There are several routes to becoming a transport manager. While the only legal requirement is a Certificate of Professional Competence, there is a growing focus on continued vocational development,...
Continuing Professional Development
Maintaining the ancillary equipment on a tipper is a job often overlooked. With the help of leading brands in lifting gear and body hoists, Kevin Swallow presents a guide to inspection, care and...
Tippers
Tyre sealants are claimed to provide remedial and preventative solutions to road damage. Fleet engineers need to understand where a vehicle is working and how far it travels before considering them....
Tyres & Retreads
The benefits of installing a tyre pressure monitoring system are best measured in terms of downtime, finds Kevin Swallow
Tyres & Retreads
Over the past three years, Traffic Commissioners have started using more preliminary hearings and senior team leader interviews to deal with cases involving passenger and freight operators, as an...
Health & Safety Legislation
To spot and avoid vulnerable road users, operators have traditionally gone for a combination of direct vision, cameras, sensors and audible warning systems. But now the initiative is focusing on human...
Road Safety
Transport authorities’ decision to target load security a few years ago has led to more roadside prohibitions. Kevin Swallow asks if mandatory ADR-style training would solve the issue
In 2000, on-board electronics became indispensable to trucks for meeting Euro III emission levels. Compared to the HGV technicians of 20 years ago, today’s apprentices have a better understanding of...
Apprenticeships
Last month’s interest rate hike, plus rising truck prices and the accumulation of Euro VI used trucks, are likely to reduce the attractiveness of truck finance. This may be a shock for an industry...
Finance & Leasing
Moving floor trailers are seen as the logical replacement for tippers, and manufacturers are preparing for this succession by streamlining production, marketing innovations and lowering tare weight....
Trailers
Enquiries by operators about on-board weighing systems usually stem from a spot of bother with the authorities; the challenge for producers of weighing devices is to sell the commercial benefit to end...
Weighing Equipment
It has been 13 years since Transport Research Laboratory evaluated the use of a truck simulator for training drivers in safe and fuel-efficient driving. Kevin Swallow assesses how well this great leap...
Road Safety