More hauliers are seeing the benefit of whole-life tyre management to reduce the financial outlay and cut CO2 emissions. Steve Banner reports from Michelin’s factory in Staffordshire. THE PALNACKIE, Castle Douglas based haulier TP Niven […]
DALKEITH based NWH Group has struck up a partnership with Volvo to trial the manufacturer’s FE electric HGV skip vehicle. Ricky Ray, compliance director at NWH Group explained: “The group is committed to driving the […]
LEITHS (Scotland) Ltd has added two new C430 8×4 tippers to its Inverness based subsidiary, A Ross & Sons, opting for Renault Trucks owing to the ‘manufacturer’s dealer network, vehicle specification and reliability’. Supplied by […]
BULLET Express, one of the UK’s fastest growing supply chain businesses, has introduced a Movement Guarantee service for the beers, wines and spirits sector. The guarantee provides clearance and documentation expertise as well as direct […]
Moving to 100% electric is still not feasible for many operators with cost, range and payload anxiety, but might a retrofit hybrid be the answer, reports John Kendall. DECARBONISING road transport remains a challenge at […]
Many hauliers are family businesses and Earl Transport is no different. Peter Hughes and his daughter Rhian talk to Lucy Radley about bringing on the next generation and the succession plan. AS JOURNALISTS, we spend […]
Menzies Distribution is taking part in a UK trial of trucks that are part-fuelled with HVO, which has been launched by its client Ball Beverage Packaging in partnership with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP). The twelve-month […]
DAWSONGROUP, is taking delivery of an order for 170 trailers from Dennison Trailers. According to James Dennison, MD of the British manufacturer (pictured), he and Dawsongroup had been discussing the possibility of trailer supply from […]
SCOTLAND’S Celmisa Plant Hire has taken delivery of a new Volvo FH540 Globetrotter 6×4 tractor unit. It will be paired with a Faymonville trailer and used to haul heavy plant equipment throughout Scotland’s central belt. […]
THE 2023 Truckness Show was hailed as a great event despite rather mixed weather, especially so in the morning of 12 August. An increased number of 192 trucks plus a few other exhibits were still […]
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