SM UK, a Leeds-based £5m-turnover auto engineering firm, has won a £250,000 contract to install its high-tech HALO cyclist safety system across an entire fleet of 75 trucks for waste management business LSS Waste. The north’s largest privately owned waste management company, LSS Waste, also based in Leeds, provides… Read more »
MAN Truck & Bus UK building the future with continual investment
MAN Truck & Bus Broxburn, the MAN Truck, Bus and Van dealership covering the expansive areas of the West Lothian, the Borders, Berwick-upon-Tweed, East Lothian and the sprawling city of Edinburgh, has re-opened following a substantial £200,000 investment. The purpose built facility, which originally opened its doors in 2001, located… Read more »
TIP works with Krone for European steel transport solution
TIP Trailer Services have supplied a new consignment of curtainsider trailers to Middlesbrough-based LV Shipping to carry steel pipes and related products for their customer, the global pipe and tubes provider, Van Leeuwen. Manufactured by Krone in Werlte, NW Germany, the Profi Liner trailers are a mixture of standard… Read more »
RHA tells French counterparts in Lille that no-deal Brexit preparations are “dire”
RHA Chief Executive Richard Burnett today told French officials at a meeting of French businesses and officials at the Hauts de France regional government headquarters in Lille that planning for road transport in the event of a No-Deal Brexit is “dire” and “simply not robust enough”. He spelt out the… Read more »
British lorry drivers consume almost 4,000 calories a day whilst on the road, gaining 12lbs annually
Being able to travel the country, have flexible working hours and good pay are the key perks lorry drivers love about their job, yet 1 in 4 consider weight gain a big concern and negative part of the job. Consuming almost 4,000 a calories a day through snacks, fizzy drinks… Read more »
Transvalair joins European giant Palletways
A leading global haulage operator has become the latest company to join Palletways, Europe’s largest and fastest growing palletised freight network as a full member. Transvalair, formally a Swiss cargo airline, has operated globally as a major freight forwarder since 1976, transporting goods by air, sea and road. With… Read more »
Autosmart franchisee chooses striking Range T
Autosmart franchisee for Scarborough and its surrounding areas, Paul Daley-Smith, has taken delivery of a striking Renault Trucks Range T380 4×2 rigid. Supplied by Thompson Commercials Hull, the immaculately presented T380 is on full air, with side skirts and optional Alcoa Dura-Bright alloys. Autosmart is a network of mobile supermarkets… Read more »
Without a transitional period, the industry responsible for moving the UK economy, will stagger towards a cliff-edge disaster
Following a meeting today (6 December) with Transport Secretary Chris Grayling at 10 Downing Street, RHA chief executive, Richard Burnett said: “The current withdrawal agreement is a solution for the UK’s all-important haulage industry which will keep the supply chain moving. A rejection of the withdrawal agreement, without an alternative transitional… Read more »
New Volvo FH16 rigid brings sweeping change at Brooking Hire
Devon-based Brooking Hire operates a fleet of 14 truck-mounted vacuum sweepers – all of which are based on Volvo chassis – but their recently-delivered new Volvo FH16-based flagship, supplied by Justin Fisher, Sales Director at Stuarts Truck and Bus, is one of the highest-specification sweeper vehicles in Europe. Twelve of… Read more »
DAF LF picks-up successive Truck of the Year awards
For the second year in succession, DAF Trucks has scooped the ‘Truck of the Year’ title for its market-leading DAF LF range at the 2018 Commercial Fleet Awards. The award follows last year’s Fleet Truck of the Year prize for the DAF LF, and again in 2016 with the Urban… Read more »
