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How to make sure goods and other items are loaded, secured and unloaded safely from HGVs, trailers, vans and cars.
How to keep heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and public service vehicles (PSVs) safe to drive, including daily checks, inspections, maintenance and record keeping.
1. Introduction There are 5 sub-sections in this section of the guide:…
What UK goods vehicle operators need to do to carry out international road haulage.
Guidance for haulage companies and commercial drivers moving accompanied (self-drive) RoRo freight and unaccompanied RoRo freight between Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and the European Union.
How to create a Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) email alerts account and update your subscription preferences.
Use this checklist to help secure your vehicle to stop people using it to enter the UK illegally.
Information about how to pay the HGV levy for non-UK HGVs.
How road transport companies and their drivers must secure their vehicles to stop people using them to enter the UK illegally, and to avoid being fined.
You must register commercial trailers over 750kg gross weight and all trailers over 3,500kg gross weight before towing them through some European countries.
What transport companies and couriers need to do to use vans and car and trailers over 2.5 tonnes to transport goods in Europe.
Check which documents you need to carry if you're the driver or a passenger in a lorry or other heavy goods vehicle (HGV) that crosses international borders.
Successful bids for the HGV parking and driver welfare grant scheme.
Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and trailer documents you need to legally cross international borders in a UK-registered vehicle.
Find out which licences and permits you need to operate vehicles with a gross vehicle weight above 3.5 tonnes on international journeys from the UK.
What road hauliers must do when travelling to the UK, to prevent people using their vehicles to enter the UK illegally.
Safety advice for vehicles carrying overhanging loads.
Get a UK Licence for the Community to transport goods by road to or through the EU, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, and the rules you have to follow.
Find out about the help you can get to run your business safely and efficiently if you've been a vehicle operator for less than 6 months.
Translations of the service to pay a DVSA fine for vehicle defects, breaking the rules around drivers’ hours, and other offences.
Sets out the requirements for satisfying good repute or fitness.
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