The Irish Road Haulage Industry (IRHA) has said that the closure of Fastway Couriers this morning, with the loss of hundreds of jobs, is a direct result of a Government policy that has focused on heaping taxes upon taxes on a haulage and transport industry that is close to collapse.
Last week I paid a flying 18 hour visit to Stuttgart, the home of Mercedes-Benz. The occasion was a mission to learn more about the next generation of its vans.
Vehicle testing and workshop equipment manufacturer, Maha, reports that by the end of the year it will have fully implemented EN 17003 in its testing technology.
The Kia PV5 Cargo, the company’s first dedicated electric light commercial vehicle (eLCV) and part of its pioneering Platform Beyond Vehicle (PBV) line-up, has officially broke a Guiness World Records title for achieving “the greatest distance travelled by a light-duty battery-powered electric van with maximum payload on a single charge is 693.38km”.
Irishman William Creighton and Liam Regan secured the 2025 Probite British Rally Championship title at the Cambrian Rally. Creighton and Regan have now added the BRC crown to their Junior BRC and FIA Junior WRC titles.
The European Parliament has give final approval to new regulations that will modernise the EU’s licensing regime and will allow 18-year-olds to drive trucks and 21-year-olds to drive buses, if they hold a full driving licence and Certificate of Professional Competence.
MEPs have voted to introduce tougher road safety rules as the EU Parliament moves to ensure that drivers who are disqualified from driving in one EU country will be banned from driving across all EU Member States.
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