In this issue

To compete in today’s burgeoning mixer market, Iveco has introduced their new slimline Stralis X-Way designed for smooth handling while delivering maximum payload. Kevin Swallow weighs up the new specification.

Just like the Transport News Scottish Rewards Ceremony, this year Search Impex also celebrates its 25th anniversary. Joe Clark paid a visit to the event’s official model partner’s base in Derbyshire.

‘General haulage’ best describes the work carried out by DR Macleod. The distinctive liveried trucks travel between the central belt, the Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. Kevin Swallow took the ferry to the company’s […]

The viability of alternative fuels to diesel for commercial vehicle operations is increasingly on the agenda, as hauliers are faced with restrictions for city missions. Dean Barrett goes down the LNG route, all the way […]

Brexit was visibly put aside as the 67th biennial IAA Commercial Vehicle Show opened in Hanover in September with a press day which numbered CV scribes and snappers in the thousands.

The New XF comes with subtle upgrades that can be easily overlooked. Kevin Swallow took DAF’s flagship around Scotland to see if the changes bolster its reputation with drivers and owners.

Today, one in five new trucks rolling off the production line bound for the UK is fitted with a version of TISS’s fuel security device, mostly the result of repeat business initiated in the retro […]

Launched with little fanfare, MAN’s version of predictive cruise control, EfficientCruise, was said to save operators up to 9% on fuel. Kevin Swallow asked the manufacturer to put its money where its mouth is…

For some truck manufacturers, 2019 presents a worrying rise in demand for alternative fuelled vehicles. For Iveco however, this situation couldn’t be more welcome, as UK boss Stuart Webster explains.

Operating from the Isle of Bute, John Mackirdy Ltd has been moving goods for 148 years. Kevin Swallow travelled to Rothesay to speak to the fourth generation about what the future holds.