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International regulations and required documentation for hauliers transporting dangerous or hazardous goods by road or by vehicles on ships.
Find out how you can import goods with a specific authorised use and pay less duty.
You need the right licence to drive a tractor or specialist vehicle, there are also age limits and specific rules for driving tests
Make a ‘posting declaration’ when your drivers use HGVs, vans or trailers to transport goods between 2 points in the EU.
Apply for your site to be approved to host heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) part 4 tests.
Using retractable or foldable aerodynamic rear devices on heavy goods vehicles.
Understand how trading conditions and insurance can limit the financial risk for freight forwarders.
Check the tariff classification for all-terrain vehicles designed to be used as tractors.
Check customs rules for private individuals who travel to the UK from another country in a pleasure craft
Find out the 'place of supply' rules for passenger transport and the VAT zero rating of public passenger transport if you supply it in the UK.
Being stopped by the police or DVSA - fixed penalties, roadside prohibitions, driving without an operator's licence, immobilisation and impounding.
How to transport goods out of the UK by road - vehicle operator licences and permits, driver documents and road haulage rules.
Check the tariff classification for a four-wheeled vehicle with an electric motor powered by rechargeable batteries.
What UK goods vehicle operators need to do to carry out international road haulage.
Lists all Highways Act inspectors' reports and decision letters.
You must register commercial trailers over 750kg gross weight and all trailers over 3,500kg gross weight before towing them through some European countries.
Find out about the rules for the production, supply and use of aviation turbine fuels (avtur).
Explanations of the different terms you might see on your driving licence
How to unload, handle and hold animals at sites where animals not for human consumption are killed, and how the site must be designed.
Guidance for EU exporters, exporters from rest of the world and UK importers, on how to import groupage or mixed load consignments of animal products into Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
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