Millers of Speyside beefs up fleet with Gray & Adams bodies
Published On: Thursday 11 July 2013
Highlands meat supplier Millers of Speyside has invested in heavily reinforced, temperature-controlled bodies from Gray & Adams for transporting 75kg cuts of beef, suspended on hooks from its truck roofs. [...]
Crane and forklift combo brings benefits for engineering firm
Published On: Thursday 11 July 2013
Fitting their new Volvo FM13 four axle rigid with both a Hiab crane and a Moffett truck-mounted forklift is helping to improve productivity at civil engineering contractor Maltaward. The company [...]
Tyre specialist Goodyear and its TruckForce servicing and breakdown network have announced the commencement of a new contract with Culina Logistics, following a successful three-year relationship with the company. The [...]
Government proposes U-turn on Driver CPC exemptions
Published On: Wednesday 10 July 2013
The Driving Standards Agency is analysing responses to a consultation, which closed on 28 June, on two proposals it has made to widen the current scope of Driver CPC (DCPC) [...]
The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, VOSA, and the Driving Standards Agency (DSA), are to merge during the course of the next year, the roads safety minister Stephen Hammond has [...]
Downton invests in in-cab telematics from Microlise
Published On: Wednesday 19 June 2013
Logistics specialist CM Downton Ltd has invested in a new in-cab telematics system, which is being rolled out across its entire, 500-strong fleet having already been introduced at the firm’s [...]
The Department for Transport has opened a consultation on plans to change the allocations process currently in operation for the trial of longer semi-trailers, launched in January 2012. The department said: “Given [...]
Operators’ views sought on EU’s impact on transport
Published On: Tuesday 11 June 2013
The Department for Transport has issued a call for evidence on how European Union policies impact on the UK transport sector, as part of a wider audit of the effects [...]
Surge in Driver CPC hours as enforcement steps up a gear
Published On: Tuesday 11 June 2013
April saw the largest number of drivers yet complete their 35 hours of mandatory training in order to acquire Driver CPC cards. The deadline for drivers from the passenger sector [...]
