Guidance and regulation

Overview of the vehicle operator licensing system.

• From: Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
• Updated: 6 February 2024

How to make sure goods and other items are loaded, secured and unloaded safely from HGVs, trailers, vans and cars.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 20 July 2023

How to keep heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and public service vehicles (PSVs) safe to drive, including daily checks, inspections, maintenance and record keeping.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 18 April 2023

What UK goods vehicle operators need to do to carry out international road haulage.

• From: Department for Transport and 2 others
• Updated: 8 February 2024

Use this service if you’re a haulier, freight forwarder or driver to tell HMRC in advance that you're attending an inland border facility.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 3 April 2023

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.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 31 January 2024

A guide to the international regulations on the transportation of dangerous goods by air, sea, road, rail or inland waterway.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 4 September 2012

Use this checklist to help secure your vehicle to stop people using it to enter the UK illegally.

• From: Border Force
• Updated: 15 February 2024

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.

• From: Border Force and 1 others
• Updated: 4 April 2023

Information about how to pay the HGV levy for non-UK HGVs.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 1 August 2023

You must register commercial trailers over 750kg gross weight and all trailers over 3,500kg gross weight before towing them through some European countries.

• From: Department for Transport and 3 others
• Updated: 28 March 2019

Find training courses to help you become a qualified dangerous goods driver.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 17 December 2021

How to create a Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) email alerts account and update your subscription preferences.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 5 March 2018

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.

• From: Department for Transport and 2 others
• Updated: 18 March 2022

International regulations and required documentation for hauliers transporting dangerous or hazardous goods by road or by vehicles on ships.

• From: Department for Transport and 2 others
• Updated: 8 June 2022

Safety advice for vehicles carrying overhanging loads.

• From: Department for Transport and 1 others
• Updated: 1 April 2009

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.

• From: Department for Transport and 2 others
• Updated: 26 March 2024

What transport companies and couriers need to do to use vans and car and trailers over 2.5 tonnes to transport goods in Europe.

• From: Department for Transport and 2 others
• Updated: 21 May 2022

Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and trailer documents you need to legally cross international borders in a UK-registered vehicle.

• From: Department for Transport and 3 others
• Updated: 1 April 2022

Find contact details for dangerous goods safety advisers (DGSA) that can help you transport dangerous goods safely.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 25 April 2024