An early casualty of the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s CV Show at the NEC, Birmingham should have had two big truck cab launches for the UK market. Despite the lack of a physical event, many […]
THE FAILURE of several local authorities in Scotland to include the needs of logistics in their active travel plans will be detrimental to the country’s ability to recover economically from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to […]
GREGORY Distribution has announced 100 job losses across its operation due to ‘difficulties’ faced by its customers brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. Announcing the job cuts, MD Angela Butler said: ‘Some areas will remain […]
PLANS to implement low emission zones across Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee have been paused temporarily in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The decision taken by the Low Emission Zone Leadership Group, which includes Transport […]
A TRANSPORT manager ‘motivated by his own greed and self-interest’ has been disqualified indefinitely after he failed to exercise continuous and effective management over a lengthy period. Asad Muhammed also lost his repute after a […]
FTA IS urging government to provide safe parking spaces for those charged with keeping goods moving through the pandemic and beyond, the HGV drivers. Two years after the government pledge, FTA’s members report provision has […]
To cope with demand following growth in parts, sales and workshop, Volvo Trucks UK spent £1 million to double the size of its wholly owned facility at Inverness. Regional boss Neil Park, depot manager Iain […]
Unsurprising and yet stark figures from the SMMT show that just 15 commercial vehicles rolled off GB production lines in April. CV output dropped by 99.3% as plants were forced to close their doors due […]
STENA LINE will be reducing freight capacity on its Belfast-Liverpool (Birkenhead) service due to a decline in freight demand. The freight only vessel Stena Forecaster will be removed from service resulting in a reduction of […]
AFTER more than 30 years of campaigning, by the road haulage industry concerns, the government has at last announced it will move forward with dualling the remaining sections of the A66. Once complete, the upgrade […]
Copyright © 2020 Transport News