GRAYS Recycling Services of Fochabers has taken delivery of its fifth Volvo truck, an FMX 8×4 rigid fitted with Hyva bodywork and a heavy duty Easy Sheet automatic sheeting system. The new truck is powered […]
SCOTTISH Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity, Michael Matheson MSP, told RHA members that major trunk road improvements could help tackle the skills shortage. Investing in a better road network would increase labour catchment […]
SASCHA Kaehne is to lead Iveco in the UK & Ireland, having been appointed to the position of business director. He is relocating to the UK from Iveco’s heavy truck manufacturing plant in Madrid, Spain, […]
THERMO King is expanding its Connected Solutions portfolio with ‘Trailer Assist’, a new technology that collects and presents a range of insights related to a trailer’s operational condition designed to extend the user’s ability to […]
HANSON UK has become one of the first businesses in the country to protect its heavy truck fleet with the latest Michelin tyre and wheel safety technology. Fitted on 59 new DAF XF 6×2 tractor […]
CNG FUELS has commenced construction of two new renewable biomethane compressed natural gas (Bio-CNG) refuelling stations, two of five due to open this year to cater for ‘soaring demand’ from HGV operators switching from diesel, […]
DECLINING profit margins have left logistics businesses struggling to fund their Brexit preparations, according to the 2019 Logistics Report. Launched by FTA with Santander Corporate and Commercial Banking, the report polled the opinions of more […]
Jodie Lawson, daughter of Colin and Lisa Lawson, of Aberdeen road transport fame attained her 18th birthday in January this year and promptly went on to train for and pass her class 1&2 HGV driving […]
THE MAJORITY (71.4%) of van operators intend to use electric vehicles in their fleets, according to FTA’s 2019 Logistics Report, and the association is calling on government to increase its investment into electric vehicle affordability. […]
AS PART of the project to upgrade the traffic bottleneck at Longman roundabout in Inverness, the preferred option for the A9/A82 improvement scheme has been identified, comprising a grade separated junction with the A9 passing […]
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