More than 280 exhibitors at Road Transport Expo 2024 made it bigger and better than ever before. Transport News headed to the NAEC Stoneleigh to find the exclusive stories, new products and capture the ethos […]
Much is written and said about the A9 that connects the central belt to the Highlands and islands. A vital link road, the route is beset by a gradual piecemeal upgrade to dual carriageway that […]
Last month we looked at the burgeoning issue of cybercrime blindsiding hauliers, and the ramifications of being targeted. In the second feature of the three-part series, Jack Carfrae looks at solutions and asks how operators […]
Truckfest North East landed at the Wolsingham showground in Weardale, Co. Durham with an action-packed two days. Television’s Gladiators, Broke FMX, Slingshot and Swamp Thing, DAF Trucks and Daimler Trucks were all in attendance, along […]
Transaid is the road haulage charity that raises money to help solve transport challenges by working with its partners and governments in sub-Saharan Africa. It organised a trip to Zambia to see how its efforts […]
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 […]
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