Aberdeen-based waste and recycling specialist A&M Smith Recycling has introduced Scotland’s first Renault Trucks electric skip loader, as the family-owned business steps up its drive to reduce diesel use and decarbonise its fleet, writes Peter Brown. The 18-tonne...
Route2 Logistics has officially opened its new depot in Coatbridge, marking a major milestone in the continued growth of the specialist haulage and pallet distribution business. The new 22,000sq ft facility provides additional warehousing, yard space and vehicle...
The British Crane Truck Operator Challenge returns for a second year to find the country’s most skilled crane truck operator, writes Peter Brown. Organised and run by Huddersfield-based Mac’s Truck Group, the competition returns on 5 September, where operators will...
Around 20 fuel tanker drivers at Glasgow Prestwick airport have secured union recognition with their employer North Air, writes Peter Brown. The drivers will be represented by Unite in negotiations over jobs, pay and conditions through collective bargaining with North...
DX Group has expanded its dangerous goods capability across mainland UK, enabling customers to transport a wider range of products through its network under the Limited Quantity (LQ) provisions, writes Peter Brown. The logistics operator said the enhanced service is...
OilMaxx has expanded its UK network with the opening of a new depot in Middlesbrough as it looks to strengthen its presence across the northeast, writes Peter Brown. The new depot will provide fuel and lubricant services to domestic and commercial customers across the...
Sunbeds and towels. That is what we Germans are (in)famous for when the sun is out, writes Transport News European correspondent Peter Schmitz. The ongoing pre-dawn towel battle with die Insulaner (our affectionate name for the Britons, the islanders) at holiday...
The latest issue of Transport News is out today. The front cover features one of four new DAF XB 14-tonne rigids with Gray & Adams refrigerated bodies now in service with fine food and drink wholesaler Cress Co. One hundred years of road haulage and, after 98...
