a terminus in North Bristol. Each of the 49-seat coaches will feature luxury amenities like free Wi-Fi, power sockets, refreshments, and toilets. And who are the coaches intended for? Professionals who would rather […]

What is the most distracting thing a lorry driver can do behind the wheel? Some would say talking on a mobile phone. Others might say sending a text message, eating, operating a sat nav, or even looking over paperwork. However, it turns out there’s one form of distraction that might be more serious than all […]

Late last week some 800 students were able to partake in HGV training in Lincolnshire. However, this wasn’t your normal training session. Rather than adult students learning how to drive an HGV, this training was focused on pupils in classes 7 to 10 at Tollbar Academy in New Waltham.

Since the government first announced new regulations concerning CPC certification, it has been widely assumed farmers operating HGVs in any capacity relating to their businesses would be exempt from the requirements. However, recent advice from the Driving Standard Agency (DSA) has cast some doubt on that assumption. The Farmers Union of Wales is now recommending […]

At a shipping yard south of London, a forklift operator slowly approaches a refrigerated storage unit and carefully positions the vehicle underneath the compressor system sitting 10 feet in the air. However, his vehicle is no ordinary forklift. It is fitted with a platform that will be used to enable a refrigeration technician to work […]

The Guardian recently published a piece profiling bus transportation in and around England. While the number of bus journeys has been steadily falling since the peak years of 2008/2009, it is still a very popular form of transportation in London. In fact, the total number of bus journeys in London is greater than the rest […]

When road crashes involving HGVs occur, it is easy to assume company drivers operating recklessly are the primary cause. Sometimes that is true. But is it always? Could speed limits on some roadways be contributing to unnecessary crashes and, in some cases, even serious injuries and deaths?

The owner of a Scottish haulage company has been denied an HGV license after one of his drivers was caught operating illegally. The determination was made by Scotland’s traffic commissioner Joan Aitken. In her written decision, Aiken said haulier John Baird is not an individual in whom she can ‘repose trust’. Baird’s trouble began when […]

A brand-new distribution centre slated to be built in Wiltshire offers the potential to create some 1,200 new jobs even as it supports the addition of 400 new Home Bargains stores across England. Home Bargains owner TJ Morris said they plan to spend upwards of £70 million to build the new facility and adjacent store.

Materials Handling World (MHW) magazine recently reported on the activities of a Wales company ramping up production and sales of its forklift-based snow ploughs. Every year the company sells their custom steel blades to businesses of all types in the months leading up to winter. The blade can be attached to a standard forklift truck […]