ROBERT Purvis Plant Hire Ltd of Lochgelly has just taken delivery of six brand new DAF tippers each fitted with a Harsh combined ram and tank front end tipping gear. ‘Tipper specifications just keep getting […]
Edinburgh based, Bernard Hunter Mobile Cranes has ordered an electric powered, mobile tower crane; the Spierings Model SK487-AT3, named ‘The City Boy’ by its manufacturers. It brings previously unattainable sustainability levels and zero emissions to […]
BY 2025 European truck makers will have had to slash new trucks CO2 emissions by 15% or face hefty fines, but Gerrit Marx, CNH Industrial president of commercial and speciality vehicles, isn’t daunted. In fact, […]
IVECO has appointed of Thomas Hilse as brand president and in this role, effective from 1 November, he took on global product management, sales, marketing and network development responsibility for the Iveco brand, tasked with […]
THE TRAFFIC Commissioner for Scotland, Claire Gilmore, has disqualified a Dundee based scaffolding company and its director for five years following the repeated unlawful use of a vehicle. The industry regulator concluded AFS Scaffolding Ltd […]
WEST Lothian haulier Corporate Road Solutions 24:7, which traded as Beau, has entered administration with the immediate loss of 66 jobs. As Transport News went to press, KPMG was appointed to the firm as an […]
THE ROAD Haulage Association has called on political parties to put road freight at the heart of transport policy in the run up to the general election. RHA chief executive, Richard Burnett said he will […]
WITH more logistics companies turning to battery power over the next two to five years, fleet managers must adopt vital acoustic safety tech as more and more deathly silent vans take to the UK’s roads, […]
THE UK’s new heavy goods vehicle (HGV) market declined -13.1% in Q3 2019, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). 8,557 heavy trucks were registered between July and September, a result of […]
DRIVELINE Emissions Technologies has become the first company to successfully validate a retrofit SCRt system meeting CVRAS requirements to Euro 3 Cummins C series engine vehicles. This adds vehicles such as the Dennis Trident alongside […]
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