As M&H Carriers took delivery of its latest electric van, managing director Fraser MacLean made an impassioned plea this week for other hauliers to start to electrify their fleets to help cut the sectors’ emissions, […]
The Transport News December issue hits the shelves today and it finishes the year off with of course all the latest haulage news from Scotland and the North of England. Enviro Clean Unblocking […]
Usually, rail freight is the preserve of bulk material carriers and supermarkets but now more Scottish hauliers are embracing rail instead of road and if they aren’t, they are certainly assessing its potential. So, what […]
Iveco continues to make inroads with Scottish transport businesses, with livestock nutrition company Harbro the latest to put the S-Way onto its fleet. It has put a 6×2 rigid drawbar unit with close-coupled three-axle trailer […]
The cream of the Scottish road haulage industry gathered at the Crowne Plaza in Glasgow for the 29th Transport News Scottish Rewards breakfast, hosted by Carole Smillie and Des Clarke. The next issue of Transport […]
Truck makers have criticised new pollutant emission standards for HGVs proposed by the European Commission (EC) and said they risk slowing down the transition to zero-emission transport, writes Chris Tindall. The Euro-7 standards are currently […]
A truck driver with Aberdeenshire-based Dyce Carriers was targeted by fuel thieves who used crowbars to attack the truck and threaten the driver as he slept, writes Kevin Swallow. The incident took place in Doncaster […]
Scotland’s first minister insisted the government is ‘absolutely committed’ to delivering two new ferries for services to island communities, despite them being at least five years late and the building costs soaring, writes Chris Tindall. […]
MV Commercial has supplied Ayrshire based Tom Grant Plant with a pair of tipper grabs for its fleet. The company, which provides plant hire, operated plant equipment and transport hire services throughout Ayrshire, Glasgow and […]
PepsiCo UK is working with its transport partner Pollock (Scotrans) to replace diesel with hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) and power more than one million miles of HGV journeys. With an aim to reduce greenhouse gas […]
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