FEW PEOPLE, even road haulage industry heads, have heard of the Transported Asset Protection Association’s programme to tackle the biggest cause of cargo crime in Europe, but TAPA has completed a significant milestone with the […]
GRAY & Adams, has designed an automated loading pod, built inside a 15.6m refrigerated body, that holds 60 pallets at -22°C. This innovation, coupled with a 44 pallet capacity double deck trailer, can be loaded […]
RENAULT has extended the use of its electric light commercial vehicles with hydrogen. Tested since 2014, Groupe Renault’s hydrogen technology was developed in partnership with Symbio, a Groupe Michelin subsidiary. The vehicles are equipped with […]
THE VOLVO Group has created a new business area, Volvo Autonomous Solutions, that will accelerate the development of autonomous transport solutions in mining, ports and transport between logistics centres. Autonomous transport solutions, based on self-driving […]
BPW HAS announced a training partnership with Glasgow based GTG who will take responsibility for the manufacturer’s heavy axle training courses in Scotland, ensuring that customers north of the border now have local access to […]
THE TRATON Group, launched at the IAA Show in Hanover last year and which includes Scania and MAN, believes the EU’s target of cutting carbon emissions from heavy trucks by 15% by 2025 can be […]
THIS YEAR marks the 50th anniversary of Volvo Trucks’ Accident Research Team (ART), which was created to systematically gather, analyse and act upon information about real life traffic accidents. The knowledge gained provides value in […]
AS PART of its business expansion plans, TIP Trailer Services has relocated its branch in Scotland from Motherwell to a brand new five acre site at nearby Chapelhall. The move, now completed, more than doubles […]
OVER 23,000 potentially dangerous trucks, trailers and PSVs were taken off the road or repaired between April and June 2019, new DVSA data reveals. This represents 11.8% of the tests taken. Hugh Rimmer, DVSA’s vehicle […]
ECON ENGINEERING, which manufactures winter maintenance and repair vehicles, has launched a new Scottish company to service gritters and other vehicles for customers across many of Scotland’s 32 local authorities and private sector highways contractors. […]
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