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A single articulated road freight lorry parked in the shade of tall plane trees beside a quiet French national road at midday, with heat haze visible above the tarmac in the foreground, illustrating the Europe heat dome May 2026 disruption window.
24 May 2026
Operations

Europe heat dome May 2026: hauliers brace for stacked disruption

A record-breaking May heat dome lands over Western Europe on the Pentecost weekend and stacks with German truck bans and the Italian UNATRAS strike. Hauliers face a 72-hour disruption window.

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Editorial illustration of a closed Amsterdam depot gate with a sealed Dutch labour inspectorate compliance notice at first light, evoking the May 2026 two-month operating ban on a road-freight company for repeated wage breaches
24 May 2026
Compliance

Dutch inspectorate halts Amsterdam haulier on 2026 wage breaches

On 2026-05-20 the Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie suspended an Amsterdam road-freight operator for two months over repeated WML wage and holiday-pay breaches after EUR 280,000 in earlier fines.

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Editorial illustration showing a stylised map of Europe with three small parcels moving between countries, a four-day calendar block, and a stamped CMR consignment note beside an HGV silhouette — EU cabotage rules concept
24 May 2026
Compliance & EU regulations

Cabotage rules in Europe: the carrier's guide

EU cabotage rules explained: the 3-in-7 rule, the 4-day cooling-off period, CMR proof, country-by-country fines, and the 1 July 2026 LCV extension.

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Editorial illustration of a quiet European motorway lay-by at night with one parked HGV under a single street light, evoking the March 2026 TAPA cargo-crime figures
22 May 2026
Security

Cargo crime climbs across Europe as Germany leads March tally

TAPA EMEA's March 2026 data shows 5,719 cargo crimes across 51 countries, around EUR 18.5 million in disclosed losses, and Germany at the top of the country ranking.

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Inspection clipboard resting on the lower step of a tanker truck at first light, illustrating the new EU-wide ADR roadside checks from 2026-06-24
22 May 2026
Compliance

EU ADR inspection checklist mandatory from 2026-06-24

On 2026-06-24, Delegated Directive (EU) 2025/1801 makes a single EU-wide ADR inspection checklist with a three-tier risk model mandatory across the EU.

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Editorial illustration on how to become a truck driver in Europe, showing an HGV cab on a map of Europe with the Driver CPC Code 95 credential symbol
22 May 2026
Career & how-to-become

How to become a truck driver in Europe in 2026: licence, CPC and country-by-country guide

Everything you need to qualify as an HGV driver in Europe in 2026: category C and C+E licence requirements, Driver CPC Code 95 under Directive 2022/2561, country-by-country training costs, medical and age rules, non-EU pathways, and the UK post-Brexit position.

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Editorial illustration of a diesel pump nozzle resting back in its cradle at an empty Italian autostrada service station at first light during the UNATRAS truck strike window of 25 to 29 May 2026.
21 May 2026
Market

Italy truck strike 25-29 May 2026: UNATRAS confirms stop

UNATRAS has confirmed a 120-hour Italian truck strike from 00:01 on 2026-05-25 to 24:00 on 2026-05-29 unless the Meloni government acts on diesel excise duty, contribution payments and tax-credit timelines.

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Documentary photograph of an empty Alpine motorway curving toward a high mountain pass at first light, every lane bare in both directions, marking Europe's most important north-south freight corridor switched off for the 30 May 2026 demonstration window.
21 May 2026
Regulation

Brenner A13 closed 30 May 2026: HGV transit ban from 07:00

The A13 Brenner motorway and parallel roads will be closed in both directions on 2026-05-30 for a court-permitted demonstration near Matrei am Brenner, with HGV transit over 7.5 tonnes banned southbound from 07:00 and northbound from 09:00. Germany’s Federal Foreign Office has described the day as a period of massive travel restrictions with no viable alternative route through Tyrol.

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Documentary photograph of a Dutch motorway overhead enforcement gantry at first light before the 1 July 2026 truck toll launch.
20 May 2026
Compliance

Netherlands truck toll 1 July 2026: OBU contracts due 31 May

The Netherlands launches a per-kilometre truck toll on 1 July 2026, replacing the Eurovignette and requiring every N2 and N3 truck to carry an OBU.

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Editorial close-up of an on-board telematics unit clipped to the inside of a quiet European truck windscreen at first light, marking the Belgian CO2 emission class registration deadline of 1 July 2026.
20 May 2026
Compliance

Belgium truck toll: CO2 class on every OBU by 1 July 2026

Belgium's Viapass adds a CO2 surcharge to the Flemish truck toll on 1 July 2026; every Belgian-toll OBU needs a registered CO2 class by that date.

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