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Driving in the USA: top tips

You must carry a proof of insurance and ownership of the vehicle at all times. If the vehicle is a rental, you will be provided with all the necessary documents to carry.
Checklist for driving in the USA

Full and valid driver’s licence
Proof of Insura…

DAFaid celebrates 50 years of roadside assistance

Roadside assistance service DAFaid is celebrating its 50th birthday at the end of the month.
Launched in August 1974, DAFaid was a pioneering roadside assistance scheme for the transport sector – and has since grown to become the industry’s leading roa…

Man arrested after lorry crash on M27 has died

A man who was arrested after a fatal motorway crash has died.Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary took three people into custody following a three vehicle crash on the M27 on 21 February.Michal Kaminski, 36, a lorry driver from Salisbury, died at t…

Rifat Cicek Drives Forward Gruber Logistics’ in Türkiye

Auer/Istanbul – Gruber Logistics counts on the expertise of Rifat Cicek to expand its activities in Türkiye. Since the beginning of the second half of this year, he has taken on the position of Branch Director and is responsible for implementing the co…

Public Ownership Rail Reform on Track

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh fired the starting gun on rail reform – ushering in a new era for our railways which puts passengers first.
Yesterday’s launch of Shadow Great British Railways (Shadow GBR) will set in motion a huge overhaul of the runn…

Brighton: Roads shut after crash between police car and lorry

Roads in central Brighton have been closed after a crash between a police car and a lorry. Sussex Police said the crash happened at 08:45 BST on Wednesday on St James’s Street.Roads in the Old Steine area of the city are closed with buses unable to ser…

Equipmake doubles heavy duty electric motor’s power

Vehicle electrification specialist Equipmake[1] is adding a new heavy duty electric motor with double the continuous power of its predecessor to its range.
The company’s next-gen HTM-3500 e-motor has the same peak figures of 3500Nm and 400kW as before,…

Equipmake debuts next-gen HTM-3500 electric motor

Electric powertrain solutions provider Equipmake[1] has unveiled the latest version of its heavy duty HTM-3500 electric motor. Designed for buses, coaches, trucks and off-highway vehicles, the updated motor develops the same peak output as previous ver…

Hungary adopts e-CMR for the paperless transport of road freight

M0 motorway, Hungary – photo credits @ Beroesz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Hungary has officially implemented e-CMR, the digital version of the United Nations Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR), b…