Swapping wheels for boots and bikes

Transaid appeals for help to celebrate its 15th anniversary by taking part in charity cycle rides

Success on a pallet

DSV Road MD René Falch Olesen tells Lloyd's Loading List.com he has high hopes for the new intra-Europe groupage service, launched this week

Hauliers should brace for takeover

Analyst says cash-rich businesses are poised to strike as road freight operators suffer lost sales and rising debt

New call for Brussels to limit truck size

Fears of massive road-trains moving across Europe after rule revision sparks more demands to impose maximum weight and length restrictions on HGVs

Budget positives for freight forwarders

Bifa welcomes another fuel hike postponement and announcement of cash for infrastructure projects

Snow-bound truckers back on the road

Thousands of HGVs stuck on both sides of the Channel were on the move again this morning, after queues of up to 90km built up in France

Sweden gets tough on speeding trucks

Crackdown after fatal mass pile-up means more cameras, bigger fines and power for police to impound vehicles

French HGV tax put back three months

Delay for scheme haulage lobby claims will add 5-8% to operating costs

European road haulage subdued

Demand in much of Europe is weak, notably France and Italy, with the situation particularly bad in Spain

US trucks on a roll

Imports on the up with promise of a good start to the year for hauliers

Stricter rules for trucks in Sweden

HGVs cause 100-vehicle motorway pile-up, prompting calls for new winter regulations including special tyres

Two cargo crimes a day in US

2012 figures reveal truck and container thefts continue at a high level, but violence still quite rare

Denmark plans more road charges for truckers

Hauliers and local councils angry at proposal for levy that will cover 70% of the country's roads

Mega-truck campaign goes up a gear

New research claims to expose flaws in industry lobbying for bigger, heavier HGVs

Hauliers heading for growth?

Report claims that with margins at last stablising, operators can look forward to a happier new year, driven by the industry elite