Dundee-based owner-operator CJ Lang & Son has put 19 MAN’s onto its fleet servicing over 300 Spar convenience stores across Scotland. The family retail and distribution firm, which holds four O-licences for a combined 89 vehicles and 36 trailers, has taken delivery of 16 MAN TGS 6×2 drawbar units and three TGS tractor units from MAN Truck & […]
Fraikin’s long-standing relationship with premium next day delivery specialist City Link continues to go from strength to strength after signing two substantial orders. Under a new 10 year agreement, Fraikin will supply 85 Lawrence David single-deck trailers for inter-urban deliveries. The order follows on the back of a recent order of 86 double-deckers for night […]
Fagan and Whalley believe its new Coventry depot will help it provide a greater range of services to existing, as well as new, customers. Stephen Fagan, director of Fagan and Whalley, said the facility, which became operational on 24 March, would also make it easier for the haulier grow and develop. He added: “Our latest site […]
Eurotunnel has celebrated the passage of its 20 millionth truck since services began on the 25 July 1994. The 20 millionth truck [pictured] belonged to Emons Cargo BV, part of the Dutch Emons Group, and passed through the tunnel on 25 March. Eric Driessen, commercial director of Emons Cargo BV, said: “We have used the Channel Tunnel […]
Hessle, East Yorkshire-based Neill & Brown Global Logistics, have recently put two Euro-6 compliant Volvo FH tractor units into service. The company operate a fleet of forty trucks and have run Volvo for over thirty years. These trucks are the first in a five-year replacement plan, which is set to renew the fleet. Fuel efficiency […]
The DVSA has committed to increasing the number of test stations that can provide individual vehicle approval(IVA), after admitting there was room for improvement. IVA, which is the UK’s national vehicle type approval scheme run by the DVSA for those producing very small numbers of vehicles as an alternative to EC Whole Vehicle Type Approval and National Small […]
Lorry drivers will be allowed to increase their speed from 40 to 50mph on single carriageway stretches of the A9 on a trial basis next year. The pilot will be introduced at the same time a system of average speed cameras becomes operational on the road between Dunblane and Inverness. Hauliers argue that driving at […]
A second meeting of hauliers in the Solent region, who are hoping to create their own local solution to tackle the problem of driver shortages, took place on 24 February. Hosted by Southampton-based Williams Shipping at the Royal Southampton Yacht Club, the meeting reunited the delegates that attended an inaugural get together in November 2013. This featured […]
One of Europe’s largest road freight companies has further increased its freight market expansion. Waberer’s France has commenced operations in Paris, and soon similar, market-specific companies will be established in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Italy. Waberer’s International Pte.Co is establishing local companies in Europe’s most important trade hubs, close to its customers, while increasing […]
DVSA has revised its estimate of the number of professional drivers it believes will need to complete the Driver CPC for the first time, chopping 75,000 from the long-standing total. Since the Driver CPC transition began in 2008, DVSA (formerly Vosa and the DSA) has stuck with an estimate that by the ultimate 14 September deadline […]