A battery-powered Mercedes-Benz eActros tractor unit has demonstrated its readiness for UK work by completing a five-day, 1,400-mile journey around the country, writes Chris Tindall. Hauling a standard trailer and fully freighted at 40 tonnes, […]
Royal Mail has announced that it will stop using trains to transport its post and revert to the ‘heavily subsidised’ road haulage sector. DB Cargo UK is the contract holder with Royal Mail operating its […]
AO has invested more than £2m expanding its fleet’s capacity with another ten CNG tractor units and 20 longer semi-trailers from Tiger Trailers, writes Carol Millett. The move is part of the electrical retailer’s strategy […]
Transport Scotland has announced that Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering will be appointed to dual the A9 between Tomatin and Moy in contract worth £184.7 million. The contract will kickstart the Government’s rolling programme of […]
The new Labour administration has appointed Louise Haigh MP as the secretary of state for transport in the new government. Louise Haigh MP had previously held the shadow transport brief since 2021, and before that […]
Hauliers working for Aggregate Industries (AI) have reacted with fury at a move by the company to chop its rates by 1.77% after blaming ‘extremely challenging’ trading conditions, writes Chris Tindall. In a letter to […]
Old Haulage has praised MV Commercial for quickly supplying a fully refurbished Volvo FH mounted with a Cormach Serie 75000 crane and fly jib after it secured a new contract. The family-run Blaydon haulier has […]
A London law firm has urged fleet operators undertaking international haulage to review their systems for adequately securing vehicles and to apply for membership of the Clandestine Entrant Civil Penalty Accreditation Scheme without delay. JMW […]
Royal Mail staff shareholders are being asked to sell their stock to Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský as his company begins lobbying investors to accept his offer to buy the postal firm. The West Ham director […]
Rivus HGV, the sister company to Rivus Fleet Solutions (RFS) that collapsed into administration in late June, has reverted to using the Pullman brand name. Trading as a separate entity under Pullman Fleet Services, the […]
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