In this issue

Shifting chilled and ambient goods comes at a price as hauliers are constantly under pressure to reduce their carbon footprint.  This month’s industry focus looks at the innovations that go towards the mandatory target of […]

Somewhere down the road is the legislation that will allow the operation of autonomous commercial vehicles on UK roads. Manufacturers have long been toying with it, testing its parameters step by step and even putting […]

The new Volvo FH 500 Aero is part of an exciting new generation aiming to maximise efficiency without killing power, and Ian Roberts Transport is the latest haulier to dig deep for the Swedes new […]

With a milling history going back almost 200 years, Carr’s Flour Mills has been at it longer than most. Bob Tuck travelled to Kirkcaldy in Fife to check out the recipe behind the latest generation […]

Freight crime is now front and centre as the RHA and operators add their weight to the cause. We round up the need-to-know information from the TC’s report, assess the Driver CPC changes and speak […]

Last year Volvo’s turbo compound engine, found in the FH560 I-Save tractor unit, breezed to victory claiming the prestigious Transport News Top Truck Award 2024. This year there are six vying for the crown with […]

While the DfT provided match-funding grants to help truckstops beef up security and improve conditions, in Scotland there is no such scheme in place. With Lockerbie Lorry Park gone and Route 74 opening a new […]

Fact for the day; the A9 50mph trial for HGVs began before the UK government rolled out new truck speed limits across England and Wales. Only now, more than 10 years later, is the devolved […]

To help work towards net-zero transport in the recycling and waste management sector, NWH Group has taken on a FM Electric 6×2 tractor unit from Volvo trucks. Craig Williams speaks to Transport News about putting […]

The Transport News Scottish Rewards breakfast celebrated its 30th awards ceremony at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Glasgow. It was always going to be different. For the first time since the Transport News Scottish Rewards […]