• Driverless trucks ‘could save industry nearly £34bn’

    Published On: Tuesday 8 September 2015

    A new report published by financial services provider Axa UK has suggested that a shift to automated or ‘driverless’ haulage and logistics vehicles could yield nearly £33.6 billion in savings [...]

  • Bullwell to expand mobile repair offering

    Published On: Tuesday 8 September 2015

    Bullwell Trailer Solutions, which specialises in mobile trailer repair and maintenance, has revealed plans for expansion, which it says will create new jobs across the Midlands. Due to increasing demand [...]

  • Bridgestone launches new Dayton truck tyre range

    Published On: Monday 7 September 2015

    Bridgestone says its Dayton brand is set to “shake up the budget truck tyre segment” with a new line-up of truck tyres, available from September. Promising “essential performance at the [...]

  • 50% say EU exit ‘would damage UK haulage’

    Published On: Friday 4 September 2015

    Half of respondents in a survey of more than 800 decision-makers in the UK road transport industry think that leaving the European Union would negatively impact the British haulage sector, [...]

  • Marcotran signs Goodyear tyre management deal

    Published On: Friday 4 September 2015

    Spanish transport and logistics group Marcotran has signed a FleetFirst agreement with Goodyear for the supply of new and retread tyres, as well as trans-European full tyre management. Reasons cited [...]

  • Truck Links enjoys efficiency boost with Verilocation tracking

    Published On: Thursday 3 September 2015

    Truck Links Ltd, the Lincolnshire-based commercial vehicle rental and sales operator, has invested heavily in improved telemetry control systems for its customers with the installation of Verilocation vehicle tracking devices [...]

  • Mercedes-Benz Arocs takes on plant tyre handling role

    Published On: Thursday 3 September 2015

    Heavy-duty excavation, construction and container handling equipment working on sites, in quarries and at ports throughout the south-east is now being kept rolling by a £180,000 Mercedes-Benz truck built to [...]

  • Fraikin expands into trailer rental with former City Link fleet

    Published On: Tuesday 1 September 2015

    Leasing and hire specialist Fraikin is redeploying the former City Link trailer fleet by expanding into the UK trailer rental market for the first time with the opening of a [...]

  • Operators urged to avoid fines as London safer lorry rules launch

    Published On: Tuesday 1 September 2015

    The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has issued a reminder to operators warning them to ensure their vehicles comply with the London Safer Lorry Scheme, which launched at the star tof [...]