A Northern Ireland recovery and commercial repairs specialist is offering haulage operators the opportunity to have a free brake test on their vehicles for the month of August.
A Northern Ireland recovery and commercial repairs specialist is offering haulage operators the opportunity to have a free brake test on their vehicles for the month of August.
As thousands of primary schoolchildren around the country prepare for the end of the school year and the beginning of their summer holidays, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) is reminding road-users including haulage operators to be on the lookout for children when using the roads. The RSA is also reminding parents and guardians to...
Hauliers have been advised to take regular rest periods and not to drive, while suffering from fatigue.
Haulage operators got a little relief this week with the news that the average cost of diesel has fallen by 3.2 cent per litre.
There was a little good news for haulage operators this week with the news that the cost of diesel has stabilised at an average of €1.46 a litre, according to the AA’s monthly fuel index.
haulage operators are beeing hit by7 the news that fuel prices have surged upwards yet again, reaching new highs and setting a new record for both petrol and diesel, according to the AA’s monthly fuel price survey.
As fuel prices continue to soar, haulage operators have been advised that they can cut their fuel bills by putting their drivers through an advanced training course.
A new lobby group is calling for a meeting with the new Ministers of Transport and Finance to thrash out a number of issues affecting the haulage industry.
Diesel prices continue to rise from the record high prices reached last month, according to the latest monthly survey from the AA.
Nearly in one in five HGVs (17 per cent) on Ireland’s are more than 10 years old, figures released by the Central Statistics Office confirm.
Proof that the haulage industry took a hammering last year, came this week with figures from Central Statistics Office (CSO), which showed that amount of goods transported by road in 2009 fell to 148 million tonnes.
The haulage industry has been advised that the average price of diesel across the country this month has risen 0.9cent a litre in the last month to an average of 124.9 cent.