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Independent food and drink wholesalers JW Filshill has put two Volvo FE Electric rigids on its fleet after a successful trial. The trucks will operate within Glasgow’s Low Emission Zone from its Renfrew-base. Writing on [...]

Iveco will support Metallica on the European stretch of its M72 World Tour. In partnership with Shell the vehicles will use a mix of low-emission fuels including natural gas, electric, renewable diesel and hydrogen. A [...]

Scotland’s largest public sector fleet, waste and ground services exhibition, APSE continues today (23 May) at Aviemore with a focus on electric vehicles, utility bodybuilders and some major deals for fleet renewals. Transport News will [...]

Preston-based GBA Logistics has acquired the Silver X Group and Bow Distribution & Warehousing as part of a major expansion drive. GBA Logistics has O-licences for 143 trucks and 149 trailers and transports a range [...]

Scottish timber hauliers are to benefit from £800,000 in funds to improve fragile rural roads, create passing places and build short routes to take freight away from people’s homes, writes Chris Tindall. Nine projects will [...]

Preston-based construction, haulage and property group Carefoot has closed its transport division, in a move which follows a fall in the company’s turnover and profit last year, writes Carol Millett. Carefoot, which employs around 87 [...]

Keith-based haulier Ian S Roger has announced it will bring its livestock operation to an end at the end of the May 2024 due to ‘spiralling costs, dwindling stock numbers and labour shortages’. It was [...]

Truck manufacturer Daimler has unveiled its latest Actros L claiming to be 7% more fuel efficient than its prototype. In the current issue, Transport News’ international correspondent Peter Schmitz looks at where Daimler has made [...]

Last year marked the end of manual gearboxes in the UK, with the final 16-speed DAF XF rolling off the production line. The owner is James Cormack. He tells Transport News why his company WD [...]

With phase two of the Direct Vision Standard looming large on the horizon, truck operators from across Scotland who work in Greater London need to be ready. Operators such as Davis Track Hire have been [...]