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 | Harrogate Show Is A Hot Tip! NOW MORE than ever the tipping and bulk transport sector needs it own dedicated exhibition, say leading industry manufacturers and service providers such as Tony Davies, managing director of Hyva... Read More |
 | Bangers And Mash Back At The CV Show THIS year’s CV Show and Workshop 2012 held at the NEC (24-26 April) sees the return of Isuzu Trucks with not only a wide ranging exhibit, but also their famous exhibition signature Bangers and... Read More |
 | Bold Politics, Weak On Solutions IN A classic example of modern politics, where bold initiatives are propounded without saying how they are to be achieved, UK Transport Minister Mike Penning’s proposals to charge foreign trucks... Read More |
 | Stralis For Tanzanian Trainees AN APPROVED used Iveco Stralis Active Space truck has set sail from the UK recently, bound for the Tanzanian capital of Dar Es Salaam, where it will take on a vital professional driver training... Read More |
 | Train And Test At Ritchies THE LAST piece of Ritchies’ road haulage training jigsaw was put in place in December with the creation of an LGV driving test area within the huge complex at Hobden Street, Glasgow. Now... Read More |
| Looking For An A83 Landslip Cure SCOTTISH Transport Minister Keith Brown has given the go-ahead for a detailed investigation into mitigation works on a notorious landslip site on the A83. He said the investigation will... Read More |
 | Mercedes Approvals For Caledonian AYR based Caledonian Truck & Van has been granted a Mercedes van sales franchise for Ayrshire and has also been granted manufacturer approval for its bodyshop within the Heathfield site which is... Read More |
| Petition For Secure Truck Stops! READER Kate Morrison, of model trucks fame, feels so strongly about the need for many more secure truck stops in Britain that she has submitted a petition to parliament –... Read More |
 | Trailblazing Trailers Longer Semi Trailers will soon be on a road near you. John Henderson takes a look at some of the successful Scottish applicants joining the ten year trial. FOR MANY decades it’s been the... Read More |
 | The Trucks They Are A-Changin’ The 26th annual New Year address to the media by Iveco turned the spotlight on structural shifts underway in the truck market. It’s all powered by the search for productivity. Ian Norwell... Read More |
 | A Fitting Reward For Volvo’s UK Success IT CAME as an appropriate climax to Volvo Trucks’ gathering of the clans as yours truly entered stage left to present the Transport News 2012 Top Truck Award to UK managing director Göran Nyberg... Read More |
 | Schmitz Aim To Import Broader Trailer Range DESPITE the closure of the Harelaw, County Durham factory, trailer maker Schmitz Cargobull remains open for business in the UK with a range of products designed to meet the needs of British... Read More |
 | Truck Routes Over Water SCOTTISH exports bound for Ireland and mainland Europe can still go by road thanks to increased trailer carrying capacity on new, faster freight ferries linking Cairnryan to Ireland, while east... Read More |