Year: 2021

Two-trailer roadtrain track trials in the Netherlands were abandoned before they started on public roads, reports Kevin Swallow. It’s a blow for the longer vehicle campaigns, so what happens now? PLANS TO introduce a two-trailer […]

IT WAS so good to see Truckfest back, covering the green slopes of the Royal Highland Showground again, after missing the Covid year. 2020 was well behind, as massive crowds flocked to Ingliston to see, […]

Freight moved by ferries in Scotland is in choppy waters, with haulage firms complaining about poor service, breakdowns and capacity issues in the run-up to Christmas, reports Chris Tindall. SCOTTISH hauliers using ferries to move […]

New trucks from DAF get the once over in Spain including the voluminous XG+, writes Gordon Roberts, keen to find out if size matters. THERE IS nothing like a good old-fashioned product launch in a […]

FRAIKIN’S long standing relationship with Belgrade Insulations, has been strengthened with the delivery of five new high-specification DAF curtainsiders. The seven year, full-service contract hire agreement sees four 32 tonne and one 26 tonne DAF […]

ARCHBOLD Logistics, the Heywood based logistics and distribution specialist, has launched a new initiative to recruit and retain driving staff. The company, which saw a return to increased business following months of the Covid pandemic, […]

AG PARFETT & Sons, northern England based wholesaler and owner of the Go Local store brand, has chosen Ryder Ltd to support its expansion, contract hiring 26 DAF LF230 18 tonne trucks. The new rigids […]

ONE OF the most iconic UK bulk tipper operators, Yorkshire based Alfred Hymas, has for the first time specified Harsh tractor wet kits. These have now been installed on five new weight saving Volvo FHs. […]

STRANRAER based haulier J Richardson has singled out an ‘old-timer’ Ekeri trailer for special praise, given its age and faultless service for over 13 years. “And it was already six years old when we bought […]

SDC TRAILERS recently marked a manufacturing milestone when its 10,000th trailer came off their new production line in Toomebridge. The semi-automated line was commissioned in August 2018 as part of a £7 million expansion to […]