In this issue

While used truck dealers struggled for stock, some rental / lease players successfully cashed in by offloading prime rolling stock to end-users desperate for vehicles. Now it seems the days of a sellers’ market are […]

From the first online buying tool for consumers to use at truck auctions, it’s taken 13 years for the sale to become available exclusively online. Transport News talks to Commercial Vehicle Auctions, which now does […]

Dead mileage, running empty, hauling air; call it what you will, it’s something Scottish hauliers actively avoid. Forming partnerships or a database of ‘reloads’ helps, as do the freight forwarders and agents but there is […]

Back after 15 years, Knockhill Race Circuit hosted the return of SuperTruck Scotland. Ian Lawson joined the crowds over the two-day event back in August. With a strong truck line-up and track runs, there was […]

Whisper it, but could the immediate future of fuel use embrace retrofit hybrids? It has started in the van sector with BEDEO providing electric conversions for 3.5 tonne vans, which saves money on buying 100% […]

The DAF XDC product range is now out and about. Transport News resident road tester and vehicle appraisal expert Stevie Walker, co-director of Lochmaben Transport, took one for a week’s tipper work across Dumfries and […]

Extending the life of a tyre remains the prerogative for hauliers with an eye on keeping the total cost of ownership as low as possible. One way is to reap the benefit of Michelin’s whole-life […]

The Northern Rewards at the Mercure Hotel in Manchester saw 17 awards handed out to operators across the north of England. Hosted by comedian Scott Bennett and presenter Sameena Ali-Khan, and with String Fever in […]

Opening up longer semi-trailers after successful trials should have provided a boon for hauliers and manufacturers alike. Yet, the government introduced new onerous legislation that has put off tenderfoots who might’ve taken advantage, and those […]

FOUNDING editor of Transport News, Alistair Vallance, officially delivered the 2023 Top Truck Award to the DAF Trucks stand at Truckfest Scotland, after the XG claimed the iconic trophy. The panel of judges were unanimous […]