BRIDGESTONE Europe’s widely reported transaction with TomTom Telematics, for a cash consideration of €910 million, will bring together the world’s largest tyre and rubber company with the number one provider of digital fleet solutions in […]
FURTHER TO the £4.5m investment in its Doncaster manufacturing facility in 2017, with a new semi-automated shot blast and paint operation, Montracon have announced further investment in its north east England site reintroducing refrigerated trailer […]
ROAD transport company, Dyce Carriers Ltd, is expanding into the central belt of Scotland with a new facility opening in Grangemouth. Established in 1973, Aberdeen based Dyce Carriers has grown to become a national road […]
EU COUNTRIES are pushing for the current no-deal Brexit legislation to be more generous to the UK, with a ‘bare bones’ arrangement, proposed by the European Commission, that would allow UK hauliers to carry goods […]
SINCE THE Queensferry Crossing over the Firth of Forth opened there have been 20 occasions when the Forth Road Bridge would have had to close to high sided vehicles due to high winds, confirmed Scottish […]
Navigating the urban labyrinth with a short wheelbase trailer is popular on the European continent, but isn’t quite as common in British cities, so Kevin Swallow trialled a Volvo FM tractor unit to see if […]
THE PALFINGER UK team have handed over one of two new crane builds to longstanding customer, Gibsons of Kendal who are commemorating the 40th anniversary of their business this year. The latest delivery sees a […]
FOLLOWING last month’s caption story on MAN’s electric powered delivery truck carrying parts for the Porsche car plant in Stuttgart, we have acquired more information on the novel tractor unit. The battery electric truck is […]
AGGREGATE Industries is calling for more to be done to drive road safety forward in the construction sector. With dangerous lorry driving often at the heart of the highly publicised road safety issue, reports estimate […]
MALCOLM Logistics have continued their intermodal innovation with SDC Trailers’ new bespoke design 15.6m extended skeletal trailer for use with their 50ft big box containers. The Linwood based operator collaborated closely with SDC’s engineering team […]
Copyright © 2020 Transport News