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03/09/2010

Introducing the inaugural Road Haulage Association Excellence Awards. For the first time, the RHA will be recognising the achievements, contributions and excellence demonstrated by individuals working within the RHA family. The winners will be announced at the RHA Awards Lunch, to be held at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London on 12th October.

31/08/2010

The Road Haulage Association welcomes the Campaign for Better Transport report which has once again highlighted the issue of road tolls and the long held RHA view that neither public nor private road tolls are a guaranteed revenue earner.

31/08/2010

The Road Haulage Association welcomes the Campaign for Better Transport report which has once again highlighted the issue of road tolls and the long held RHA view that neither public nor private road tolls are a guaranteed revenue earner.

20/08/2010

The Road Haulage Association welcomes today’s announcement from DFDS Seaways (formerly Norfolkline) that its ferry route from Rosyth, Scotland, to Zeebrugge, Belgium, is to undergo a major change of operation to provide an enhanced freight service.

16/08/2010

Northamptonshire Police report an increase in HGV incidents within the first 2 weeks of this month.

05/08/2010

Annual truck testing ensures high standards of vehicle condition and road safety and the Road Haulage Association (RHA), the Freight Transport Association (FTA), the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) and the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association are in total agreement that these objectives should be achieved at all times.

02/08/2010

The release included a statement referring to current practice which has been interpreted as meaning that bad practice in the fertiliser sector is widespread. That was certainly not the Association's intention, and the RHA wishes to make it clear that it recognises that the vast majority of fertiliser is transported to a very high standard and regrets any confusion that may have arisen.

19/07/2010

ON 22 JULY 2010 SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL MADE the above-mentioned Temporary Prohibition of Traffic Order, the effect of which will be to temporarily prohibit any vehicle from entering or proceeding in a westbound direction along that length of B2234 New Inn Lane, Burpham, Guildford that extends between its junctions with Burnett Avenue and London Road.

05/07/2010

Truck parking facilities do not have to be as secure as Fort Knox – but they could and should be much safer places to park than they currently are.

28/06/2010

A booklet advising international operators, supposedly produced in collaboration with the UK Border Agency has been withdrawn following questions on its content from the Association’s own magazine Roadway.

25/06/2010

A white MAN tractor unit was stolen from a distribution park in Coleshill,

25/06/2010

The Highways Agency will undertaking work to lay anti-skid surfacing to the carriageway of the M271 southbound between junction 1 and the Redbridge Roundabout.

25/06/2010

From the 28th June to the 2nd July the contractor, Carillion, currently working on the Merrywalks Bridge scheme is to carryout resurfacing work for the County Council on the A4171 at Highfield Roundabout and near the railway bridge in Paganhill Lane.

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