Swapping the south for the north is proving highly profitable in supply chain terms. Liza Helps investigates
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The Department for Transport is seeking industry views on its recently announced secondary legislation relating to the HGV Road User Levy Act 2013
The Department for Transport is changing the allocation process for longer semi-trailers to enable operators to make use of the 1,250 allocations that remain unused
Signs warning lorry drivers that their sat-navs are directing them down unsuitable roads could soon become commonplace under new rules being introduced by the Department for Transport
The Freight Transport Association has welcomed the Department for Transport’s modification of the operator licensing regulations, which aim to avoid imposing unnecessary burdens on industry
Transport secretary Geoff Hoon has said freight is key to the competitiveness of the UK economy in a new Department for Transport policy document published today (16th December 2008).
A strategy document from the Department for Transport has given long-term support to continued growth of rail freight. Derrick Potter, board member of the Rail Freight Group and executive director of The Potter Group, welcomes it.
More than 7,500 distribution vehicles from 130 operators took part in a survey into the transport of food and drink last month.
More than 7,500 distribution vehicles are taking part in an environmental survey into the transport of food and drink which began at midnight on Wednesday 7 March.
The Department for Transport has commissioned a new study into the possibility of increasing the length and weight allowance for UK trucks.
