South Wales-based Palletways member John T Evans Haulage has ordered its second Montracon double-deck curtainsider, within a few weeks of putting the first into service. The new model, which was [...]
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 [...]
