DAF TRUCKS is ‘right behind’ the announcement of funding from the UK Government and Innovate UK for the Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator programme. DAF XD Electric and XF Electric tractor units will form […]
SCOTLAND’S trunk roads will be serviced by a fully refreshed fleet of gritters this winter. With new network management contracts in place for the north west and north east units, it means the entire gritter […]
TRANSPORT Minister Mark Harper was shown the JCB Pothole Pro during a visit to the company’s Derbyshire engine plant and saw how the machine repairs a pothole in less than eight minutes – four times […]
Menzies Distribution is taking part in a UK trial of trucks that are part-fuelled with HVO, which has been launched by its client Ball Beverage Packaging in partnership with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP). The twelve-month […]
DAWSONGROUP, is taking delivery of an order for 170 trailers from Dennison Trailers. According to James Dennison, MD of the British manufacturer (pictured), he and Dawsongroup had been discussing the possibility of trailer supply from […]
SCOTLAND’S Celmisa Plant Hire has taken delivery of a new Volvo FH540 Globetrotter 6×4 tractor unit. It will be paired with a Faymonville trailer and used to haul heavy plant equipment throughout Scotland’s central belt. […]
THE 2023 Truckness Show was hailed as a great event despite rather mixed weather, especially so in the morning of 12 August. An increased number of 192 trucks plus a few other exhibits were still […]
NEW analysis by SNAP shows that the increased demand for online deliveries and a lack of new drivers has created a ‘tipping point’ with not enough qualified drivers to cope with current haulage demands. Data […]
THE 2023 Truck Show at Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, was a vibrant weekend with more than 450 trucks attending the event (26-28 August 2023). Friday saw early birds arriving to park up and start their […]
AFTER an absence of 15 years, Knockhill Race Circuit in Fife hosted the return of SuperTruck Scotland on 26-27 August 2023. More than 200 trucks from all over the country plus a few entries from […]
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