Speed and scale drives Volta Trucks as its sets about bringing a new vehicle to market. Gordon Roberts spent the day with the new-start electric vehicle manufacturer. SECRECY always shrouds new truck development. Rumours of […]
EDINBURGH Zoo has appointed The NWH Group to deliver its gritting services, keeping the venue free of ice all winter. The zoo is open every day of the year, with the exception of Christmas Day, […]
THE continuing disruption to the truck industry of extended component supply and cost increases is not affecting demand for new trucks, suggested Laurence Drake, managing director of DAF Trucks Ltd, speaking at the first traditional […]
XPO, an international provider of freight transportation services, has surpassed its goal of hiring at least 1,000 truck drivers in the UK and Ireland in 2022, achieving the milestone in early November and has continued […]
VERTELLUS has unveiled its EV Discovery Programme to encourage and support the introduction of electric vehicles into fleets and onto UK roads, through a three-way partnership including Renault Trucks and Zenobe. Initially introducing 30 electric […]
VOLVO’s new electric truck has been fitted with the latest Brigade equipment. The FE electric 19 tonne truck with a curtainside body is used as a demonstrator for customer trials and is fully Direct Vision […]
The DAF XG, a genuinely ground-breaking truck, claims the Transport News 2023 Top Truck Award. LAST YEAR, three Transport News road tests stood out from the rest. In the January 2022 issue we put an […]
A Renfrewshire haulier appealed against the TC’s decision to refuse an increase in the number of HGVs it could operate, but the appeal tribunal was not convinced by its argument, writes Chris Tindall. AN APPEAL […]
Thompsons is in the process of embarking from its 40,000sq.ft Scottish production base at the ex-navy Royal Elizabeth Yard near Kirkliston, on a voyage across the Firth of Forth to create a brand new 203,000sq.ft […]
Operators want new trailers even though a recession is within touching distance, writes Steve Banner, with most production slots maxed out till 2024.DEMAND FOR trailers is booming despite fears that the economy is heading for […]
Copyright © 2020 Transport News