It’s been 15 years since Driver CPC became compulsory for all professional lorry drivers. When it was first introduced, lorry drivers had to get their card by 9 September 2014 with cards valid for five […]
Tougher sentencing of criminals targeting HGVs and their freight needs to be introduced to stop millions of pounds of goods being stolen every year, according to the RHA. It wants the government to create a […]
With more than 280 exhibitors, Road Transport Expo (RTX) 2024 was bigger and better than ever, as it returned to the NAEC Stoneleigh, writes Kevin Swallow. While the ethos is ‘all about the truck’ it […]
The Malcolm Group provided a truck and two trailers for SAF-Holland to conduct a controlled test of disc brakes and drum brakes to see which stops a tractor-trailer combination over a shorter distance. One of […]
Over several years John Mackenzie has successfully organised the Highland Historic Commercial Vehicle Road Run and 2024 was no exception, writes Ian Lawson. Quite amazing given the run this year starting in Dingwall via Lairg […]
In the third and final article of our cyber security series, former Knights of Old director Paul Abbott explained to Jack Carfrae how a ransomware attack felled a haulage firm with 450 vehicles and 900 […]
Preston-based H Parkinson Haulage entered administration this week, writes Chris Tindall, with FRP Advisory taking control of its affairs. It has a national licence for 85 HGVs and 160 trailer and operates out of five […]
It has been the talking point of the year, even if the launch took a softly-softly approach at the start of the year. Volvo’s new Aero range covers its heavyweight line up and Stevie Walker […]
Multimodal 2024 closed with a visit from Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal, in her role as patron of Transaid. For Transport News, the current issue features several ‘multimodal’ companies that made it down to […]
A new book which charts the history of celebrated Scottish haulier Ian S Roger is in the works, writes Transport News regular contributor David Craik. Next year marks the 50th anniversary of Ian S Roger […]
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