TRANSPORT bodies are urging police to fairly and consistently apply regulations on moving large or heavy cargo. Hauliers report that some police forces have imposed and are enforcing blanket movement embargoes on abnormal loads which […]
Coatbridge based commercial workshop CEM Scotland has new owners; TIP Group. Its maintenance service, vehicle damage and body repairs, and body and tail lift repair service, makes it an ideal fit for TIP to meet […]
A long-term solution to a notorious road in the Highlands has finally been announced by the government. Chris Tindall reports. IN JUNE, hauliers relying on a scenic route between Glen Kinglas and Glen Croe finally received the news they […]
WHY LOAD security is important, what operators, drivers and consignors must do when loading and transporting goods and how load security is enforced, all forms the basis of a new Code of Practice recently published […]
THE ACQUISITION of five new DAF 18 tonne tippers by Dundee based Tayside Contracts adds further units into its 24 strong general purpose tipper fleet, writes Gordon Roberts. These are specified to handle the broadest […]
What does a person interested in trucks and armed with a camera do when they go on vacation? That’s right, take a busman’s holiday! Part three of Michael Fallone’s Time Traveller series takes him into […]
VOLVO TRUCKS has supplied Tesco with a new FM Electric 4×2 tractor unit to support the UK store’s commitment to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2035. The truck’s arrival marks the first zero tailpipe […]
Instead of criss-crossing the main routes of Glasgow, what does a bus driver do in the 1980s when he can take a few weeks holiday? Well, if his name is Michael Fallone, he picks up […]
NORTH WEST Trucks, part of the Greenhous Group, one of the UK’s largest DAF dealer groups, has opened a new state-of-the-art dealership in Warrington, strategically located close to the M62 and M6 motorways. Featuring a […]
DEMAND for next day delivery in the UK is on the rise resulting in more freight drivers having to navigate busy cities, which is substantially different to open motorway driving, so should commercial drivers be […]
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