The German branch of MAN Truck & Bus has partnered with DocStop to improve medical care for professional drivers on the road. HGVs can now be parked free of charge at the 137 service outlets throughout Germany while seeking medical assistance.

MAN partners with DocStop to offer free parking and medical care for HGV drivers

В Лимбурге, провинции на юго-востоке Нидерландов, с одобрения Министерства инфраструктуры и водного хозяйства ведется подготовка к реализации пилотного проекта по безопасной парковке для грузовиков. В регионе будет создано несколько новых парковочных мест, а первые три места будут запущены со дня на день в рамках проекта.

Тысячи безопасных парковочных мест для грузовиков будут построены вдоль важной трассы

German police are searching for a lorry driver who parked their semi-trailer so close to the railway tracks that a rail-mounted container crane crashed into it. Both the trailer and the container were seriously damaged.

Rail-mounted crane crashes into dangerously parked semi-trailer

Европейский союз будет способствовать строительству одной из крупнейших в Европе зон отдыха с местами для 400 грузовиков в Хорсенсе, Дания. Согласно сообщениям местной газеты Horsens Folkeblad, Брюссель хочет выделить 162 млн датских крон (более 21 мл евро) на реализацию проекта.

В Европе построят одну из крупнейших автостоянок для грузовиков

A Danish truck driver has talked of his continuing frustration at receiving constant parking fines when he is unloading groceries at the shops he delivers for. The driver believes the fines are unfair and maintains he is just trying to do his job.

Lorry driver being continually fined due to supermarket not having dedicated loading spot

A CDU/CSU parliamentary group has asked for more information on the German Federal Government's plan to alleviate the shortage of HGV parking spaces via the use of so-called ‘convoy parking'.

German Parliamentary group inquires about HGV ‘convoy parking’ plan

Portsmouth International Port has unveiled its £92m “masterplan", according to which the port will expand its land to cater for the increase in unaccompanied freight, accommodate a new Border Control Post, and upgrade facilities at the international cargo terminal Portico. Facilities for drivers such as showers, toilets, a canteen will also be built on the new site.

Portsmouth Port plan includes more space for HGVs and unaccompanied freight

In 2022, the Danish Road Directorate will launch a pilot at a rest area in Central Jutland, where lorries will have the opportunity to park more flexibly. The aim of the lorry ‘Tetris' is to assess whether this kind of flexibility can contribute to solving the capacity challenges at the country's rest areas.

Lorry ‘Tetris’ system to be tested at Danish HGV park

Denmark's Transport and Logistics Association (ITD) has vented its anger over the continuation of the situation whereby foreign transport companies <a href="https://www.transportmagasinet.dk/article/view/815127/dtl_raser_transportministeren_skal_traede_i_karakter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are repeatedly dodging parking payments</a>.