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ON FRIDAY 23 November, Volvo Trucks’ Gent Plant in Belgium celebrated a significant milestone by handing over the keys to the one millionth Volvo truck produced in the Oostakker factory since it opened in 1975. […]

YORKSHIRE based cold storage and transport business Reed Boardall Group has again achieved strong annual results. The company grew turnover to £61.6m in its last financial year (ending 31 March 2018), a 2.3% rise in […]

FORS HAS issued its new ‘Winter Guide for HGV Drivers’ as a printable download. The handy guide includes tips to help drivers who are encouraged to not only fully plan their route, but to seek […]

LABOUR’s Shadow Treasury team’s call for even more taxes to be piled upon the haulage industry has understandably incurred the wrath of the Road Haulage Association. ‘Britain’s hauliers already pay some of the highest taxes […]

THE OFFICE of the Traffic Commissioner has confirmed new financial standing levels for hauliers that took effect on 1 January 2019. Standard national and International licence applicants will be required to demonstrate £8,000 (previously £7,950) […]

A GREENER future for road transport is in reach, according to the Logistics Emissions Reduction Scheme (LERS) annual report, which found its members have reduced their average greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 4% in 2017. […]

BATHGATE based Lothian Vehicle Bodybuilders Ltd have a new investment team on board after Gordon and Rosina Nisbet felt that the time was right to allow external investment into the company to realise its full […]

THE ROAD Haulage Association warns that plans to set an income based threshold on immigration after the UK leaves the EU won’t meet the needs of business, particularly the logistics industry. The government announced plans […]

TRANSPORT Scotland’s road network maintainer AMEY is drawing up plans to introduce weather related diversions for HGVs and high sided vehicles on the A1, between Dunbar and Haddington, following a number of incidents in which […]

A ‘MAJOR Incident’ occurred on a P&O ferry as extreme weather conditions caused a number of articulated truck and trailer combinations to topple over, crushing cars in the process. Thankfully no one was hurt on […]